'Tis the Soundtrack

In this episode, I turn the microphone over to Austin Martinez to talk about his new pop punk Christmas parody album, The Pop Punk Christmas Adventure Vol 3!

Check out Austin's new album on your favorite streaming platform and make sure to follow Austin on TikTok and Instagram to stay up-to-date on his music and other projects.

@austinmartinezrock on Instagram

@austinmartinezrock on TikTok

Music in this episode:

• Under the Christmas Tree - Austin Martinez
• Lincoln Boulevard - Austin Martinez
• Stuck in a Chimney - Austin Martinez
• Grand Theft Winter - Austin Martinez
• Die Hard - Austin Martinez

'Tis the Soundtrack Music Store

Our online store is open and more new and pre-owned Christmas music is arriving each week! Check out our selection of holiday vinyl, CDs and cassettes, along with Christmas t-shirts and our complete line of music care items!

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc, Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Christmas Podcast Day!

We're celebrating Christmas Podcast Day and the end of Daylight Saving Time by turning back the clocks and revisiting a past episode.

We're taking another look at The Christmas Gig: Two Thousand Ten, the album of original Christmas music that accompanied Target's 2010 holiday advertising campaign.

In this episode, I talk about a couple of holiday songs that *might* have started as unused tracks from The Christmas Gig. Jim at Christmas Underground shares his continued hunt for a copy of the physical promo album. And Alex, who worked at Target around the time of The Christmas Gig, gives us all an early Christmas present: one of the Christmas commercials from the campaign that we thought was lost forever!

Thank you Jim and Alex for both sharing your stories!

Check out Christmas Underground and check out https://christmaspodcasts.com/ for all of the other Christmas Podcast Day episodes!

Music in this episode:

• Electronica Hanukkah - Dan Deacon
• Electronic Santa Claus - Blazer Force
• Big Bulbs - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
• 10,000 Watts - Crystal Antlers
• Blue Christmas - Bright Eyes
• Fly Me Away (Remix) - Goldfrapp
• December - Earth, Wind and Fire
• You'll Never Find My Christmas - Bishop Allen

Lost Target Commercial - You'll Never Find My Christmas'Tis the Soundtrack Music Store

Our online store is open and more new and pre-owned Christmas music is arriving each week! Check out our selection of holiday vinyl, CDs and cassettes, along with Christmas t-shirts and our complete line of music care items!

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc, Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

We're back from a bit of a hiatus with a quick announcement today.

That's right, we're opening an online Christmas music store!

You can head over to https://shop.tisthesoundtrack.com to sign up for the mailing list and be the first to know when the (digital) doors officially open!

Music in this episode:

• Deck the Halls - The Trail Band

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc, Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Leon Day!

This year, we're spending Leon Day learning about the incredibly fascinating, often contentious and eternally corny history of Mitch Miller and The Gang!

Music in this episode:

• Deck the Halls - Mitch Miller and The Gang
• Wonderful, Wonderful - Johnny Mathis
• My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
• The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller
• Mama Will Bark - Frank Sinatra and Dagmar
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd
• Snow - Rosemary Clooney
• Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis
• Medley: We Three Kings, Good King Wenceslas, O Tannenbaum - Frank De Vol and The Rainbow Strings
• Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
• Coventry Carol - Mitch Miller and The Gang
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Mitch Miller and The Gang

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Mitch Miller conducting on the Sing Along with Mitch show
• Television Academy - Interview with Bob McGrath
• Television Academy - Interview with Leslie Uggams
• Sing Along with Mitch 1961 Christmas Special

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

In this episode we talk about John Cooney and his fantastic radio program Natural World.

We also premier Christmas World, an homage to John that borrows heavily from his formula to bring you field journal entries from various places around the North Pole.

Mentioned in this episode:

• John Cooney's Natural World
• KLCC
• Christmas World Playlist on YouTube

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

We made it to two years!

In this episode we catch on some some things that have happened over the last year that didn't make it into the podcast.

We talk about building a permanent podcasting space, the return to collecting physical media and my grandmother.

Thank you to all the listeners who have been on this journey with us and thank you to the Christmas podcast community for all the support they've provided over these last two years!

Podcasts mentioned in this episode:

• The Christmas Aficionado
• Totally Rad Christmas
• Sounds of Christmas
• Lost Christmas
• Can't Wait for Christmas
• Linoleum Knife
• Maximum Film
• Breakfast All Day
• Deck the Hallmark
• Holly Jolly X'Masu
• Behind the Bells
• Closer to Christmas
• Twelve Songs of Christmas
• The Christmas Chapters Podcast
• Advent Calendar House
• Christmas Clatter
• 'Tis the Podcast
• Horror for the Holidays
• The Christmas Morning Podcast
• The TGI Podcast
• Total Christmas
• Christmas Cousins
• Christmas Podding
• Festive Foreign Film Fans
• Season's Eatings
• Christmas Countdown
• Tinsel Tunes
• Christmas Every Day
• Rose Suchak Ladder
• Christmas Creeps
• Weird Christmas
• Christmas Past
• Holiday's After Dark
• Snow in Southtown
• 12 Days Pod
• Cozy Christmas
• Merry Britsmas
• Mary's Merry Christmas
• Christmas Podcasts Podcast

Music in this episode:

• Young Men Dead - The Black Angels
• Tomorrow - Black Pumas
• Out in the Black - Curtis Harding
• The Changing Man - Ray LaMontagne
• Laredo - Leon Bridges
• I Feel a Change - Charles Bradley
• One Ray of Shine - Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Little Saint Nick - She & Him
• Caroling, Caroling - Hollywood Pops Orchestra
• Russian Sleigh Song - The Three Suns
• Just a Lonely Christmas - The Moonglows
• Hey Santa Claus - The Moonglows
• Nouvelles, Nouvelles (Christmas Message) - Various
• I Like Life (Reprise) - Scrooge (1970) Soundtrack

Christmas music sellers:

• bloustar (on eBay)
• stl_vintage64 (on eBay)
• Invest in Vinyl (also on eBay and Discogs)

Also mentioned in this episode:

• The Christmas Podcast Network
• Sandlot Baseball Cap

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

We're back with our first episode of 2026 and our next episode in our The History of the Christmas Album series!

In this episode we look at the early days of recorded music, including the first format war between Thomas Edison's wax cylinders and Emile Berliner's shellac discs.

Music in this episode:

1. Sleigh Ride Party - The Edison Male Quartette
2. Christmas Time Seems Years and Years Away - Manuel Romain
3. Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
4. The Vincent Lopez Orchestra - Toyland
5. Shchedryk - Bel Canto Choir Vilnius
6. Christmas Chimes - Chris Chapman

Also Mentioned in this episode:

• The Great 78 Project
• University of California Santa Barbara: Discography of American Historical Recordings

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Christmas Podcast Day!

In this episode we're celebrating Christmas Podcast Day by taking a look at the band Fishbone and their 1987 EP "It's a Wonderful Life".

Check out more Christmas Podcast Day episode from more Christmas Podcasts at https://christmaspodcasts.com

Fishbone - It's a Wonderful Life (1987)

1. It's a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)
2. Slick Nick, You Devil You
3. Iration
4. Just Call Me Scrooge

Other music in this episode:

• Into the Unknown - The Blasting Company (Over the Garden Wall Soundtrack)
• World Map - Final Fantasy Tactics OST
• Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone
• Sunless Saturday - Fishbone
• Shakey Ground - Fishbone
• Hellhounds On My Trail - Fishbone
• My Name Is Mud - Primus
• Swim - Fishbone
• Jamaica Ska - Fishbone & Annette Funicello

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

A big holiday hug to Alonso for participating in the latest episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

Check out Alonso's podcasts at:

• Linoleum Knife
• Maximum Film
• Breakfast All Day
• Deck The Hallmark

Follow Alonso at:

• @aduralde on Bluesky
• @alonso.duralde on Instagram
• @DxAxTREE on Instagram (Holiday Decorations with Dave White)

Purchase Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas at:

• Powell's Books
• Barnes & Noble

Holiday Music of Christmas Cinema

1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby (Holiday Inn)
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland (Meet Me in St. Louis)
3. The Bells of St. Mary's - BOne More Sleep Til Christmas,” Kermit the Frog – The Muppet Christmas Caroing Crosby (The Bells of St. Mary's)
4. Silver Bells - Bob Hope (The Lemon Drop Kid)
5. The Holly and the Ivy - Choir of King's College Cambridge (The Holly and the Ivy)
6. Snow - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Trudy Stevens (White Christmas)
7. Hooray for Santa Claus - Milton DeLugg (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)
8. Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? - Nina (van Pallandt) (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
9. I Like Life (Reprise)/Father Christmas (Reprise)/Thank You Very Much (Reprise)/A Christmas Carol (Reprise) – Scrooge (1970)
10. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (Less Than Zero)
11. Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Annie Lennox & Rev. Al Green (Scrooged)
12. Main Title - John Williams (Home Alone)
13. One More Sleep Til Christmas - Kermit the Frog (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
14. What’s This? - Danny Elfman (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
15. Baby It’s Cold Outside - Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone (Elf)
16. Christmas Everywhere - Fran Alexandre (Christmas, Again)
17. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes (Love the Coopers)
18. It’s That Time of Year - Marli Siu (Anna and the Apocalypse)
19. This Day - Justin Cornwell & Sharon Rose (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey)
20. All I Need Is a Miracle - Mike + the Mechanics (Spencer)
21. That Christmas Mornin’ Feeling - Will Ferrell and the cast of Spirited (Spirited)
22. Medley - The Swingle Singers (The Holdovers)
23. The Point of No Return - Gene McDaniels (Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point)

Other music in this episode:

1. Shake Hands With Santa Claus - Louis Prima
2. White Winter Hymnal - Pentatonix
3. White Winter Hymnal - Kim Wilde
4. Bringin' Back Christmas - Ryan Reynolds (Spirited)

Listen to Alonso's Mixtape on:

• YouTube
• Tidal

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We took a break in July, but are back with the first episode of a new series: The History of the Christmas Album.

In this series we'll look at the evolution of the Christmas album, from the start of recorded music (and even a bit earlier) to streaming.

In this episode we look at the rise and fall of sheet music in the run up to the advent of recorded music.

Music in this episode:

1. Ring the Bell of Christmas Morn - Harmony Mixed Quartette
2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Champion Quartette
3. Away in a Manger - The Peter Pan Caroleers
4. Here We Come A-Caroling - Ray Bloch, his Choir and Orchestra
5. Christmas Time Seems Years and Years Away - Manuel Romain
6. Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her (From Heaven High I Come) - Ernestine Schumann-Heink

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.