EURYTHMICS'. Dave Stewart declares "Christmas is For Lovers". THE WATERBOYS' Mike Scott visits World Cafe. ASHLEY RAY plays a Tiny Desk Concert from home. DJANGO DJANGO plays "Asking For More" and "Hail…

DARLENE LOVE's final "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for Letterman. LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE, Vols. 1 & 2:  A Vintage Holiday Mixtape. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features lovely Ludwig Van. LANA…

KIM WILDE drunkenly warbles "Kids In America" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on the subway. LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III visits with World Cafe. BRUCE HORNSBY also visits with World Cafe. LOU BARLOW…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS are dreaming of a "White Christmas." NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Taylor Swift, The Avalanches, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Guided by Voices, Osees,…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera.…

PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" HAYLEY WILLIAMS plays a Tiny Desk Concert of new material, with Julien Baker on guitar. JOSE FELICIANO's 50th anniversary performance of "Feliz Navidad." YO LA…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects.”  MATT BERNINGER plays for WFUV Live. JESS CORNELIUS plays for World Cafe. OZZY OSBOURNE baked a hash cake years ago and…

BOB GELDOF, by his own admission, is responsible for two of the worst songs in history: "'Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "We Are The World." LOW CUT CONNIE plays for World Cafe.…

THE RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song. NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork has Sigur Rós, Winston C.W.,and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Lost Horizons, King Hannah, Ghost Power, and more. ROBIN GUTHRIE &…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with A CHRISTMAS SHINDIG! The full episode has gone dark, but still-available clips from 1964 include The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep…