Episode 537: Holiday Ska Vol. I

Episode 537: Holiday Ska Vol. I

Author: 23 Minutes of Ska December 16, 2023 Duration: 1:30:00
An early holiday gift, for all you rudies out there!00:00 – Party Like It’s… – All I Want for Christmas is You (All I Want for Christmas is You ’17)03:03 – Matt Wixson’s Flying Circus – I Have a Snowman (Jeffy’s First Christmas ’11)05:20 – MU330 – Xmas Card (Crab Rangoon ’97)07:16 – the New Limits – Everyday will be Like a Holiday (Everyday will be Like a Holiday ’17)10:30 – Rayner – the Snow Miser (ft. Heat Miser) (the Snow Miser ’17)13:12 - Half Past Two - Holiday (Arose Such a Clatter 2020 '20)16:03 – the Notables – Blue Christmas (a Notable Christmas ’08)17:39 – Sean Arawjo feat. Nellie McKay – This is Not the Year (for Mistletoe in the Workplace) (This is Not the Year ’18)19:34 – Backyard Superheroes – This Christmas (Let’s Get Elfed Up ’19)22:56 – Heavyball – Office Party (When Can You Start? ’19)25:53 – the Shop – Come Down ’68 (a Christmas Party with the Shop ’15)30:04 – North Pole United – Christmas Spirit of ’69 (L.A. X-Mas / Christmas Spirit of ’69 ’10)33:34 – the Action! – Deck the Halls (Tangled in the Lights ’12)35:21 – Bite Me Bambi – Holiday Cheer (Holiday Cheer ’19)39:01 - Call Me Malcolm - All I Want for Christmas is a Pony with a Jet Pack (All I Want for Chirstmas is a Pony with a Jet Pack '14)41:32 – the Toasters – Rudy Christmas A Jail (Christma-Ska ’98)44:08 – Slow Gherkin – Shed Some Skin (Shed Some Skin ’98)48:10 – MU330 – Three Days ’til Christmas (Winter Wonderland ’99)50:54 – Cartoon Violence – Overtime (Christmas Bonus) (Christmas Special ’10)54:36 – Sonic Boom Six – It’s Always Christmas When I Think of You (It’s Always Christmas When I Think of You ’13)57:51 – Reel Big Fish – Whatever U Celebrate (Happy Skalidays ’14)1:01:05 – the Holophonics – Christmas Shoes (MaSKArades Vol. 4: Happy SKAnukkah Now Redux ’14)1:04:30 - Lollypop Lorry - Magic Moments (Two Christmas Songs '20)1:06:59 – the Intercepteurs – It’s Snowing on the TV (It’s Snowing on the TV ’20)1:10:25 – Cut Capers – All Alone on Christmas (All Alone on Christmas ’20)1:12:11 – the Magnetics – Christmas Present (Christmas Present ’20)1:14:56 – the Slackers – Dreidel (Hanukkah ’09)1:18:17 – Alex Dominish – Winter Wishing (Winter Wishing ’20)1:21:02 – Mr. Incommunicado ft. Haley Green – Have a Merry Christmas (Have a Merry Christmas ’20)1:24:26 – We Are The Union – I’m Working Retail for Christmas (I’m Working Retail for Christmas ’20)1:27:00 – Super Hi-Fi – Auld Lang Syne (Yule Analog Vol. 1 ’14)

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