A partial answer at this time

In this time zone at least, it's Yule -- the sun finally pauses its southward loop about an hour after sunset, making tonight Year's Long Night. In some other places, of course, the winter solstice is shifted by a day, or by six months. It's always amused me that a holiday marked by astronomic observation has so much local variation, but such is life on a sphere. Since here it is now, a good turning to all. May the coming year hold warmth for you and yours, if not too much of it, and the promise of more light ahead.

And in that spirit, a mix for you who read this, on YouSendIt till it goes away. It's not an actual, yanno, holiday mix -- but then again, maybe it is. What I’m Looking For:

1. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For · U2
   
2. The Pearl · Emmylou Harris
   
3. If These Are the Things · Tracy Chapman
   
4. King of Pain · The Police
   
5. Rain · Patty Griffin
   
6. Beautiful Day · Nina Nastasia
   
7. Something More Besides You · Cowboy Junkies
   
8. Love · Paul Simon
   
9. ... and then it's all gone · Williamson
   
10. Winter · Eastmountainsouth
    
11. Good Company · Martha Berner
    
12. Come On, Come On · Mary Chapin Carpenter
    
13. Come Here Boy · Imogen Heap
    
14. Motherland · Heather Nova
    
15. Monsoon · Luka Bloom
    
16. Find My Strength · Elisa Korenne
    
17. P-Town Rubies · Beth Hirsch
    
18. Echoes · Dar Williams

Edit: This is the correct order; the track listing in the .ZIP file has 16 & 17 swapped.

---L.