Christmas in America

Christmas time is upon us which means that every mall, grocery store, and radio station from Alaska to Florida is playing Christmas music.  I like Christmas music just fine personally, but I know a lot of people who hate it simply because they hear the same old tired songs year after year after year.  However, I feel pretty confident that there will be many songs in this playlist you have never heard before (there were at least 2 in which I was the first person to ever watch the Youtube video).

In this playlist you will find a Christmas song for every state in the U.S.A. though I had to cheat with a few states and use popular cities.  Also, nobody celebrates Christmas in Utah or something, because I could not find a single Utah Christmas song (unless you count Utah Carol by Marty Robbins, which has a title that sounds like a Christmas song, but in reality has nothing to do with Christmas).  I just had to supplement Utah with the more generic "Desert" Christmas song.  If anybody knows of a Christmas song about Utah, please let me know.

The Napster playlist is here.
The Spotify playlist is here.
The Youtube playlist is here.


1. "Christmas in America" by Kenny Rogers
2. "An Alabama Moon for Christmas" by Scat Springs
3. "It's Christmas Every Day in Alaska" by Hank Thompson
4. "An Arizona Christmas" by Teri
5. "Arkansas Angel" by Dan Schafer
6. "California Christmas" by Leah Felder
7. "Colorado Christmas" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
8. "Christmas in Connecticut" by Allison Demers
9. "Crossing the Delaware" by Danny O'Flaherty
10. "Another Florida Christmas" by Joe Rucker
11. "Georgia Christmas" by Diane Durrett
12. "Christmas in Hawaii" by Dunebilly
13. "Christmas in These Idaho Hills" by Braun Family
14. "Illinois Central Line" by Cody Wilder
15. "Christmas in Indiana" by Ernie Haase
16.  "Christmas in Iowa" by Mulberry Lane (Not in Napster playlist)
17. "December in Kansas" by Matt Crumpton (Not in Spotify  or Youtube playlist)
18. "Christmas in Kentucky" by Patricia Tarentino
19. "Louisiana Christmas" by Bill Niemi
20. "The Maine Christmas Song" by Laura Darrell
21. "Christmas in Baltimore" by Milkshake
22. "Boston Winter" by Greasy Grapes
23. "Michigan Christmas" by Brian d'Arcy James
24. "Minnesota Snow" by Mudlow
25. "Mississippi Christmas Eve" by Charlie Daniels
26. "Missouri Christmas Card" by Dierdre Jenkins
27. "Montana Winter" by Michelle Rivers
28. "Nebraska Snow" by The Hummingbirds
29. "Christmas in Nevada" by Willard Grant Conspiracy (Not in Spotify Playlist)
30. "Snowbound in New Hampshire" by Tony Smith
31. "Xmas in New Jersey" by Santa Sleigh Ride Shredders
32. "Christmas New Mexico" by Jerry Dean
33. "Christmas in New York" by Shilelagh Law
34. "It's a Carolina Christmas" by Michael Anthony Milton
35. "Dance of the Northern Lights (North Dakota Christmas)" by Deborah Keily Hanson
36. "Christmas in Ohio" by Chuck Wooke
37. "Christmas in Oklahoma" by Carter Sampson
38. "Oregon Snow" by Ky Burt
39. "Christmastime in Bethlehem, Pa" by Chris Bergson
40. "Holiday in Rhode Island" by The Softies
41. "Christmas in Carolina" by The Marshall Tucker Band
42. "Merry Christmas South Dakota" by The Rockford Mules
43. "Tennessee Christmas" by Alabama
44. "Christmas in Texas" by Asleep at the Wheel
45. "Christmas in the Desert" by Jazzrabbit (Not on Youtube playlist)
46. "Christmas in Vermont" by Dave Hall
47. "When It's Christmas In Virginia" by Michelle Nixon & Drive
48. "It's Christmas Eve in Washington" by Dana Spencer
49. "Christmas Time in West Virginia" by The Weber Brothers
50. "Christmas in Wisconsin" by The Mears Brothers
51. "Wyoming Christmas Time" by Saggy Bottom Boys
52. "Merry Christmas, U.S.A." by Austin Rudy

Country Must Be Country Wide

"Country Must be Country Wide" is a country song by Brantley Gilbert that was released in 2011.  All through the process of creating this playlist, fragments of that song kept running through my head, and just seemed so fitting. Here are a few of the most appropriate lyrics:

Country must be country wide

In every state

There's a station

Playin' Cash, Hank, Willie, and Waylon

In foreign cars and four wheel drives

There's cowboys and hillbillies

From farm towns to big cities

There ain't no doubt in my mind

Country must be country wide

It ain't where

It's how you live

You can also find a similar theme in "Country Is," a song by Tom T. Hall released in 1974. 

Country is 

sittin' on the back porch 

listen to the whippoorwills 

late in the day

Country is

mindin' your business 

helpin' a stranger 

if he comes your way

Country is 

livin' in the city

knowin' your people 

knowin' your kind

Country is 

what you make it 

country is all in your mind

Without further delay, here is a playlist of fifty country songs about every state in the nation (by fifty different artists, no less), plus the two bonus songs I quoted above.

The Napster version can be found here: Napster Version of Country Must be Country Wide
The Spotify Version can be found here: Spotify Version of Country Must be Country Wide

The Youtube version is here Country must be Country Wide on Youtube  (As always, I select videos for the sound quality, not necessarily for video content).

(By the way, if you don't want to listen to the whole list, at least check out Iowa, Maryland, and South Dakota. They are some top-notch bluegrass songs by relatively unknown artists and are definitely worth your time).

"All in Alabama" by Hank Williams Jr.

"North to Alaska" by Johnny Horton

"Arizona Whiz" by Cal Smith

"Arkansas Dave" by George Strait

"All the Gold in California" by Gatlin Brothers

"I Guess He's Rather Be in Colorado" by John Denver

"Connecticut Redneck Song" by David Stephens

"Man from Delaware" by Jason Frye

"My Florida Sunshine" by Claire Lynch

"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Charlie Daniels Band

"Blue for Old Hawaii" by Hank Snow (Not included in the Spotify playlist)

"Boise, Idaho" by Cimarron (Not included in the Youtube playlist)

"Illinois" by Brett Eldredge

"Indiana's Angel" by Brantley Gilbert (Not included in the Youtube playlist)

"Iowa Winter" by Finders and Youngberg

"You're Not in Kansas Anymore" by Jo Dee Messina

"Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe

"Louisiana Saturday Night" by Mel McDaniel

"Portland, Maine" by Tim McGraw

"Maryland County Road" by Erica Wheeler (Not included in the Spotify playlist)

"Massachusetts" by Aaron Lewis

"Saginaw, Michigan" by Lefty Frizzell

"Minnesota Flatwoods Farm Boy" by Jeff Young

"Mississippi Girl" by Faith Hill

"Missing Missouri" by Sara Evans

"Meet Me in Montana" by Marie Osmond

"Little Nebraska Town" by Rachel Price

"Sierra Nevada" by Sons of the Pioneers

"Waltz Across New Hampshire" by Bradley Winfield Parker

"I'm From New Jersey" by John Gorka

"New Mexico" by Johnny Cash

"In a New York Minute" by Ronnie McDowell

"North Carolina" by Divine Maggees

"North Dakota" by Tigirlily

"Look at Miss Ohio" by Miranda Lambert

"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" by David Frizzell

"Eugene, Oregon" by Dolly Parton

"Pennsylvania Avenue" by Reckless Kelly

"Rhode Island" by Kydells

"South Carolina Low Country" by Josh Turner

"On the South Dakota Wind" by Becky Buller

"Tennessee Whiskey" by Chris Stapleton

"If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" by Alabama

"Utah Carol" by Marty Robbins

"Moonlight in Vermont" by Willie Nelson

"Carry Me Back to Virginia" by Old Crow Medicine Show

"My Washington Woman" by Kenny Rogers

"West Virginia Coal Mine" by Jim Cook and the Taylormacs

"Wisconsin Water" by Horseshoes and Handgrenades

"Why Wyoming" by Kellie Coffey

"Country Must be Country Wide" by Brantley Gilbert

"Country Is" by Tom T. Hall

As a random side note, I was particularly impressed with the songs about North Dakota and had a very difficult time choosing a top song to put in this playlist.  Just in case you want to see them out, the runners up included "North Dakota Girl" by James Talley and "North Dakota Boy" by Doc Walker.