This week we take a request from a dear friend who wanted us to suffer through two poorly-told musical tales of Christmas disillusionment: "Where Are You Christmas?" by Faith Hill and "Silver Bells" by Kathie Lee Gifford featuring Regis Philbin. Join us on this journey through talk show banter and music video hairstyles of yesteryear. Thank you to Mindy for the request!

It's a hot one here on HARK when we cover two Christmas songs about sunshine and fun times. Also about being selfish and rubbing oil on a country music star. We listened to "Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum" by Jimmy Buffett and "All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan" by Kenny Chesney, and we're still mad about it. This is the MBMBAM bit that partially inspired this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YklkGhtAFmM

This week on HARK, we're not celebrating a holiday... we're celebrating a Holliday. It's Ian's birthday! When the birthday boy is given free reign over song selection, he puts forth two familiar Christmas tunes from his childhood, the always-classic "Let It Snow" by Dean Martin and the never-classic "Christmas Dinner Country Style" by Bing Crosby.

This week, we add another language to our list - we're celebrating holiday songs in French in honor of Bastille Day! While we're not able to shed too much light on the cultural context (and our mastery of the language is... it's just the worst), join us for two very enjoyable chansons en français, "Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella" as performed by Diane Taraz and "Petit Papa Noel" by Tino Rossi.

This week we cover two requests from our # 1 fan timemachine, who followed up on the theme of a previous episode which... well... you'll know which one. We discuss the genre-ruining "Santa Stole My Girlfriend" by The Maine and the surprisingly less surreal but still slightly off "Santa's Beard" by They Might Be Giants. Thanks again to timemachine for the requests!

It's Canada Day and Nickelback still doesn't have a holiday album, so we're covering two original Christmas songs by previously-featured Canadian pop stars, Carly Rae Jepsen and Justin Bieber. RJ has accepted the gospel of Carly into their heart, but Ian is skeptical. We resolve our differences and learn a valuable lesson about sneaking into people's bedrooms to leave them clothing(don't do it).

After 75 episodes and 150 songs, we're finally opening the seal on an unforgettable album: A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector. By request, we discuss Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", an actual-factual top-of-the-list contender. We pair it with Death Cab For Cutie's more subdued version of the same song, what may be the least terrible of cover versions. Your mileage may vary. Thank you to Chris for the request!

This week we cover our 150th song, and you know what that means! Ian & RJ surprise each other with their picks for the top and bottom of the list. Ian goes for number one with a simple but evocative indie tune. RJ looks for the worst of the worst and lands on a little ditty sponsored by the Koch brothers.

It's the second week of our fortnight celebration of the 1960s! We cover two classics from The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, "Little Saint Nick" and "The Man With All The Toys". Revelations follow.

For the next two weeks we'll be addressing one of the more neglected decades on our list - the 1960s. This week we cover two songs that you might call Christmas music cult classics - "Close Your Mouth It's Christmas" by The Free Design and "Rudolph Pouts" by Israfel's Son.