On this Christmas Eve for our weekly DJ sessions, we sit down with Mike Haile, host and general manager at WHMS in Champaign-Urbana, Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson’s hometown.

Jeremy remembers hearing Mike Haile’s Christmas music mixes growing up, and Mike joins us each year to share some of his favorite Christmas songs.

Note: We have a Spotify playlist and an Apple Music playlist for our weekly DJ Sessions.

Songs In This Segment:

Hour 1

The Royal Guardsmen, “Snoopy’s Christmas”

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Dean Martin with Martina McBride, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”

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Vince Vance and the Valiants, “All I Want For Christmas Is You”

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José Feliciano, “Feliz Navidad”

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Nat King Cole, “The Happiest Christmas Tree”

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Guest

  • Mike Haile, general manager and DJ at WHMS in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
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