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Celtic Christmas is here. Carols, reels, and winter warmth from Belfast to Pittsburgh. Turn it up and deck the halls...Celtic style. Do you need a soundtrack for lights, baking, or a snowy drive? This week's Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is packed with festive favorites and fresh Celtic Christmas cheer.

The Gothard Sisters, Kinnfolk, Irish Christmas in America, Ritchie Remo, The Chivalrous Crickets, Boston Blackthorne, The Shamrocks, The Rogues, Terry McDade & The McDades, Plunk Murray, Kathleen MacInnes, The Irish Rovers, Celtic Woman, Sean Griffin, Seán Heely

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0:13 - The Gothard Sisters "Here We Come a Caroling" from A Celtic Christmas

3:27 - WELCOME

6:12 - Kinnfolk "A Wintertime Feast" from A Wintertime Feast

10:58 - Irish Christmas in America "Set Dances_Single Jig - An Suisin Ban, The Hunt, Clancy's" from A Long Way From Home

15:42 - Ritchie Remo "Christmas Family" from Home For Christmas

18:52 - The Chivalrous Crickets "Carol Set - Sussex Carol / Bring a Torch Isabella / In dulci jubilo / Ding Dong Merrily on High" from A Chivalrous Christmas

24:23 - FEEDBACK

28:41 - Boston Blackthorne "Christmas in Pittsburgh 1943" from A Celtic Christmas

33:37 - The Shamrocks "Christmas in Belfast" from Single

36:56 - The Rogues "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" from Hellbound Sleigh

38:13 - Terry McDade & The McDades "Maybe This Christmas" from Winter Rose

40:44 - THANK YOU

42:59 - Plunk Murray "I Saw Three Ships" from Christmas in the Pub

45:52 - Kathleen MacInnes "Santa Take Me Home" from Single

48:48 - The Irish Rovers "Bells Over Belfast" from An Irish Christmas

51:54 - Celtic Woman, Sean Griffin "I'm in Love for Christmas" from Nollaig – A Christmas Journey

55:34 - CLOSING

57:17 - Seán Heely "Silent Night" from So Merry as We Have Been

1:02:15 - CREDITS

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