{"id":1364,"date":"2013-12-11T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2013-12-10T14:15:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T19:15:47","slug":"anneliese-alternative-holiday-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/12\/11\/anneliese-alternative-holiday-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Anneliese: Alternative Holiday Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/comblog\/files\/2013\/03\/AnnelieseScheck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2013\/03\/AnnelieseScheck-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"AnnelieseScheck\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2013\/03\/AnnelieseScheck-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2013\/03\/AnnelieseScheck-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2013\/03\/AnnelieseScheck.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I like Christmas music, I really do. But every convenience store, airport, grocery store, shopping mall, etc. has been playing Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d on repeat since Thanksgiving, and if I have to hear it one more time I will personally set out to ruin Mariah Carey\u2019s Christmas. Because she\u2019s ruining mine.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, okay, perhaps that\u2019s a tad dramatic. In any case, I\u2019ve compiled a list of Christmas songs performed by some of my favorite indie and alternative artists. They provide a nice alternative to the Christmas renditions we\u2019re forced to hear every holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>1. Dr. Dog \u201cChristmas Party\u201d <i>Oh my Christmas Tree <\/i>[EP]<\/p>\n<p>2. Sufjan Stevens \u201cHey Guys! It\u2019s Christmas Time!\u201d <i>Songs for Christmas<\/i><\/p>\n<p>3. Jimmy Eat World \u201cLast Christmas\u201d <i>Bleed American<\/i><\/p>\n<p>4. Julian Casablancas \u201cI Wish it Was Christmas Today\u201d Single<\/p>\n<p>5. Arcade Fire \u201cJingle Bell Rock\u201d Single<\/p>\n<p>6. Andrew Bird \u201cOld Lang Syne\u201d <i>Holidays Rock<\/i><\/p>\n<p>7. She &amp; Him \u201cBaby It\u2019s Cold Outside\u201d <i>A Very She &amp; Him Christmas<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i>8. Mayer Hawthorne \u201cChristmas Time is Here\u201d Single<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like Christmas music, I really do. But every convenience store, airport, grocery store, shopping mall, etc. has been playing Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d on repeat since Thanksgiving, and if I have to hear it one more time I will personally set out to ruin Mariah Carey\u2019s Christmas. Because she\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/12\/11\/anneliese-alternative-holiday-playlist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anneliese: Alternative Holiday Playlist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1365,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}