I can't in good conscience start a playlist this close to Christmas without a little Vince Guaraldi Trio's A Charlie Brown Christmas, easily my favorite Christmas album ever. Also in consideration: Home Alone Soundtrack, Boyz II Men A Christmas Collection, and Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics.

Anyways, we’re nearing the end of another wild year in music, so I’m still hard at work on my Top 100 Songs and Top 25 Albums playlists. These are hard as hell to slim down! I’m still at 200 songs after running through and deleting over 60.

As I continue to get through this, you can listen to the Monday Mixtape. I’ve included a few new jams, including hometown DC rapper, Goldlink, the spacey Mild High Cub, and the poppy but infectious Lissie.

And of course, Christmas Time is Here. Well, almost.