Tis the season to listen to a lot of great Canadian Indie Christmas Holidays music! This is another playlist that began back on the CBC website and then I brought what I could over to Spotify. I shared it the last couple Christmas seasons and got some suggestions along the way for more tracks to add. There are some versions of traditional Christmas music but I do prefer the originals. This year I also made a YouTube playlist with most of the same tracks. I love Wintersleep’s Little Drummer Boy and it isn’t available on Spotify but I was able to add it on the YouTube one. And yes Ivan Hrvatska’s First I Make Love To You, Then I Make Love To Christmas is on both. Do you have a Christmas or Anti-Christmas song by a Canadian artist (indie preferably) that you would like added to the playlists?
For some more seasonal music you can head to The Line of Best Fit where they have their download of Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 10 featuring seasonal selections from Begonia, Kalle Mattson, Jon Neher & Michael Scott Dawson and many more available. Some of the tracks are on the Spotify playlist as well but not all were available there. Zunior has their holiday album for 2018 ready for download. You can purchase that and some of the past years albums over at Zunior and/or listen to their playlist on Spotify. Don’t forget to check out their Boxing Day sale as well. I look forward to that every year.
Thank you to everyone that checks in here, whether you post a comment or not. Thanks for reading and listening and sharing the love of music. Enjoy the playlist and Happy Holidays!
It’s the last day of work, so I will say Merry Christmas now.
See you all in the New Year.
Thank-you, I’m listening to the the youtube list now.
Merry Christmas!
Bon noel
Merry Christmas Scott! Thanks for listening. 🙂
Happy Solstice as well.
Fröhliche Weihnachten
That’s easy for you to type!
Actually I copy & pasted
Feliz Navidad!
Shhhh! Control (or Command, for me) + C = so useful!
we managed a whopping 7hours 11minutes of sunshine today
I just discovered that I have sold another shirt on redbubble, my third in three years!
garf @ 9:28: Next year, a shirt tycoon!
hey, I’m just happy that someone like it enough to buy one once in a while
Hey all!
new browser, who’s that?
Nice Garf.
Hi N2DS2W! :p
Happy Solstice friends, old and new!
Likewise my friend!
Looking ahead to the new year … I now have tickets to go see Hawksley Workman!!!
Hurray!!
Local shows are in clubs that are still too stimulating for me so I am looking forward to a trip out of town and a performer that I know I will enjoy.
I want to make some into cuff links (and maybe a ring)
https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2018/12/someone-making-jewellery-out-ttc-tokens/
Hi morgana
@garfieldUK looks like some fun bling
We have had a lot of good performers through here this past year but I have not attended. Shred Kelly are doing two shows, tonight and tomorrow night. Not going. It is nice to have a show to look forward to.
Who is taking part in the R3 Facebook groups Secret Santa?
I have a room reserved to go and see Dan Mangan in April along with a room not far from Victoria Park for the night between the 2 MLB games in London next year. I don’t have tickets but I was thinking of hanging around outside the stadium to see if any home run balls make it out there.
I’m just waiting for the transport to go on sale
I have a ticket to see him in February with Liz. I have posted that I am looking for a ride to Vancouver on the Rideshare site but no offers yet. I have not looked to see if sporting events are occurring at the same time but your plan sounds like good fun.
I am having trouble with the site today but it is probably my computer. Anyone else getting messages about unsecured site?
Nope. I am totally secure;)
I am going to do my Vision Therapy exercises so will be gone for about half an hour.
The show is in Leeds in April and the Sportsball is June 29 & 30
We are an insecure site because I don’t know how to get us certified (changing us from http to https) and I am to shy to bother Justin about it (he is a busy person)
I think it might be our internet here. Some hanging pages and weird messages.
I get those messages every so often
well that took me a while to recover from ….
Ah, clearly I misunderstood your post. It will be fun to compare notes on Dan’s show.
There is definitely something up with our internet today. We had freezing rain and now it’s all melting. Or busy system or who knows.
I was wondering if anyone knew what time the gift exchange was to take place for the R3 FB gift exchange?
I don’t think there is a set time, you could try asking on elfster or facebook
I feel like we probably should have arranged a time for today but I recall the 24th was mentioned. We should just set a time and whatever happens happens. I say 12:00 or 1:00 CT. :p
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/a_parody_song_about_sausage_rolls_just_became_the_u_k_s_christmas_no_1?utm_source=facebookpage&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fbpwall
I looked on the FB page but it just said 24th, no time. I did not go into Elster … I would have to find the password and laziness won.
it’s not laziness, it’s energy efficiency
Sausage rolls? Ok, I did not listen to the parody but the whole idea seems a bit odd … says the person who is thrilled to have another year of OurBasement Christmas tunes, several of which are less than conventional;)
Is the message to musicians that we want quirky and weird for a short time then give us something different … don’t worry if it is good music or not?
Going out for a short walk before the sun goes down.
speaking of Christmas, I gave the housemate the job of buying my meal for Tuesday and he came back with pheasant. You have both spent time with me, do you think am I posh enough to eat pheasant?
You never know until you try @garfieldUK. Perhaps with some asparagus? Your inner posh may just be waiting for the perfect moment to manifest ….
The thing I’m worried about is it’s meant to feed six and if I don’t like it the housemate is vegetarian and we don’t have a dog to feed any meat left behind
Valid. How about making a pot of soup out of it if you don’t like it straight?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m going to try it, and if I don’t like it I will eat the stuffing and the bacon wrapping before sharing the rest between the dogs that live on this street.
And if I do like it I will tell every that I was wrong
I have never had pheasant so I am not sure. Did he get it because it was a smaller size than a chicken or turkey? Good luck with it Garf!
@ morgana – Are you saying some of that music isn’t good? HOW DARE YOU!! HAHA!
@DBS, it wasn’t my choice, I loaned the housemate £45 when I got paid on the provision that he got me something for my christmas dinner, I was expecting some chicken (breasts or even kievs) or turkey, but I forgot to take into account that he is posher than me and I am, believe it or not, more picky than him when it comes to food.
It should be good. I hope you enjoy it.
@darbar there is some crazy stuff on that playlist and I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Can’t wait to unwrap it while I assemble gifts tomorrow:) The family is going to the ski hill for the first half of the day. I have make most all of the gifts this year they just need assembly. We distribute tomorrow evening.
I am heading out for a massage which I seriously need. Not sure why but I hurt today.
See you all on Monday:)
G’night folks, have a great weekend
Have a great weekend! I should be around on Monday.
Good Morning!
Good monday morning to you as well
I opened my Secret Santa gift and love it! It came from Andy in Colorado and has some cool ornaments and a KD Lang cassette tape and other items. I will try to post pics later! 😀
I was waiting for company toped my gift. You game?
my parcel is from Sault St Marie
I am only partly here. Did you open it yet?
just started. wonderful collection of locally made goodies:)
pottery, soap, wooden broach, coffee … all local hand made. I am warm and fuzzy that my secret santa really honoured what I love and support:)
I have a ton to do in the kitchen today as we are hosting tonight. I will certainly be playing our Indie Christmas playlist as soon as q is finished.
Nice! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! 😀