Our 12 Month Christmas, The Big Christmas Crew (Railroad)

Don't know who these guys are, and the generic nature of their name makes search engines throw up all kinds of crap ads for crew-neck shirts and sweaters. I eventually discovered this is a bunch of Canadians in Chesterville, Ontario putting this 2025 album together in preparation for a holiday show in their home town. Highlights include two bluesy numbers, "Mexico Way" and "Christmastime Is On the Way," the pop-rocker "Eve of Christmas," the midtempo rocker "Cold Canadian Nights," the ballads "My Christmas Tree," "December Night" and "Peace This Christmas," a rocker called "Merry Christmas Mary Ann" with a lead vocal reminiscent of Neil Diamond, and a country number "But Santa I Can Explain." Classic carols here include "Good King Wenceslas," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Jingle Bells" and "Jolly Old St. Nicholas." The preponderance of ballads make this a little mellow for our purposes here, but there's a bumper crop of good original tunes on here that deserve notice. Streaming and downloads everywhere.