For December 18: Drive the Cold Winter Away, recorded by Johnny Coppin. There's a Mudcat thread here. The melody sounds modern, but I've heard it from a number of sources. Anybody know the source of this melody?

For December 19: Merry Christmas from the Family (my request!)

For December 19: Merry Christmas from the Family (Simon honored my request! This is my favorite Christmas song.)
The song is by Robert Earl Keen, Jr., and there's a Mudcat thread on it here (click).

For December 19: Merry Christmas from the Family (my request!)

December 20: Clementising AND Down In Yon Woods, recorded by Coope, Boyes & Simpson, with Fi Fraser, Jo Freya and Georgina Boyes. Down In Yon Forrest may or may not have been written by John Jacob Niles. It would be unkind, unwise, and unfair of me to say that "Clementising" shares many elements with the Peter, Paul and Mary song, A-Soalin', so I won't say that.... -Joe-