| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1823 | A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously. | Bright Eyes | The Night Before Christmas | A Christmas Album |
| 2. | 1893 | The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. | Hatfield and the North | Let's Eat (Real Soon) | Hatfield and the North |
| 3. | 1913 | The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve. | James | Go to the Bank | Whiplash |
| 4. | 1938 | Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa. | Radiohead | Weird Fishes/Arpeggi | In Rainbows |
| 5. | 1947 | The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. | Fujiya & Miyagi | Conductor 71 | Transparent Things |
| 6. | 1982 | The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil ofTimes Beach, Missouri. | Stars | Toxic Holiday | Nightsongs |
| 7. | 1986 | Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. | The Cars | Don't Cha Stop | The Cars |
| 8. | N/A | Festivus, a holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld | The Get Up Kids | Holiday | Something to Write Home About |
(Historical facts about December 23 are from Wikipedia.)
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