ThaddaeusInspired by @billzismyname 🎄
Kicking off #25DaysofHolidayHooray with the song that truly heralds the arrival of the season for me each year. 🎅🏿
Truly a classic, this next song for #25DaysofHolidayHooray stays on repeat all month
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=bTne-ZY8g9c&si=1Y_yFyfWQbRE_A_x
3. This one can start regular rotations as early as mid-November, in my opinion. The first year or two this was out, it wasn't my favorite, but it's really grown on me in the years since! #25DaysofHolidayHooray #MariahCarey
4. A Christmas banger since Day One! #25DaysofHolidayHooray
RUN DMC - Christmas In Hollis (Official HD Video)
On Day 5 of #25DaysofHolidayHooray we pay tribute to the singular talent herself, #WhitneyHouston
Do You Hear What I Hear
Day 6 is a bit unconventional, but it's been part of my Christmas playlist for a while. The Queen #NinaSimone with a hoilday-tinged remix courtesy #ThePostalService
#25DaysofHolidayHooray
Little Girl Blue (Postal Service Remix)
Day 7, one of my favorite pop Christmas songs and a gem of the 1980s #TheWaitresses #ChristmasWrapping
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (Music Video)
Clip video for Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses using some of their other videos and live performances. Originally taken from the 1981 album A Christmas ...
On Day 8, we've got "candles burning low, lots of mistletoe" and so much more that explains "What Christmas Means To Me" #StevieWonder #25DaysofHolidayHooray
Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me (Tamla Records 1967)
You know that Santa's on his way, even as early as Day 9. #TheJackson5 smoothly covers the well-known #TheChristmasSong as only they could!
The Christmas Song
To make up for missing Day 10, we'll mash up some of what came before: An almost-cover of #SantaBaby (Day 2) by #RunDMC (Day 4) among others!
https://youtu.be/deoYBIZFqvY?si=Gb3jED6cBye4mi6q
https://open.spotify.com/track/4uuZnt6DS1LTvCpfZb98Bq?si=b298551ef9de4384
Santa Baby
Back on track for Day 11, #EllaFitzgerald with her take on the holiday standard #SleighRide
https://youtu.be/NRSvczD9840?si=kVebzlUjpvf50gbt
https://open.spotify.com/track/79a2ejVzj2SpXkpWdfv1Co?si=d986650aba024c7a
Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (Official Video)
Day 12 means we're near enough to the halfway point, yet this song hits the full mark every time. #DonnyHathaway #ThisChristmas
https://youtu.be/PhKVSZsRxQM?si=niupKvzT2NxxfSjO
https://open.spotify.com/track/38xhBO2AKrJnjdjVnhJES6?si=6666483991354db3
Donny Hathaway - This Christmas (Official Music Video)
Heading in a furry (felty?) direction for Day 13 to loop in some of my faves. #TheMuppets illustrious and wild bandleader Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem covering Louis Armstrong's 'Zat You, Santa Claus?
https://youtu.be/kTNEq1Z3AIY?si=TI31BpT9VZCDEYfv
https://open.spotify.com/track/71CYeO8QuGeIyCAdk1eTeH?si=d19942aa8f7543df
Day 14 follows up from yesterday with more #LouieArmstrong so that you'll "have a Yule that's cool" #CoolYule
https://youtu.be/F12a21dx144?si=QJWcQZMe3r6RnYB0
https://open.spotify.com/track/6rG9boNOylbWLnRKI5KhH0?si=d4edcca8a06d4393
Louis Armstrong - Cool Yule (Lyric Video) ft. The Commanders
Day 15 finds us all Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree with #BrendaLee #25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://youtu.be/TFsZy9t-qDc?si=MLlfunhEf_nI-UqC
https://open.spotify.com/track/1PPEVFT0BYIGFBX6y4idZF?si=7cdb78e8b82d41ef
Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Official Music Video)
For Day 16 #BigFreedia and #TooManyZooz usher in a #FunkyChristmas for us all! #25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://youtu.be/2sD0YlG7v9w?si=8d_9VabbPUZVjUVj
https://open.spotify.com/track/3WAr1cjsOMEA6nePz6hsc4?si=0e3a5a66c1314a0d
Funky Christmas (feat. Big Freedia)
Day 17 has me reaching back into my personal past, and pulling up a surprising holiday track from a former fave band of mine. #25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://youtu.be/XgU-Od3G6DY?si=X4x0f9KF9SFDhdCX
https://open.spotify.com/track/1CYKCAReHrG1paSh7ZnexI?si=5f48e6ebd7204c21
Christmastime
Day 18: #TevinCampbell -- Honestly, what more needs to be said? The voice of a generation... #25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://youtu.be/P2B-ttwe1NY?si=JXwUfxSFxVGHlMao
https://open.spotify.com/track/1giuNiNeC3UFxwakAIm6BH?si=7111e37856a44f4d
O Holy Night
Day 19's track is an 80s classic that saw a recent resurgence. But it's really been a groove since Day One #Wham #25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://open.spotify.com/track/2FRnf9qhLbvw8fu4IBXx78?si=f01d43018e8f428d
Wham! - Last Christmas (Official Video)
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We're in the home stretch! For Day 20 we've got my top Weird Christmas Song, courtesy a Former Beatle. #PaulMcCartney #25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://open.spotify.com/track/1rTHmtJQbYVzonIzJscZDW?si=cbec81d113dc47f7
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
Digging into the midcentury grab bag to pull out another fun one for Day 21. #ThurlRavenscroft doesn't hold back to let that Grinch know about himself!
#25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZgigeSB0XUMqc0jjzaq6d?si=4377bbd5d9784467
You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Day 22 is a holiday slow jam by Philly's Phinest, #BoyzIIMen accompanied by #BrianMcKnight #25DaysofHolidayHooray
Boyz II Men - Let It Snow (Official Music Video) ft. Brian McKnight
The grievance that is aired on Day 23 is right on time for #Festivus (It _is_ a disappointment for one's baby to not be home, I suppose) #DarleneLove #25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://open.spotify.com/track/47ohYW8e7dxCYn9qbUMBCI?si=aaf9d30a394b4aaa
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Official Audio)
We've arrived at Day 24, #ChristmasEve the night we've all be waiting for. Today's tune is one of my absolute favorites for the holiday. #SilentNight #TheTemptations #25DaysofHolidayHooray
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ElL5bNd72aqdgPnyHtUsi?si=bbbea954995548c3
Hidden Track / B-Side: Homespun cover featuring myself and some of my closest friends from a few Christmases ago. (RIP Drina)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/U4jCZMoyBnRUnviH6
(Shared for @billzismyname )
The Temptations - Silent Night (Extended Version / Visualizer)
Merry Christmas!! On this 25th Day of #25DaysofHolidayHooray we close things out with a song that was obscure to me until quite recently. Essentially a #BlackIsBeautiful cover of I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, but really much much more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_fbeCVWkjQ
https://open.spotify.com/track/63tBZ0aK4XuK8JAykF1fg7?si=c7c57f5dc39246c9
