March Xmas 2026
@marchxness.bsky.social
The premiere yearly tournament of music and memory. 2026's tournament features Xmas, holiday, and seasonal songs and runs in December 2026. Selection committee: @meganc.bsky.social & @angermonsoon.bsky.social
21st century American politics made me forget that sometimes voting means picking one even though both are genuinely great.
The Best Album of 2001@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 5h agoThe Best Album of 2001 Round 3 Match #97 #1 Wilco, YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT VS. #32 Mary J. Blige, NO MORE DRAMA Go here to vote: forms.gle/7ZJwTAtzUfdB...
Can’t wait to write about my favorite trick or treaters and being a lifelong menace with a Christmas Eve birthday!
March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 4h ago38. @nikolisanastasia.bsky.social, Catherine O’Hara, Danny Elfman, and Paul Reubens, Kidnap the Sandy Claws (1993): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qap...
Some professional news ... I've been spending some time in the archives and am looking forward to having cake at all the events for this book.
So excited to write on this song for the @marchxness.bsky.social Xmas Edition!
Kermit the Frog Dancing on Stage
Alt: Kermit the Frog flailing his arms around on stage
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March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 4h ago40. @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social, Kermit the Frog / The Muppets, One More Sleep Til Christmas (1992): www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfws...
Aight we have some more lottery picks for you. With the 48-53 picks it's Jackie Clark, @lanaschwartz.bsky.social, Christian Moher, Jess Ducey, Reed Karaim, and @ashleystro.bsky.social. Check ye emails! Ready ye picks! More coming this afternoon.
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Before we get to the next set of lottery picks, here are some more of the writers' song selections: 32. Sara Wainscott selects Anne Murray's Snowbird (1970) www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0oc...
Anne Murray ~ Snowbird (1970)
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YES! Let’s go-HO-HO!!! 🎄 (now fingers crossed that my so-called pick gets greenlit)
Carlton's Merry Christmas Eve Dance
ALT: Carlton's Merry Christmas Eve Dance
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March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 2d agoMore lottery peeps: 45. Jill Kongolowski 46. @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social 47. Sarah Perry 48. @willhodge.bsky.social We'll let these folks cogitate some and come back to pull more #s tomorrow!
Sharing some old short stories that were never online before— this one, “BRING ELIZA HOME,” was originally published in Iron Horse Literary. A young teenager’s disabled older sister goes missing, and she tries to cope online. open.substack.com/pub/katiedar...
BRING ELIZA HOME
(Previously published in Iron Horse)
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MORE ON THIS CORRECT LIST TO COME, WE ARE GUESSING
Manic Pixie Soccer Mom@meganc.bsky.social · yesterdayThere are 10 correct song choices for March Xmas and this is one of them.
Pretty confident we're going to get more song changes after the lottery than in any previous Xness tournament.
Posting four more folks' picks now! With the 28th pick, Luuk Schokker selects a new one to us (but a good track!), Miss Montreal, Being Alone at Christmas (2010): www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FWj...
Miss Montreal - Being Alone At Christmas
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Catching up with some more picks. With the 25th spot @icooper435.bsky.social goes punk with Bad Religion, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, 2013: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB2l...
Bad Religion - "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" (Full Album Stream)
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Alright here are the next set of songs that the lottery writers have picked: 19. Brigitte Lewis, Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone, Baby, It's Cold Outside (2003) from the Elf soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxyb...
Elf Soundtrack | Baby, It's Cold Outside - Zooey Deschanel, Leon Redbone | WaterTower
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Chris Elliot: It's Me! I'm The Guy!
Alt: Character Roland Schitt from tv show Schitt’s Creek pointing to himself excitedly, saying: It's Me! I'm The Guy!
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March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 2d agoMore Lottery picks including some OGs in this one and the next in the thread: 39. @suburbanprairie.bsky.social 40. @twonnet.bsky.social 41. @nikolisanastasia.bsky.social 42. @bluemargaritas.bsky.social 43. @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social 44. Jim Hanas
More Lottery picks including some OGs in this one and the next in the thread: 39. @suburbanprairie.bsky.social 40. @twonnet.bsky.social 41. @nikolisanastasia.bsky.social 42. @bluemargaritas.bsky.social 43. @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social 44. Jim Hanas
More Lottery Tyme! 33. Sara Wainscott 34. @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social 35. Jordan Wiklund 36. Sean Lovelace 37. @djvorreyer.bsky.social 38. @jakemcintyre.bsky.social Let's GOOOO
Picking 16 more numbers for the March Xmas lottery this afternoon so keep your fingers crossed and emails checked.
Another thread of lottery picks: with the 11th selection Lily Herman grabs Hanson's "What Christmas Means to Me": www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5wu...
What Christmas Means To Me
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Time for some more March Xmas song announcements. With the #4 pick K Chiucarello selects the 1975 CW Post College version of Santa Claus is Comin' to Town by Bruce Springsteen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7X3...
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY - December 1975)
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Waiting on folks to make their picks so we'll be back tomorrow with 16 more lucky lottery winners for March Xmas!
We're starting to get in our picks, so here are the first 3: #1 overall pick is Katie Jean Shinkle selecting Smashing Pumpkins' "Christmastime" (1997): www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmFe...
Smashing Pumpkins - Christmas Time (1997)
YouTube video by Lucky 88
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And one more slate of lucky lottery Xmas picks: 25. Pete Figler 26. @icooper435.bsky.social 27. Kelly Shire 28. Lucinda Bliss 29. Luuk Schokker 30. Faith Grahmann 31. Ed Betzig 32. Acadia Currah 16 more Monday! We'll be posting their song choices from the top as they come in.
Alright it's more lottery picks time for the March Xmas tournament! 17. @mishupishu.bsky.social 18. @sselisker.bsky.social 19. Christopher Stevenson 20. Brigitte Lewis 21. James Butler-Gruett 22. Allison Kirkland 23. @stereolad.bsky.social 24. @utopiaminus.bsky.social
The first 16 numbers picked for March Xmas; we'll do 16 more tomorrow, and so on until we have the full field set! Watch this space for live updates.
