| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1. | 1777 | Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook. | Depeche Mode | Christmas Island | A Question of Lust |
| 2. | 1826 | The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning. | Stars | Take Me to the Riot | In Our Bedroom After the War |
| 3. | 1851 | Library of Congress burns. | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | Fanfare – Fire Poem | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown |
| 4. | 1865 | Several U.S. Civil War Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan. | Youth of Today | Prejudice | We're Not in This Alone |
| 5. | 1906 | Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech. | The Beach Boys | Radio King Dom | Holland |
| 6. | 1955 | NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition. | Elvis Presley | Santa Claus is Back in Town | Elvis' Christmas Album |
| 7. | 1968 | Apollo Program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history. | Electric Light Orchestra | Ticket to the Moon | Time |
| 8. | N/A | Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances | Danny Elfman | Christmas Eve Montage | Nightmare Before Christmas |
(Historical facts about December 24 are from Wikipedia.)
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