The Yule Log From Hell

As year number 32 comes to a close (yes I know I said year 33 in episode 1) I just want to say thank you to all who have been listening and supporting this little podcast throughout the years. It's hard to believe that I went from making a few cassettes to a bunch of CDs to making my own podcast. As I've said in the past, this is a labour of love for me. I understand that this is a pretty off the...

This episode pays tribute to those who we lost over the past year. We have dispensed with our regular format and it is presented without interruption. Rest in Peace, Love & Music!   1) Remember (Christmas) – Harry Nilson – Richard Perry (producer) 1942-2024 2)Mumfie’s White Christmas (excerpt) – Britt Allcroft (author) 1943-2024 3) The Christmas Song – Linda Lavin 1937-2024 4) Pine Cones and H...

1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Brian Bromberg 2) I Don’t Want To Be Alone for Christmas – Al Russel & the Do-re-mi Trio 3) I Believe in Father Christmas – Winston Ruddy 4) Troika (Sleigh Ride) – BBC Scottish Orchestra (Ilan Volkov, conductor) 5) Mary’s Boy Child – Gund Bodilsen Lund 6) Last Christmas – Dancing Bossa-Duda Oliviera/Helô Tenório 7) The Christmas Waltz – Laufey 8) Making...

1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Michael Bubble 2) Give Me Your Heart for Christmas – Buddy Divito 3) Santa In The Jungle – Meeka & Her Cool Cousins 4) Blue Christmas – Rhema Marvanne 5) Black Christmas – Harlem Childrens Choir 6) In The Bleak Midwinter – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers/Oscar Golden-Lee 7) Burning Down The Christmas Tree – Hot Pants Road Club 8) Give Me Peace On Earth –...

1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – The Hyssongs 2) Let’s Go Home For Christmas – Betty Clooney 3) Julen är Här – Rebecca Gustafsson 4) Christmas on Riverside Drive – August Darnell 5) Fum Fum Fum/Patapan 6) Here We Come a Wassailing – Robin Petrie 7) Mistletoe – Allie Sherlock 8) Santa On My Roof – Music Club Kids 9) Christmas Time is Here – Barry Gordon 10) Corn Whiskey Xmas – Old Crow Medi...

Welcome to The Yule Log From Hell 2025!!!!!!   1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Thomas Rhett 2) Lonesome Christmas – Lowell Fulson 3) Petit Papa Nöel – Les Voix de Nöel 4) Last Christmas (minor) – Whigfield 5) Make My Christmas Wish Come True – Alya Michelson 6) It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Crystal Christmas 7) Christmas Spirit – The Wailers 8) It’s Merry Time – Linda Perry 9) When Chri...

SEASONS GREETINGS FROM SEDONA, AZ! Holy Christmas!!! Year #31 is in the bag! I'm humbled by all of the great feedback I have gotten over the last several years. Just when I think I have done my last show I am encouraged to trudge on. It is a passion of mine. Despite all of massive amount of work it takes to put these shows together. I look forward to it every year!   I cannot do any of this withou...

It's Christmas Eve...What the Hell. Let's squeeze another episode in there. Here's hoping y'all have a wonderful holiday. Don't forget tomorrow's Christmas Day musical extravaganza (shameless plug).   Happy Merry!   1) The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Lexi Williams 2) I’d Like A Boyfriend for Christmas – Janet Lane 3) Dime el Comino – San Francisco Girls Chorus 4) Come Faithful Ones – Red Nat...

For this episode we pay tribute to those who we have lost over the past year. The show is presented without any interruptions. 1) Brazilian Sleigh Bells – Danbury Brass Band – Alan Raph (Music Director/conductor) 1933-2023 2) Merry Xmas From The Family – Rosie O’Donnel/Dixie Chicks – Laura Lynch (vox/bass) 1959-2023 3) Swiss Christmas – Smothers Brothers – Tom Smothers 1937-2023 4) Consort of Chri...

1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Piano Hands 2) I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm – Billie Holiday 3) The Warmest Time of the Year – Donnie Kehr 4) The Man’s Birthday – Baby Fat 5) Make It To Christmas – Jenifer Hudson 6) Glow – Little Big Town 7) Christmas Coupon – Meghan Trainor 8) Blessed – Kelly Clarkson 9) Halleluja Chorus – S.Joel Norman 10 It’s Christmas (a long way from home) – Towe...

1) The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Amy Frederick 2) Wonderful Christmas Night – Dan Grissom / Lew Porter 3) On This Christmas Night – Tonic SölFa 4) It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas – Connie Talbot 5) Down In Bethlehem – Bill & Gloria Gaither/Lista Deggs-Charrette 6) The Star – Mariah Carey 7) Christmastime is Here – Mark Kozelek 8) Cool Yule – The Rebel Pebbles 9) Santa’s Com...

1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Mickey Thomas 2) Nicholas Waltz – Lita Roza 3) Hard Candy Christmas – Staci Griesbach 4) Bring Back Christmas – Latocha The Wicked We Wanted: 5) Santa, I Got A Bone To Pick With You – Kristen Chenoweth 6) We Wish You The Merriest – Idina Menzel/Josh Gadd The Wicked We Got: 7) Wit It This Christmas – Ariana Grande 8) Winter Song – Leslie Odum Jr./ Cynthia Er...

Welcome to The Yule Log From Hell 2024!!!!!!!! 1) The Wonderful Time Of The Year – Dan + Shay 2) Christmas Is A Time That Will Never Change – Jonny Desmond 3) Jesu Parvule – George Burton / Aryssa Leigh Burns (vox) 4) (Your Just) As Cute As Christmas – Vincent Lopez/Suave Swing Orchestra/Penny Parker (vox) 5) Light You Up Like A Christmas Tree – Jimmy Lewis 6) We Wish You A Cookin’ Christmas – New...

Well it’s hard to believe it but here we are! The Christmas Day Spectacular!!!!! This closes out year #30. Yes….30 YEARS!!!!! If you told me 30yrs ago that I would still be doing this I probably would have said that you were nuts. To use the cliché “labor of love” would not do it justice. This has been a musical journey of epic proportions. Some would call it insanity. That’s ok. I created YLFH as...

Welcome to The Yule Log From Hell’s special surprise Christmas Eve penultimate spectacular! The show has been extended for your listening pleasure and is presented without interruption. Happy (almost) Christmas from all of us at YLFH! The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – The Ball Brothers Petit Papa Nöel – Tino Rossi God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Dennis Burnside Come And Spend Christmas With Me –...

This week we pay tribute to those we have lost over the past year. We have dispensed with our usual show format in order to bring your this special episode in memorium.   1) (Christmas Ain’t Christmas) Without the Ones You Love – O’Jays – Tom Bell (TSOP Arranger) 1943-2022 2) Insomnia Last Christmas - Faithless & Calippo Vs Wham – Maxi Jazz (DJ) 1957-2022 3) Merry Christmas Baby – Luther “Guit...

1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Steve Mackey / Jennifer Lopez 2) Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Vicent Lopez & His Orchestra 3) The Wassil Song – Rayem Kir 4) Christmas Forever – Freddie Jackson 5) Joyous Christmas – The Beneficial Singers 6) Feliz Navidad – Tom Scott 7) Deck The Halls – Ted Nugent 8) The First Noel – Peter Hoffman 9) Carol of the Bells – Phantom Planet 10) Christmas...

1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Thomas Rhett 2) The Night Before Christmas – Basil Rathbone 3) Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’ – Bill Murray 4) Nothing Like Christmas – Holiday Mixtape 5) It’s The Time of the Year – The Chi-Lites 6) I Saw Three Ships – Medwyn Goodall 7) Merry Christmas Everybody – Mostly Autumn 8) Jesu Blebet Mein Freunde – Lise Davidsen 9) What Is A Santa Claus – Stan Kent...

1) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Dave Monk 2) Christine The Christmas Tree – Big Jon Arthyr & The “No School Today” Cast 3) Christmas Song – SoulStance 4) All I Want for Christmas – Vic & Nick 5) King of Kings – The Priests 6) Get Behind Me, Santa – Sufjan Stevens 7) The Man Who Would Be Santa – Vertical Horizon 8) 365 Days – Cass Eager & The Mo’ Debleys 9) Santa Claus Rides a...

Welcome to The Yule Log From Hell 2023 - Now in our 30th year!!!!   1) The Most Wonderful Time of The Year – Stephan Kumar Trio 2) On A Christmas Tree – Debroy Somers and his Orchestra (Dan Donovan – Vox) 3) Good King Wenceslas – Aled Jones / BBC Welsh Chorus (John Higgins Thomas – director) 4) I Dreamt That I Was Santa Claus – Lu Ann Sims 5) Groovy Christmas – Chipper 6) Twistin’ Bells – Santo &a...

Well folks....We have finally arrived at our final episode putting YLFH 2022 (year 29) in the bag! It has been a real blast bringing all of the holiday classics (and not-so-classics) to you and yours this holiday season. I hope you have enjoyed listening to these shows as much as I have making them. There is a lot of work that goes into each show but in the end it is totally worth it. I love the h...

Episode 6 - Working on Xmas Eve! 2022 Christmas Extravaganza!!!!!....part 1 This show has been extended for your listening pleasure and is presented without any interruption   1) The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Weri Scala 2) Peach X’mas – Kano Kaori 3) All I Want For Christmas (is my two front teeth) – London Sound 70 4) O Little Town Polka – Ghostly Trio 5) Peace – George Winston 6) I Belie...

We pay tribute to those we lost over the past year. We have dispensed with our usual show format and is presented without interruption.   Episode 5 – Pointing Headstones 1) On Christmas Day – Magnum - Butch Samolewicz (bass) 1957-2021 2) Toyland – Sally Anne Howes 1930-2021 3) Good King Wenceslas – Robin le Mesuier – 1953-2021 4) Christmas Sermon – Desmond Tutu 1931-2021 5) Date With The Angels –...

Episode 4 – Xmas Reboot! 1) The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Miami-Dade Fire Rescue 2) Troika – Keith Emerson 3) I Believe In Father Christmas – Greg Lake 4) Nutrocker – Carl Palmer 5) Good Christian Men Rejoice – Mr. Jack Daniels’ Original Silver Cornet Band 6) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Sammy Kaye 7) Christmas Like A Lullaby – John Denver 8) Feliz Navidad – Billy Joe Shaver/Flaco Jimen...

Episode 3 – Fat (Man) Shaming   1) The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Accent/Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band 2) I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm – Art Lund 3) Keeping Christmas – Jim Ameche 4) ChristmasVille – Rosie Flores 5) Christmas For Everyone – St. Winifred’s School Choir 6) Halleluia!!! – Montreal Sound 7) The 12 Days Of Christmas – Pittsburgh Symphony Brass 8) Jingle Bell Rock / Rockin’...