It's winter solstice today - the shortest day and the longest night of the year. What's going on is the sun's most direct rays are reaching the southernmost point south of the equator which results in different amounts of sunlight reaching us.

We're looking at only about 8.5 - 9 hours of daylight today in Minnesota with a sunset happening between 4 and 4:30 pm. So what better way to celebrate this dark, short day with a set of as many short songs as we can cram into a Coffee Break?

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what short songs (under 2 minutes) do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Cheap Trick - Hello There
Bruise Violet - Nightmare
The Beatles - Her Majesty
HALEY - Something Great
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Pixies - Allison
Sara Watkins - You're The One I Love feat. Fiona Apple
Now Now - Dead Oaks
Joao Gilberto - Desafinado
Jeremy Messersmith - I'm a Snowflake Baby
Tenacious D - Dio
The Suburbs - Cows
The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O
D4 - Get Loose
Roger Miller - Dang Me
Descendents - I Like Food
The Clash - White Riot