Fuzzy Christmas, the seasonal shoegaze mix

Ever since Cocteau Twins recorded their version of 'Winter Wonderland', it's clear: dreampop and shoegaze are PERFECT for Christmas. The empty-cathedral reverb, the ethereal, choir-like vocals, the icy atomsphere, the feeling you're walking on a misty field... it all screams ànd whispers 'Christmas' to me. On the Christmas Underground blog, Jim is preluding to, begging even for the Perfect Shoegaze Christmas Mix.

Let's pick up that glove. Or rather, let's take a first step on how that misty mix should sound. About an hour long, with the big names, the covers and the nuggets. Loud, dreamy and hazy. So, effects pedals to the metal, here we go a-caroling in fuzz & reverb.
HERE is the mix on Soundcloud, with a slightly different tracklist.

INTRO:
First classic, by the godfathers of shoegaze:
Tempo down, reverb up, another bunch of pioneers (not a Christmas song, but Christmassy)
Let's keep the tempo down, and up the ethereal atmosphere:

Pinemoon · Christmas Together

Dreamy, sultry and tensed with Smoke Fairies, a song that builds up to a wonderful crescendo:

fulltimehobby · Smoke Fairies - Wild Winter

A genuine Christmas song, by a genuine dreampop giant:
Another genuine Christmas song, dreamily re-done:
From this year, what a gorgeous song:
Shall we turn up the volume? A Lush cover (not a real Christmas song, but it fits):

Joseph Roan · "Sweetness and Light" - Lush cover

Uptempo, hazy and very Christmassy:

Sauna Cool · Figure - Christmas Eve of 1992

Keep it up, keep it dreamy:
20 minutes left, what now? Let's go dreamy Britfolk, a song about an medieval church:
Let's build on that religious atmosphere with this glorious track by Spiritualized:
A nugget you want, a nugget you get:
End with a bang, this brilliant dreamy 'n loud version of the Yoko Ono-classic, by the partly Dutch Eerie Wanda (under the Kidbug moniker here):
OUTRO: