Merry Mixtapes: Alonso Duralde - Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas

Fall brought me an unexpected surprise this year: an impromptu bathroom remodel due to a poorly installed shower (from the previous bathroom remodel eight years ago), which resulted in a not small amount of water damage and dry rot.

So, instead of recording new podcast episodes, I’ve spend the last several weekends chiseling out tile, removing dry rot and installing a new subfloor.

But, I had to take a break from all the home repairs to release this special episode. I’m excited to share this latest entry in our Merry Mixtapes series, where I am joined by film critic, podcaster and author of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, Alonso Duralde!

Alonso, whose book Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas was just released two weeks ago in a revised and expanded edition, was kind enough to come on the show and share his mixtape of holiday songs that span the history of Christmas cinema.

For information on the Merry Mixtapes series and how it got started, you can check out the last post, or Episode 10 of the ‘Tis the Soundtrack podcast.

And a tremendous holiday hug to Alonso for sharing his mixtape and his love of Christmas films.

To hear more of Alonso, check him out on:

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

You can also follow Alonso at:

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

You can purchase the new, revised edition of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas here:

• Powell’s Books
• Barnes & Noble

Alonso Duralde - Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas
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)

You can listen to Alonso’s mixtape below on YouTube.

It is also available to stream here on Tidal.

Please note: the version on Tidal is missing track 16, “Christmas Everywhere” by Fran Alexandre and the tracks from “Scrooge (1970)” are not the reprise versions.

Thank you again Alonso for taking the time to share your mixtape.

Cheers and Merry Christmas!