Arnold Schoenberg wrote Christmas music? If you’re an early riser, you’ll get to hear his “Weihnachtsmusik,” a delightful work based on German Christmas carols. It will be the first of a morning full of stocking stuffers, as we listen to five hours of music for the season.

There will be serene choral music, contemporary settings of some very old texts, abundant sleigh bells, boar’s head carols, Christmas songs sung by some of the great voices, and music inspired by the writings of Charles Dickens (and perhaps not the ones you think).

Join me for a Christmas pudding and “Partridge Pie” (literally, Richard Rodney Bennett’s take on “The Twelve Days of Christmas”) this morning from 6 to 11 ET, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. We’ll be stringing a garland of cranberries and popcorn – and you won’t have to worry about pricking your fingers – on Classic Ross Amico.