"Winter Canon," Sofia Talvik (self-issued)

We lost track of Sofia after a couple of interesting free download songs a few years back, but it turns out she's been continuing to put out a fresh song every holiday. For 2011 the free download is this song, a mid-tempo meditation on angels singing in the winter season. For 2009, she released "Snowy White River," a dark ballad describing the place "where the angels drown." And 2010 brought us "Santa," an atypical (for her Christmas songs, anyway) bit of uptempo synth-dance-pop about a lost lover, a situation she hopes the jolly elf will rectify. All are free downloads and are still available, though the new one requires liking a Scandinavian aid society's page on Facebook.