Katie and Joe play music that pays homage to the shortest day of winter. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Kwanzaa, or the Solstice, it’s a time for celebration and reflection. Humans from the dawn of time recognized the importance of encouraging the sun to return and banish winter, and traditions have survived for thousands of years that are still celebrated today…anything to get the sun to come back. This week, we play Sharon Shannon & Friends; Mick Moloney & Athena Tergis; Bua; Ceri Rhys Matthews; Ruth Keggin; Cormac Breatnach And Martin Dunlea; Lisa O’neill; Eithne Ní Uallacháin; Mick O’Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh; Nollaig Casey; Beginish; Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekstrom & Martin Simpson; Shantalla, and Todd Denman. Our FairPlé score this week: 64
Playlist:
| # | Track | >Artist | Release |
| 1 | The Gleanntán Reel-The Sandymount Reel-The Beauty Spot-The Ravelled Hank Of Yarn-The Midnight Reel | Various Artists | Geantraí |
| 2 | Duncan’s= Chi Mi’n Geamhradh-The Palm Tree-The Flowers of Brooklyn (Live) | Sharon Shannon & Friends | Libertango |
| 3 | Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake (Live) | Mick Moloney & Athena Tergis | An Irish Christmas (Live from Irish Arts Center) |
| 4 | A Mhisg a Chuir an Nollaig Oirnn-Bòg A’ Lochain-Eòghainn | Bua | An Spealadóir |
| 5 | Plygain-Wel Dyma’r Borau Gorau I Gyd | Ceri Rhys Matthews | A Celtic Christmas |
| 6 | Heeym Yn Geurey (Chi Mi’n Geamhradh) | Ruth Keggin | Turrys |
| 7 | Christmastime In Ashland | Cormac Breatnach And Martin Dunlea | Music For Whistle And Guitar |
| 8 | The Wren, The Wren | Lisa O’neill | The Wren, The Wren |
| 9 | The Gleanntán Reel-The Sandymount Reel-The Beauty Spot-The Ravelled Hank Of Yarn-The Midnight Reel | Various Artists | Geantraí |
| 10 | Winter Snows | Eithne Ní Uallacháin | Bilingua |
| 11 | Ar Phósaís Fós?, The Surround, We’ll Hunt the Wren, The New Way to Miltown | Mick O’Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh | Deadly Buzz-Aoibhinn Crónán |
| 12 | Two Sisters’ Set (The Mountain Lark- The Banks Of The Ilen- The Sally Rod) | Nollaig Casey | The Music Of What Happened |
| 13 | Apples In Winter, The Peacock’s Feather, Hennigan’s | Beginish | Beginish |
| 14 | The Holly Bears the Crown | Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekstrom, Martin Simpson | Beautiful Darkness: Celebrating the Winter Solstice |
| 15 | Gloomy Winter | Shantalla | Turas |
| 16 | Christmas Eve | Todd Denman | Celtic Peace |