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Vol. 12 Baby, It's Sad Out There
Somber pop, self-loathing blues, odes to seasonal depression and holiday loneliness, with a few darkly comic twists to keep it lively.

1. Lightning Love - Winter Once Again (02:56)
2. Sufjan Stevens - Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!) (03:21)
3. Red Simpson - Blue Blue Christmas (For This Truck Drivin' Man) (03:43)
4. Gruff Rhys - Slashed Wrists This Christmas (05:39)
5. Lee Hazlewood - Dirtnap Stories (03:47)
6. Hep Stars - The Boy That Old Santa Forgot (02:22)
7. Jimmy Donley - Santa! Don't Pass Me By (02:18)
8. The Boy Least Likely to - Blue Spruce Needles (03:45)
9. Lemon Demon - SAD (04:17)
10. Phil Ochs - No Christmas in Kentucky (03:04)
11. Ed's Redeeming Qualities - Christmas in Vermont (03:13)
12. Ry Cooder - Christmas Time This Year (02:49)
13. Buck Owens - All I Want for Christmas Is My Daddy (02:51)
14. Monster Christmas Mash - Nobody Ever Asked Me to A Christmas Party (01:46)
15. Leroy Carr - Christmas in Jail -Ain't That a Pain (03:22)
16. Rodd and Judy - Santa Fix My Toys for Christmas (02:53)
17. Bill Anderson - 'Po Folks Christmas (03:14)
18. The Harlem Children's Chorus - Black Christmas (02:32)
19. Dan Bryk - Love Me for Christmas (05:47)
20. William Shatner - It Hasn't Happened Yet (03:49)
21. Walter Brennan - Just Three Letters for Christmas (02:26)
22. Juan Schwartz and the South Park Children's Choir - Dead, Dead, Dead (02:13)
23. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas (04:56)