Archive for August, 2008

Kevin and Bean: Swallow My Eggnog | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Swallow My Eggnog is the twelfth Christmas album released by KROQ show Kevin and Bean.


Track listing

  1. “Swallow My Eggnog” – 4:25
  2. New Found Glory: “Ex-Miss” – 3:27
  3. Remy Zero: “Someday at Christmas” – 2:45
  4. Seth Green: “Seth Green’s Holiday Message” – 0:13
  5. Chillaz: “Clint Frostwood” – 2:39
  6. “Cookin’ With Walken” – 3:38
  7. Pudie Tadow: “Get Your Dreidel On” – 3:06
  8. P.O.D.: “Christmas in Cali” – 2:44
  9. “Steve Erwin’s Crocodile Christmas” – 0:24
  10. “Harry Blotter & The Sorcerer’s Bone” – 4:57
  11. Jimmy Eat World: “Last Christmas” – 4:25
  12. Cypress Hill: “The Night Before Christmas” – 2:04
  13. “Silent Bob’s Christmas Memory” – 0:24
  14. The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show: “Little Girls and Hobos” – 4:00
  15. Unwritten Law featuring Sum 41: “Unwritten Christmas” – 3:52
  16. Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine: “Christmastime Is Here” – 1:30
  17. Johnny Knoxville: “A Very Jackass Christmas” – 1:15
  18. Blink 182: “Happy Holidays, You Bastard” – 0:44
  19. Dave Gahan: “Dave Gahan’s Christmas Message” – 0:13
  20. Dr. Dyke & The Cinnamon Cowboys: “Westside” – 3:05
  21. Gorillaz: “Don Quixote’s Christmas Bonanza” – 3:42
  22. “Under the Mistle-Toke with Mole” – 2:37
  23. “A Family Guy Christmas” – 3:49
  24. Coldplay: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – 0:40
  25. Sum 41 Vs. Tenacious D: “Things I Want” – 3:44
  26. Jackie Chan: “Jackie Chan’s Christmas Message” – 0:27
  27. “Santa Bob” – 3:01
  28. Afroman: “Afroman’s Christmas Joint” – 1:05
  29. Weezer: “Always” – 2:40
  30. Armenian Comedian: “Rock ‘n Pot Christmas” – 4:00

All I Really Want for Christmas | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

All I Really Want for Christmas is the second Christmas album by Steven Curtis Chapman, released in September 2005. The album includes traditional holiday favorites such as “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and “Silver Bells”, but also includes Chapman’s adopted daughter, Shaohannah, telling Luke 2:7-14 in her own words. Chapman’s artistic flavor shows through in each and every song.


Track listing

  1. “Luke 2:7-14 as told by Shaoey”
  2. “Angels from the Realms of Glory”
  3. “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
  4. “All I Really Want”
  5. “The Miracle of Christmas”
  6. “Go Tell It on the Mountain”
  7. “Christmas Is All in the Heart”
  8. “Silver Bells”
  9. “Winter Wonderland”
  10. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
  11. “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear”
  12. “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem”
  13. “The Night Before Christmas”
  14. “Shaoey and Her Dad Wish You a Merry Christmas”


External links

  • Steven Curtis Chapman official website
  • Album info

Christmas EP | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Mary Margaret O’Hara’s Christmas EP was released in 1991. It collects three covers of classic Christmas standards, as well as an original Christmas-themed song written by O’Hara.


Track listing

  1. “Blue Christmas” (4:59)
  2. “Silent Night” (3:57)
  3. “What Are You Doing New Years’ Eve?” (3:13)
  4. “Christmas Evermore” (4:16)

Christmas Island (album) | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Christmas Island is Jimmy Buffett’s 1996 collection of Christmas-themed music. It features covers of popular Christmas songs in Buffett’s musical stylings as well as two tracks which Buffett wrote for the album.


Track listing

  1. Christmas Island
  2. Jingle Bells
  3. A Sailor’s Christmas - written by Buffett
  4. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
  5. Up On The House Top
  6. Mele Kalikimaka
  7. Run Run Rudolph
  8. Ho Ho Ho & A Bottle Of Rum
  9. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
  10. Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) - written by Matt Betton.

The Christmas Collection | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

The Christmas Collection, album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on October 25, 2005 in the United States. The album is a collection of Christmas or holiday-inspired songs.


Track listing

  1. “O Holy Night”
  2. “White Christmas”
  3. “Ave Maria”
  4. “When A Child Is Born”
  5. “Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)”
  6. “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
  7. “Panis Angelicus”
  8. “Rejoice”
  9. “Silent Night”
  10. “The Lord’s Prayer”

Another Rock N’ Roll Christmas | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

“Another Rock N’ Roll Christmas” is a popular 1984 Christmas song by Gary Glitter.

The song is about the fun of Christmas and refers to Rock and Roll music throughout, examples being the lyrics “You’ll be rocking in your stocking” and “Come on, Rock and Roll for old St. Nick“. The song sold very well, hitting the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Glitter’s most successful song since 1975. Though he was still touring regularly when the song came out, Glitter has often credited “Another Rock N’ Roll Christmas” as a song that gave him a huge resurgence in popularity.

The song was included on the album Boys Will Be Boys, issued in 1985 and was reissued many times, both as a single (including a collectors picture disc) and on other albums.

The track was one of the most played Christmas songs in the UK for many years and is still played today, though not as heavily, following Glitter’s conviction for possessing child pornography.

Christmas Sunday | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Christmas Sunday is a name for 26 December when it is a Sunday.

In the United Kingdom, if Christmas Day falls on a Saturday, 26 December is correctly referred to as “Christmas Sunday”, and Boxing Day moves to 27 December. However, since 1999 common practice has seen 26 December called “Boxing Day” even when it falls on a Sunday.

In Western Christianity, the first Sunday after Christmas is called “the First Sunday of Christmas”.

The christmas sunday is a special time of year for all. It symobolizes the passing of the year.

A Partridge Family Christmas Card | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

A Partridge Family Christmas Card is a vinyl album of Christmas music the case of which contained a reproduction of a Christmas card that was signed by the whole Partridge Family, the stars of a 1970s sitcom. The song “My Christmas Card to You” was original, the remainders were standards. The album was issued in 1993 on CD.


Track listing

  • “My Christmas Card to You”
  • “White Christmas”
  • “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
  • “Blue Christmas”
  • “Jingle Bells”
  • “The Christmas Song”
  • “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
  • “Winter Wonderland”
  • “Frosty the Snowman”
  • “Sleigh Ride”
  • “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

A Partridge Family Christmas Card | christmas party favors

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

A Partridge Family Christmas Card is a vinyl album of Christmas music the case of which contained a reproduction of a Christmas card that was signed by the whole Partridge Family, the stars of a 1970s sitcom. The song “My Christmas Card to You” was original, the remainders were standards. The album was issued in 1993 on CD.


Track listing

  • “My Christmas Card to You”
  • “White Christmas”
  • “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
  • “Blue Christmas”
  • “Jingle Bells”
  • “The Christmas Song”
  • “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
  • “Winter Wonderland”
  • “Frosty the Snowman”
  • “Sleigh Ride”
  • “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

Little Christmas | christmas party favors

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Little Christmas, or Nollaig Bheag in the Irish language, is one of the traditional names in Ireland for January 6, more commonly known in the rest of the world as the Epiphany. It is so called because it was, until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the day on which Christmas Day was celebrated. It is the traditional end of the Christmas season and the last day of the Christmas holidays for both Primary and Secondary schools.

The name Little Christmas is also found in Slovenian (mali božič).

It is also known as Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas), so called because of the tradition (still very strong in Cork, though only just surviving in the rest of the country) of Irish men taking on all the household duties on that day and giving their spouses a day off. Most women will either hold parties or go out to celebrate the day with their friends, sisters, mothers, aunts etc. Bars and restaurants have a near 100% female clientele on this night. Children often buy presents for their mothers and grandmothers and it closely resembles Mother’s Day in this respect.

Christmas Island Internet Administration | christmas party favors

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Christmas Island Internet Administration Limited (CIIA) is a community-owned non-profit Christmas Island company, the objects of which are to be trustee and policy-setting body for the .cx ccTLD, and administrator of the Christmas Island Information Economy Development Trust. Christmas Island Internet Administration owns and operates the only Internet Service Provider (http://www.pulau.cx) in the Territory on a not-for-profit basis.

Tree topper | christmas party favors

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

A tree topper is a decorative star, angel or other item which is placed on the crown of a Christmas tree. The most popular tree topper is the angel, followed by the star. If viewed in a Christian context, the tree topper usually signifies the Christmas Star (Star of Bethlehem) or angelic hosts which proclaimed the news of the birth of Jesus to the world on the eve of his birth. Modern pagan homes celebrate the winter solstice, which falls close to Christmas, by decorating an evergreen tree as a symbol of continuing life, but make an effort to decorate it with non-Christian symbols and often choose tree toppers representing the sun.


See also

  • Christmas tree


External links

  • Suggestions for pagan tree decorations

Christmas Wrapping | christmas party favors

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

“Christmas Wrapping” (sometimes misspelled as “Christmas Wrappings”) is a Christmas song performed in 1981 by The Waitresses and later covered by the Spice Girls. Save Ferris also recorded a version with different lyrics.

The song is narrated from the point of view of a busy single woman who is adamant that she will try to sit-out the exhausting Christmas period, not participating in the traditional Christmas activities (except for making dinner, see below).

She reveals that, during the course of the year, she has attempted to meet up with a man she encountered in a ski shop the previous year. Despite the couple’s attempts to meet, a succession of mishaps conspires to keep them apart.

Finally on Christmas Eve, while the protagonist (after stating that A&P provided her with “the world’s smallest turkey”) is doing last-minute shopping for cranberries at a local convenience store, ends up running into the man after discovering that he, too, forgot to buy cranberries.

This coincidence seems to hint that the narrator, and therefore the listener, shouldn’t completely abandon their faith in the magic of Christmas.


External links

  • How an obscure 80s punk band created a Christmas classic

Christmas is all in the Heart | christmas party favors

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Christmas is all in the Heart is a 2003 album by Steven Curtis Chapman.


Tracks

  1. Silver Bells
  2. Winter Wonderland
  3. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
  4. Go Tell it on the Mountain
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  6. O Little Town of Bethlehem
  7. O Come All Ye Faithful
  8. This Baby
  9. O Come O Come Emmanuel
  10. Home for Christmas
  11. Silent Night Medley

Christmas cookies | christmas party favors

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Christmas cookies are traditionally sugar cookies (though other flavors may be used based on family traditions and individual preferences) cut into various shapes related to Christmas. In the United States, since the 1930s, children have left cookies and milk on a table for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, though many people simply consume the cookies themselves. The cookies are often cut into such shapes as those of candy canes, reindeer, and holly leaves. Oreos are also popular.


See also

  • Lebkuchen
  • Pizzelle
  • Sugar cookie
  • Chocolate chip cookie
  • Cookie
  • Cookie cutter
  • gingerbread
  • Spritzgebäck
  • Pfeffernüsse


External links

  • Ginger Cookies Recipe
  • Christmas cookie recipes
  • Origin of Christmas Traditions by Sarah Lane
  • Christmas Cookies lists some popular recipes.
  • Snowflakes Recipe Traditional cookies in the shape of snowflakes.

The Christmas Collection | christmas party favors

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The Christmas Collection, album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on October 25, 2005 in the United States. The album is a collection of Christmas or holiday-inspired songs.


Track listing

  1. “O Holy Night”
  2. “White Christmas”
  3. “Ave Maria”
  4. “When A Child Is Born”
  5. “Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)”
  6. “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
  7. “Panis Angelicus”
  8. “Rejoice”
  9. “Silent Night”
  10. “The Lord’s Prayer”

All I Really Want for Christmas | christmas party favors

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

All I Really Want for Christmas is the second Christmas album by Steven Curtis Chapman, released in September 2005. The album includes traditional holiday favorites such as “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and “Silver Bells”, but also includes Chapman’s adopted daughter, Shaohannah, telling Luke 2:7-14 in her own words. Chapman’s artistic flavor shows through in each and every song.


Track listing

  1. “Luke 2:7-14 as told by Shaoey”
  2. “Angels from the Realms of Glory”
  3. “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
  4. “All I Really Want”
  5. “The Miracle of Christmas”
  6. “Go Tell It on the Mountain”
  7. “Christmas Is All in the Heart”
  8. “Silver Bells”
  9. “Winter Wonderland”
  10. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
  11. “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear”
  12. “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem”
  13. “The Night Before Christmas”
  14. “Shaoey and Her Dad Wish You a Merry Christmas”


External links

  • Steven Curtis Chapman official website
  • Album info

Celebrating Christmas | christmas party favors

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Celebrating Christmas is the second Christmas worship album of Christian Contemporary music comprised of Christmas songs by the Hillsong Church.


Track listing

  1. “Angels We Have Heard on High”/”Gloria” (traditional, arranged by Luke Munns; chorus taken from “Gloria”: Reuben Morgan)
  2. “Joy to the World” (traditional; arranged by Craig Gower & Nigel Hendroff)
  3. “Christmas Time Again” (Barry Southgate)
  4. “O Rejoice” (Mia Fieldes)
  5. “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (instrumental; arranged by Hendroff)
  6. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (traditional; arranged by Peter King)
  7. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (traditional; arranged by Ross Irwin)
  8. “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” (traditional; arranged by Luke-Henri Peipman & Steve McPherson
  9. “Emmanuel” (Raymond Badham)
  10. “What Child Is This” (traditional; arranged by King)
  11. “Can You Hear?” (David Andrew & Fieldes)
  12. “Saviour Christ the King” (Craig Gower)

Another Rock N’ Roll Christmas | christmas party favors

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

“Another Rock N’ Roll Christmas” is a popular 1984 Christmas song by Gary Glitter.

The song is about the fun of Christmas and refers to Rock and Roll music throughout, examples being the lyrics “You’ll be rocking in your stocking” and “Come on, Rock and Roll for old St. Nick“. The song sold very well, hitting the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Glitter’s most successful song since 1975. Though he was still touring regularly when the song came out, Glitter has often credited “Another Rock N’ Roll Christmas” as a song that gave him a huge resurgence in popularity.

The song was included on the album Boys Will Be Boys, issued in 1985 and was reissued many times, both as a single (including a collectors picture disc) and on other albums.

The track was one of the most played Christmas songs in the UK for many years and is still played today, though not as heavily, following Glitter’s conviction for possessing child pornography.

The Edge of Christmas | christmas party favors

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The Edge Of Christmas was a Christmas compilation album released in 1995.


Track listing

  1. “Thank God It’s Christmas”
  2. “Please Come Home For Christmas”
  3. “2000 Miles”
  4. “December Will Be Magic Again”
  5. “Peace On Earth-Little Drummer Boy”
  6. “Winter Wonderland”
  7. “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer”
  8. “Run Run Rudolph”
  9. “Christmas Is Coming”
  10. “Fairytale Of New York”
  11. “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight)”
  12. “Christmas Wrapping”