AUDIO FILES: Listen to a Christmas playlist, Darlene Love

Wham! The other outtakes from the “Last Christmas” single are even more disturbing. (Contributed Image)

Good morning and if you celebrate it, Merry Christmas!

If you need some tunes to motivate you while you cook today or a soundtrack other than ripping through paper, here you go! It’s with a tear in my eye that it’s the final day for me to listen to Wham’s “Last Christmas” and The Waitresses’ “Christmas Wrapping” on repeat before Charming Husband can legitimately request that I turn them off.

And for Dec. 25, here’s one final Audio Files Christmas entry, Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” Stay safe and have a wonderful holiday and as always, the full list is at the bottom of the entry. Queue up the computer and prepare to rock out.

And if you’re still looking to create a last-minute Christmas pageant, don’t forget the Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” commentary.

Dec. 1: Wham!
Dec. 2: Richard Marx
Dec. 3: Gram Rabbit
Dec. 4: Nat King Cole
Dec. 5: Mariah Carey, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots
Dec. 6: Billy Squier
Dec. 7: Run-DMC
Dec. 8: The LeeVees
Dec. 9: John Mellencamp
Dec. 10: Johnny Mathis
Dec. 11: Paul McCartney
Dec. 12: Debbie Gibson
Dec. 13: Band Aid
Dec. 14: Eurythmics
Dec. 15: New Kids on the Block
Dec. 16: The Vandals, No Doubt
Dec. 17: Bryan Adams
Dec. 18: David Bowie and Bing Crosby
Dec. 19: The Kinks
Dec. 20: The Carpenters
Dec. 21: The Waitresses
Dec. 22: Tom Petty
Dec. 23: Jackson 5
Dec. 24: The Beatles and John Lennon