Self Help Radio 122022: One Last Very Self Help Radio Christmas

Here it is!  The last Self Help Radio Christmas episode! Now I can really focus on those Arbor Day shows I've been wanting to make!

Please enjoy a hopefully delightful (& delightfully odd) collection of Christmas tunes.  There are some extras, as you'll note below - our resident cinephile talks to us about Christmas movies & more from the 1960s; I interview a reindeer wrangler, a fruitcake baker, & an elf on strike; & there's a radio show from 1967 that's kind of a Christmas show by the Firesign Theatre.  It's funny.

That's all noted below.  You can listen to the show in two places: at the KBOO website, where I would strongly encourage you to help out if you can during our End Of The Year Drive; & at the Self Help Radio website, where you'll need a username & password to access the show (try SHR & selfhelp), but you can download it if you want.

Happy holidays!  Enjoy one last Christmas show from me!  Except when I redo it for XRAY on Saturday.  But after that, no more!

One Very Self Help Radio Christmas

"Christmas Alone" The Photocopies _Cheer Up, It's Christmas_

"Here Comes The Fattest Man In Town" Bob Chester & His Orchestra _The Bob Chester Orchestra_

"Christmas Eve In Fairyland" Gracie Fields _100 Hits Christmas Legends_

introduction & explanation

"Los Chrismos" Los Bitchos _Los Chrismos_

"A Johnny Ace Christmas" Squirrel Nut Zippers _Christmas Caravan_

"Cracker Jokes" Stephen Fry _Fry's English Delight_

"The Twelve Days Of Christmas" The Popguns _24_

"The Twelve Days Of Christmas" The Sweetback Sisters _Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular_

our resident cinephile Chuck stops by to talk about Christmas offerings from the 1960s (TV & film)

"Hooray For Santa Claus" Milton DeLugg & The Little Eskimos _Hooray For Santa Claus_

"Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown (vocals, Nina)" John Barry _On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)_

"Christmas: A View From Ipswitch" Richard Ayoade _Ayoade On Top_

"Wonderful Christmas Time" Kadhja Bonet _California Holiday EP_

"Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back" Ozie Ware with Duke Ellington's Hot Five _Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1928_

interview with reindeer wrangler Arthur Jarvis

"Christmas Is The Day" The Free Design _Butterflies Are Free: The Original Recordings 1967-72_

"Merry Gentle Pops" The Barron Knights _Best Of The Barron Knights_

"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" The Beatles _The Christmas Records_

"Merry Christmas Darlings" Swansea Sound _Music Lover_

"Stay A Little Longer, Santa" Shemekia Copeland _Deluxe Edition_

interview with fruitcake maker Shelly Green

"Santa Claus Rock & Roll" Kathy & Jimmy Zee _Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree_

"Yo Ho Ho" Klark Kent _Just In Time For Christmas_

"Yulenet Parts 1 & 2 (with Daws Butler)" Stan Freberg _The Capitol Collector's Series_

"The Christmas Song" Alex Chilton _Clichés_

"Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto" Darlene Love _It's Christmas, Of Course_

interview with elf on strike Nemo

"Tile It Like It Is" The Firesign Theatre _Live At The Magic Mushroom_

conclusion, goodbye, holiday well-wishes!

"Santa Lives In My Building" Spearmint _Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume II_

"Merry Christmas, Elizabeth" The Chickpea Darlings _Merry Christmas, Elizabeth_

"'Twas The Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)" Lorne Greene _The Complete Christmas On The Ponderosa_

"Little Drummer Boy" Low _Christmas_

"Santa Claus" Thee Headcoatees _The Sisters Of Suave_