If you love guitar solos with your eggnog and mistletoe, then you're probably familiar with Twisted Sister's holiday album "Twisted Christmas." Dee Snider and Jay Jay French – lead singer and founding member of Twisted Sister – tell us about how this album came to be. They also share with us some of their favorite Christmas songs (full lists below). It's all for the final day of our week-long music series, "Remixing the Holidays."

JAY JAY’S FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONGS:

• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (The Ronettes)
• The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
• Baby, It’s Cold Outside (Dean Martin)
• Run, Run Rudolph (Chuck Berry)
• Also, any songs from:
• Christmas With The Rat Pack
• The Phil Spector Christmas Album

DEE’S FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONGS:

• The Magic of Christmas (Celine Dion)
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland)
• O, Come All Ye Faithful
• White Christmas
• I'll Be Home For Christmas
• Silver Bells
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
• Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
• Deck the Halls
• The Christmas Song
• The Twelve Days of Christmas

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) might not be the first person you think of when you think of memorable holiday ditties, but you might have heard his latest magnum opus, a Hannukah song called "Eight Days of Hannukah." Sen. Hatch has been a prolific composer for years in his spare time – from Christian rock to patriotic ballads – but calls this song his "gift to the Jewish people." (He's Mormon.) He and his co-writer, Madeline Stone, join us to talk about their favorite Christmas songs, and how to write music for faiths that aren't your own.

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Music heard from our Remixing the Holidays series all this week:

• DJ John - The Massacre of Charlie Brown
• The Cast of Twin Peaks - The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Mormon Tabernacle Choir with soloist Sissel - In the Bleak Midwinter
• Mormon Tabernacle Choir with soloist Brian Stokes Mitchell - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
• Willie Nelson - Jingle Bells
• U2 - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
• Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Madeline Stone, Rasheeda Azar - Eight Days of Hanukkah
• Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Janice Kapp Perry - When I Say Merry Christmas
• Twisted Sister - O, Come All Ye Faithful
• Twisted Sister - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Have you ever wondered why – while you’re out holiday shopping – a dress shop might play one soundtrack of Christmas songs while a hardware store might play another? Steven Pilker, manager of Muzak’s audio architecture department, knows the answers.  For our continuing series, "Remixing the Holidays," Pilker explains what all the retail noise is about...and shares the three songs that must be on every holiday soundtrack, regardless of what the store sells.

Our "Remixing the Holidays" series continues with Tony Award-winning Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell, who performs with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in their 2009 television Christmas special and on the accompanying CD, "Ring Christmas Bells." Also joining us to share their favorite holiday music are two of the choir's dedicated members: Jean Hill and Elliot Clark.

The Twin Peaks cast sings "The Twelve Days of Christmas," Charlie Brown gets remixed...and more! We kick off our week-long "Remixing the Holidays" series with the best and worst Christmas music as selected by Jon Solomon, a DJ who's hosted a 24-hour Christmas show for each of the last 20 years.