CELTIC CONNECTIONS #08-51: "Celtic Christmas"
Broadcast Week: 12/20/08-12/27/08

OPENING THEME: The Kinnegad Slashers/Danu/"All Things Considered"/Shanachie 78047

SET ONE:
Medley: The Bells of Dublin, Christmas Eve/The Chieftains/"The Bells of Dublin"/BMG
Do You Hear What I Hear/Eileen Ivers/"An Nollaig"/ www.compassrecords.com
While Shepherds Watched/Waterson:Carthy/"Holy Heathens and The Old Green Man"/ 
  www.topicrecords.co.uk 
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring/Druidstone/"Comfort & Joy"/ www.midwinter.uk.com 

SET TWO:
Oiche Nollag/Dordan/"The Night Before"/Narada
We Three Kings/Seamus Egan/"The Soul of Christmas"/Upaya CD 1218
Jacobstowe Wassail/Waterson:Carthy/"Holy Heathens and The Old Green Man"/
   www.topicrecords.co.uk 
Seacht gCead Deag Mile Failte/Finola O Siochru/"Light of Lights"/ www.osiochru.com
Medley: Naked Feet, Christmas in Mt. Horeb/Matt & Shannon Heaton/"Fine Winter's Night"/
  www.MattandShannonHeaton.com
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks/Nathan Clark George & Mark Stoffel/"A Midwinter's Eve"/ 
  www.markstoffel.com 

SET THREE:
Emmanuel/Loreena McKennitt/"A Midwinter Night's Dream"/ www.quinlanroad.com
Medley: Star in the East, Born in Beth'ny/Al Petteway & Amy White/"Winter Tidings"/
  www.maggiesmusic.com
  Cherry Tree Carol/Waterson:Carthy/"Holy Heathens and The Old Green Man"/ 
  www.topicrecords.co.uk 
Jesus Christ, The Apple Tree/Susan McKeown & Nikki Matheson/"The Soul of Christmas"/
  Upaya CD 1218
Christ Child Lullaby/Kim Robertson/"Christmas Lullaby"/ www.gourd.com 

END THEME:We'll Be Together Again/Dougie MacLean/"Who Am I"/ www.dougiemaclean.com