Every year, I like to turn a super-duper holiday playlist into a mix I share with friends and family. And every year, it gets harder to find the right combination of tunes.

I have an embarrassingly large collection of Christmas albums, tho’ I am always sure to include a few general winter songs and some Hanukkah ones, too.

My past incarnations have included the following:

* Olivia Olsen’s "All I Want for Christmas" from "Love Actually"
* Aselin Debison’s "The Gift"
* Sarah McLachlan’s "Song for a Winter’s Night"
* Stevie Wonder’s "That’s What Christmas Means to Me"
* The Be Good Tanyas’ "Rudy"
* The Pogues’ "Christmas in the Drunk Tank"
* Harry Connick Jr.’s "Must Have Been Ol’ Santa Claus"
* Shemekia Copeland’s "Stay a Little Longer, Santa"
* Bing Crosby’s "Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter"
* The LeeVee’s "How do you spell Hanukkah?"
* Satchmo’s "Winter Wonderland"
* Sting’s "I Saw Three Ships"
* Fiona Apple’s "Christmas Blues"
* The Holly Cole Trio’s "Christmas Blues" (Different song)
* Greg Lake’s  "I Believe in Father Christmas"
* Bruce Springsteen’s "Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town"
* The Brian Setzer Orchestra’s "Jingle Bells"
* Joni Mitchell’s "River"
* Karen Carpenter’s "Home for Christmas"
* The Kinks’ "Father Christmas"
* Kay Starr’s "Everybody’s Waitin’ for the Man with the Bag"
* Cartmans’ "O Holy Night" (From "South Park")
* Natalie Merchant’s "Children Go Where I Send Thee"
* Chris Isaak’s "Christmas on TV"
* "There’s Somethin’ Stuck Up in the Chimney"
* "The Heat Miser/Snow Miser" song

That’s only scratching the surface, but as you can see, I dig snappy songs or unusual ones. And I am looking for this year’s mix.

What are your favorite seasonal tunes and by which artists?