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Here’s Part II of my holiday mix! While I love the Christmas classics, there are always a ton of great new original holiday songs, or covers that I love. Here are a few of my favorites! And here’s a non-rhetorical question — do you guys consider Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” a classic? It’s not exactly new, but it’s not old enough for me to file it amongst Bing and Phil Spector’s Christmas album.

You can check out my holiday mixes from last year here: #34 & #35

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36 | #37 | #38 | #39 | #40 | #41 | #42 | #43 | #44 | #45 | #46 | #47 | #48 | #49

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #51
01. Mariah Carey - “All I Want For Christmas Is You”
02. Cary Brothers - “Father Christmas”
03. Run-DMC - “Christmas In Hollis”
04. Save Ferris - “Christmas Wrapping”
05. Death Cab For Cutie - “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
06. Jason Mraz - “Winter Wonderland”
07. Coconut Records - “It’s Christmas”
08. Sara Bareilles - “River”
09. Erlend Oye - “Last Christmas”
10. Fanfarlo - “Just Like Christmas”

Signing up for Google’s Music Beta.

I’m trying to decide whether it’s worth clicking the “Pop” column. On one hand, yes, I would like free music similar to Sara Bareilles… but no, I would not like it if it’s similar to Ciara.

Who doesn’t love a cover? Feels like forever since I’ve posted a covers mixtape — it kicks off with one of my favorite new covers, Mayer Hawthorne’s take on ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky”. This is pretty much been my summer jam so far. (And yes, that is a cover of Justin Bieber’s “Baby” by Neon Trees. Just listen to it; they get extra points for inserting Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” instead of the ridiculous rapping part in the middle.)

And you may have seen that photo before, I took it last week on Instagram. (If you’re on Instagram, come find me. My user name is: mlee525)

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36 | #37 | #38 | #39 | #40 | #41 | #42 | #43

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #44
01. Mayer Hawthorne - “Mr. Blue Sky” (ELO)
02. Sara Bareilles - “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” (Beyoncé)
03. Jack Peñate - “1 2 3 4” (Feist)
04. Arcade Fire - “Age of Consent (Live)” (New Order)
05. Neon Trees - “Baby” (Justin Bieber)
06. Ellie Goulding - “Heartbeats” (The Knife)
07. James Vincent McMorrow - “Whip My Hair” (Willow Smith)
08. Lauryn Hill - “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” (Frankie Valli)
09. Kina Grannis - “White Winter Hymnal” (Fleet Foxes)
10. John Legend - “Secret Heart” (Ron Sexsmith)

Since I was so behind on mixes the last few weeks, you guys are getting two mixes this week! Consider it my Christmas gift to you all!

The mixes are all my favorite holiday songs — today’s mix is full of holiday songs (original and covers) by contemporary artists. I had to really cut down to get 10, but I think it’s a nice little collection! Let me know what you think.

The photo is my favorite Christmas ornament on our (fake) tree. We’ve had that little snowman for as long as I can remember.

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #34: The Holiday Edition
01. Meaghan Smith - “It Snowed”
02. Phantom Planet - “Winter Wonderland”
03. Holly Conlan - “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”
04. She & Him - “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
05. Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - “Winter Song”
06. Mayer Hawthorne - “Christmas Time Is Here”
07. Zee Avi - “No Christmas For Me”
08. Weezer - “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”
09. The Bird and the Bee - “Carol of the Bells”
10. Jimmy Eat World - “Last Christmas”

What are your favorite Christmas/holiday songs?