"Silent Night," Karla Bonoff (self-issued)

Karla is better known as a songwriter for such folks as Linda Ronstadt, Wynnona and Bonnie Raitt, but she's always been a performer as well. I missed it when she dropped this Christmas album in 2020 as a 10-song collection, but it appears she's been adding one song a year to the collection since then, so it's now a 13-song compilation with 2023's entry being "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts)." Given her reputation, it's a little surprising that the only original song on here is "Everbody's Home Tonight," a sweet ballad about holiday verities. Otherwise, we get mildly country-pop 70s-style arrangements of "Chestnuts," the title song, "O Come O Come Emmanuel," Joni Mitchell's "River," "In the Bleak Midwinter," "O Come All Ye  Faithful," "Coventry Carol," "O Holy Night," "The First Noel," "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," "Angels We Have Heard On High," and "Away in a Manger." She's also been touring in the Christmas holidays, if that interests you. Given the liquidity of the playlist, no surprise this is download and streaming only, although there may be physical copies of this year's version at the artist's website.