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DJ Session: Top Holiday Tunes

The Temptations singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" are among this DJ's top holiday picks. (Bernie Ilson, Inc./Wikimedia Commons)
The Temptations singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" are among this DJ's top holiday picks. (Bernie Ilson, Inc./Wikimedia Commons)

On this Christmas Eve for our weekly DJ sessions, we sit down with Mike Haile, host and general manager at WHMS in Champaign-Urbana, Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson’s hometown.

Jeremy remembers hearing Mike Haile’s Christmas music mixes growing up, and Mike joins us each year to share some of his favorite Christmas songs.

Note: We have a Spotify playlist and an Apple Music playlist for our weekly DJ Sessions.

Hour 2

The Four Seasons, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”

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The Temptations, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

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Johnny Mathis, “We Need A Little Christmas”

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Elton John, “Step Into Christmas”

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Vince Guaraldi Trio, “Christmas Time Is Here”

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Guest

  • Mike Haile, general manager and DJ at WHMS in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

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