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I have both of those on iTunes (and several of the Charlie Brown pieces, I think) - that Joni Mitchell song (it's just called "River") is a particular favorite. I think I made a mix CD once, or part of one, anyway, with what I called something like "anti-Christmas songs" - as you said, the melancholy side of Christmas. I know another song that was on it was that Emerson, Lake and Palmer song - "I Believe in Father Christmas" - which sounds more uplifting but is extremely cynical when you listen to the lyrics. I have very mixed feelings about Christmas nowadays - I still celebrate it, more or less, even though every time I see all that crap about the "real meaning of Christmas" etc. it makes me feel all stabby. (Bill O'Reilly and his supporters are ruining Christmas as a secular holiday... which of course was their intention.)