Good call, Goose - the first time I heard it performed was by Kathy Mattea - she does a great job of it on her album 'Good News'
Also in the Christmas music rotation is James Taylor's Christmas album -
Sarah McLachlan's CD also gets play -
And depending how far into the rum and eggnog we get Phil Spector's Christmas album gets cranked...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.