This is the first time I've encountered this ongoing series of Christmas compilations by a bunch of New Jersey people led by a fellow named Jon Montague, who helmed the first year's collection before passing away. His friends have continued the series ever since for the benefit of the Arbor Foundation. This is more of a long EP than an album, and it kicks off with Tom Ryan & Friends' "Westward Leaning," a fairly yearning Americana ballad, going into It's a King Thing's "Rockin With Santa Claus," a short but snappy pop rocker, and Mark Martucci's "In the Furs," a midtempo number led by organ and old-school rhythm box. Joy Riding give us "This Ain't a Race," an indie-pop shuffle, Old Souls offer the moody instrumental ballad "Lakota," The 1910 Chainsaw Co. do Tom Petty's "Christmas All Over Again," The Only Ghost In Town offer the acoustic rocker "The Room Is Cold," and Damn the Lions wrap things up with the indie-sounding "Snow Folks," which takes a poke at commercialism, including this site's putative sponsor. The collection only appears on Bandcamp, along with previous editions, but I did find a few of the older albums, along with "Rockin' With Santa Claus," on Amazon.
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Welcome back to yet another edition of the official Mistletunes holiday mix for 2025. Apologies for this year's cover art; it was either this or something to do with "Kpop Demon Hunters," which I haven't watched and therefore couldn't come up with anything. As far as I know the current mix doesn't have anything to do with AI, about which we've had quite enough to say if you read the site or listened to last year's mix. Maybe when whatever's left of the VH1 channel gets around to "I Love the '20s," we'll all have a good laugh about the AI scare, assuming that said program isn't put together by a large language model itself. OK, enough bummer stuff, put on your dancing shoes and press play.
"Where Are You Christmas?," The Pretty Reckless -- The band's lead singer Taylor Momsen was Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 version of "The Grinch," and here she is stomping through a rocked-up version of the song she once sang as a child. A suitable opener, I think.
"Cha Cha Heels For Christmas," The Exotic Ones -- I barely remember when cha cha heels were a thing, and I'm old; nevertheless, this should bring a smile to everyone's faces.
"Tchotchkes," The Lemon Twigs & Tchotchke -- The Twigs are not particularly famous, but those who have heard them regard them as a successor act to the Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys, and this little number will give you some insight into that assertion.
"Ring-a-Ding-Ding," the Bacarrudas -- This Philly act brings a bit of the border sound to this otherwise power-popish rocker, mainly by leaning into that cheap organ sound. Love it.
"Peace on Earth," DeRobert & the Half Truths -- I'm always up for some old-school soul music and these guys bring it for the holidays.
"This Christmas I'm Coming Home," Leon Bridges and Nora Jones -- Two cool vocalists give us a fine funky duet for the holiday. This is Leon's first tinsel track, but Nora's on record with quite a lot of holiday music under several band names.
"Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me," Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas -- The Elvis Presley classic Christmas song gets a new life when these folks do it to a conga beat.
"I'm Not Getting Anything for Christmas," The Other Girls -- This ensemble puts the garage-rock sound to a familiar complaint among all the bad boys and girls.
"Girl on Candy Cane Lane," the Hollyberries -- If you ever wondered what a 60s girl group would sound like if they were backed by Cheap Trick, wonder no more.
"Underneath the Table (A Christmas Song)," Ginge -- This Dutch singer-songwriter takes a mellower, more introspective view of the holiday.
"Always Christmas Eve," Bella Brown & the Jealous Lovers -- More soul music, this time from a Chicago band now doing business in Los Angeles. A solid ballad calling for peace, love and understanding.
"Rudolph a Rasta," Ras Dave -- For those of you who prefer sunshine and rum on the holidays, a reggae take on a reimagined Rudolph.
"Rudolph's Revenge," Allergies -- This London-based duo, on the other hand, think Rudolph's got a beef, and they may be right.
"Reindeer Game," Merkel and the Merkelettes --This Philadelphia comedy troupe parody the huge Chris Isaak hit to give us yet another take on the reindeer's holiday life.
"HanuKpop Demon Hunters," the Maccabeats -- Giving a nod to the Jewish winter festival, these guys somehow manage to drag the hit Netflix series into the story.
"Oh No It's Christmas, Chase the Horseman -- I don't think the singer is quite as thunderstruck about the advancing calendar as he lets on.
"Merry Christmas Mary," George Nipson -- Cute pun and ukulele put the finishing touches on a lilting, almost tropical holiday song.
"Behind Every Santa, There's a Mrs. Claus," Rude Girl Revue -- Gentle old-school ska take on an obvious, if little-noted, truth about the holidays.
"(It's Our) Last Xmas," L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation -- What sounds like a synth-pop ode to lost love slowly morphs into an ode to a lost existence. Listen closely.
"Maria Believes in Christmas Again," the Krayolas -- Cool Tex-Mex band drops this pop-rocker about giving into the holiday spirit.
"Christmastime in Outer Space," Silver Biplanes -- Lo-fi rocker with lots of cheap organ and synths used to give a spacey sound, 60s style, to this fine tune.
"Christmastime is Everywhere Tonight," Make Like Monkeys -- I like this tune because it reminds me of something that could have been an outtake from the Beatles' Revolver.
"When the Christmas Tree Is All Aglow," Vista Blue -- Chugging rocker about reading the Christmas cues and deciding it's time to beat feet and get outta town.
"Sick and Tired of Christmas," The Midway -- Harder rock, following on from the previous song to draw a logical conclusion.
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," Lady Gaga -- After years of American songbook-style vocalizing, she's back to her rock roots with this take on the popular carol. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays once more.
We've had these guys, San Antonio garage act dubbed the "Tex-Mex Beatles," on the site before with Christmas goodness. For 2025 they dropped this cool song, a 60s pastiche featuring a 6-year-old girl who asks Santa for "peace" for Christmas. It's part of an album called Christmas Candy, which is mostly made up of previously released tunes, many not holiday-oriented but do feature folks like Flaco Jimanez and Augie Meyers helping out. Anyway, this is aces, and there's an acapella version on the album too. Streaming and downloads everywhere, including Amazon and Bandcamp.
Hamell On Trial is an Austin, TX-based artist with almost 30 years of indie rock releases to his credit. For 2025 the artist has dropped a full album of holiday rock, rated somewhere between PG-13 and R. It starts with "Xmas Carol," a flashy uptempo album opener, and goes on to "Rudy," a profane talking folkie take on the red-nosed one's story; "Taut," a relentless beat obscuring the lyrics, couldn't make it out after a couple of tries; "POS," not a holiday tune, check the title in the Urban Dictionary if you're not hip; the album's title song, a bluesy strum backing a sketch about calling North Pole customer service; "Adele," an apparent love song to the pop diva that's also not a holiday tune, nor are the rockers "Dream," "Kisses" or "Amy"; "Gonna Miss U" is a poppy ode to not having someone in your life on the holiday, mentioning decorating the tree while "high as hell"; "Frosty" tells the snowman's story in Hamell's inimitable style; "Xmas List" is a folky strum about ditching the list in favor of love for all; and "Mailman" is the old joke about giving him a Christmas tip. Streaming and downloads everywhere, and a super-deluxe vinyl LP package is on offer through the Bandcamp site.
Longtime readers should recognize Sofia, as she is pretty much an annual visitor to this site with her tradition of a new Christmas original going back two decades. For 2025 she's compiled some of her recent singles into an album, adding three new songs. "Let Peace Be the Song" is her official 2025 single, a fine folky major key melody contrasting a downbeat lyric about a cold, cruel world during the holiday season. There's also a baroque version of "Silent Night" and another original, "Merry Christmas, Adios, So Long," in which she critiques AI and declares she's out of ideas for Christmas songs. While we hope she's not completely serious, she's certainly earned a break from telling Christmas stories in song. Nine other tunes on this album were previous singles, and we've covered them in previous years, so pop into the search window if you need to know more. Downloads and streaming everywhere, but go to her Bandcamp page for CDs.
This Montreal band went all pancultural on us on this 2025 Christmas single, melding Middle Eastern sounds with a cool pop-rock arrangement. Flip this one over for "Jingle Bells," a nice mid-60s psychedelic arrangement with a definite influence from Beatles music of the same period. Quite enjoyable. Snowflakes Singles Club's Bandcamp site shows the vinyl's still available, and Spotify has it to stream as well. Click the cover for Amazon availability as well.
Back in the 90s, Hoey started down the Christmas road with the original Ho Ho Hoey, offering old-school hard rock instrumental takes of popular carols, and he followed through with second and third albums offering more of the same. Needless to say there have been multiple repackagings of this material as well as Hoey's Christmas concert tours, and if you visit his website there's plenty of swag to go with it. For 2025 he's back with another collection, which I believe is all new recordings, though there may be a couple repeats of previous selections in the playist. The musical style is more hard rock of the kind that filled classic rock airwaves through the years, but given that a tour through the best-sellers lists will expose you to everything from bluegrass to countrypolitan, synth-pop to singer-songwriter sounds, Great American Songbook to garage rock, or 70s top 40 to 90s grunge, there's no reason that you should avoid putting a little of this in your holiday playlists. The title song from the "Peanuts" soundtrack is a gentle ballad treatment featuring a bit of violin, and "O Holy Night" and "Silent Night" are straight 4/4 slow dance takes, but Hoey's versions of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," "Up On the Rooftop," "Angels We Have Heard on High," "The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy)," "Jingle Bells," and "Christmas Miracle" feature plenty of uptempo guitar shredding. "Still Got the Blues For Christmas" is a slow blues, but it's the outlier here in that he sings this one. Downloads and streaming everywhere.
OK, the previous item about this album appears to be inoperative, it's streaming everywhere, though hardcopies must be procured through the band's website as described earlier. Anyway, these Scottish power-poppers have come through in 2025, as expected, with a solid rocking holiday entry, mostly covers, except for their previous single release "Christmas Was Better in the 80s." Their choice of covers is not particularly innovative, with old school classics "Twelve Days of Christmas," "Carol of the Bells" and "In the Bleak Midwinter" jostling with rock-era favorites "Wonderful Christmastime," "2000 Miles," and "Stop the Cavalry" and pop favorite "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." But they did reach far enough afield to include "What's This" from "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and to debut a new song, "The Coldest Winter For a Hundred Years." Plenty of playlist candidates here, and some might enjoy this just for hearing them sing in their pronounced Scottish accents.
This Chicago band has been around for a couple of decades, with several albums to their credit and a long touring history, including their providing backup for such classic rock veterans as Bad Company's Simon Kirke, Al Stewart and Richie Furay. Best described as rootsy rock, I discovered their Christmas album this year via one of those Facebook "hey we'll send you a free CD!" ads; turns out they've had this in the world since at least 2022, and it's not their first holiday effort, as A Holiday Staycation dropped in 2012. The current album is noteworthy for the four originals it includes, the uptempo title song, the poppy "Snow Day," the bluesy "Snow Shoes," and the ballad "The Tree That Refused to Grow," a bit on the melodramatic side for my taste. The album also includes five covers, "Let It Snow" and "O Holy Night" augmented with a little jazz chording, a perfectly fine "Run Run Rudolph," a solidly bluesy "Blue Christmas," and a smartly rocked-up "Silent Night." The older release is an EP with five songs, two of which are "Run Run Rudolph" and "Snow Shoes"; they also do "Baby It's Cold Outside," "Holly Jolly Christmas" and "What Christmas Means To Me." Both are up for streaming although the older EP seems to be missing from Amazon, CDs are at the band's website, and you can also download Staycation there as well. Oops, just surfed around the band's website and discovered they had another EP, Snow Day, in 2017, featuring the title song, "Silent Night" and "Tree" from the current album, plus three other songs, "One Last Kiss," "Eskimo Lady," and "All Eight Days," likely a Hanukkah tune. That's still on offer from the band's website, but only there.
The Bongo Boy label has a long-running album series of indie artists performing Christmas songs, as you might gather from the volume number above. For 2024 they're back, starting with Fans Of Jimmy Century, who check in with three new tunes, the power-poppy "Here Comes Christmas," a cover of "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" that's straight out of showtunes-ville, and "Santa Jamaica (Jolly Old St. Nicholas)," a not-entirely-convincing islands-influenced take on the carol. The New Bardots, a band that's figured on several previous entries in the series, provide us with new original "Pocket Full of Christmas," a cool rocker that narrates the holiday while swinging widely among various secular and religious holiday archetypes. "Christmas Eyes" by Boys 'N Barry with Wendy Tuttle is a 70s hit radio pop number about the child's-eye view of the holiday, Clark Ford and Underground Treehouse offer the pop ballad "I Remember Christmas With You," fairly self-explanatory, and Willow Layne and Countryside Studios perform "Just Me and You, December," which you will not be surprised to hear is a straight modern country lament, as is their other tune "St. Nick On Aisle Six," as well as Paula Boggs Band's banjo-led "Mistletoe & Shiny Guitars." Denise Fink and Roselyn Brinkman offer a classical flute and harp take on "Clair de Noel," which is mainly "Clair de Lune" with some carols mashed into it, and Simonne Draper's "Finesca" is another classically influenced instrumental. Steve Andrews also gets two entries on this collection, "Climb Through a Rainbow" and "We Can Sing Together," pop-rockers that don't seem to have much to do with the holiday. Dulcie Taylor has the jazzy "This Christmas Is Gonna Be Great," and Studeo wraps up with "Why Can't Christmas Last All Year," a 70s rocker with pop overtones. Given the title of the collection, the real rocking stuff is only about half the collection, but of course there are plenty of playlist candidates here. Downloads and streaming in the usual places, although Bongo Boy does offer hard copy at its website.
It's a three-peat for the Philadelphia Eagles, or at least those members of the NFL team that have participated in this now-annual Christmas compilation series. As in the past, proceeds from the album and the associated swag will be donated to Philly local charities. The footballers, as in the past, tapped a number of celebrities to assist in this venture. Stevie Nicks shines as she assists in a credible cover of Ron Sexsmith's "Maybe This Christmas," Boyz II Men and KC Chiefs star (and Taylor Swift-dating) Travis Kelce help out an original, "It's Christmas Time (In Cleveland Heights)," name-checking Kelce and brother Travis' home town, and former Philly local band Mt. Joy kick in with another original, "Santa Drives an Astrovan." Devon Gilfillian performs on the non-holiday "Having a Party" by Sam Cooke, Immanuel Wilkins joins in on a straight jazz "Sleigh Ride," and the third original features Kylie Kelce, Jason's wife, on the country ballad "Loud Little Town." The remaining songs are credited solely to the Philly Specials: "Last Christmas," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Feliz Navidad," "Please Come Home For Christmas," a fairly hammy take on the Chipmunks' "It's Christmas Don't Be Late," and they close with an a capella version old Irish drinking song, "Parting Glass." Not a must-have, unless you're an Eagles fan, but the celebrity involvement and original tunes make this worth scouring for playlist selections. Hard copies and swag are at the Philly Specials website, but it's widely downloadable and streamable as well.
Normally we at Mistletunes leave the old-school holiday celebration totems to other websites, but we know that many readers are old folks like Rudolph and that some of them have a sweet tooth for mid-20th century pop culture tchotchkes. With that, I'd like to note the current Car and Driver online feature, "Back in the 1960s, You Bought Your Christmas Music at the Tire Store." It's a fun feature about how Goodyear, Firestone and B.F. Goodrich used to compile Christmas albums and sell them cheaply as come-ons to bring in customers. The most interesting thing about this story is that they link to a website, Christmas LPs to CD, that takes those old albums and converts them to CD or downloadable MP3. To avoid copyright hassles, they sell actual old copies of those albums to customers and ship them with the CD, or you can download most (not all) of them. For vinyl fans, there's a hitch; they make no guarantees about the condition of the vinyl albums, they may very well be unplayable. But you have your digital copies to play. The site also has Christmas albums from Longines Symphonette, Tru Value, Disney, WT Grant, Readers Digest and more. They also have non-Christmas music available.
We've had this bunch of Chico, CA goofballs on the site before. They bill themselves as the only full-time Christmas band in existence, and they've put out a few albums before, but I hadn't heard much recently. Well, I just found this new album that dropped in November 2021. Previous entries were dominated by parody songs, but this new album is mostly original tunes except for the classic "Do You Hear What I Hear," "December in Love," which they got from a New York group called Street the Beat, "Mr. Weatherman" from a 60s Texas group called The Novas, and "Hold Tight," which is a cover of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. (Yes, that band actually exists, and was fleetingly referenced by George Harrison in the studio outtakes of "I Me Mine" from the Get Back/Let It Be project.) If you happened on this blindly and put it on in the background, you'd assume this was some great lost power pop project, and if the first tune you heard was "Little Drummer Girl," you'd be even more certain of that. The tune has no relationship to the more famous drummer carol and is all the better for it. Other tunes include "Tahoo Town," a call-out to the start of winter in Lake Tahoe; "Hanukkah Snuck Up On Me," which is only fair since 2021's celebration tracked closer to Thanksgiving than Christmas; "Seasonal Affective Disorder," one to sing along to all winter long; "Out in the Cold," about holiday loneliness; "Next Year," another song you can use instead of "Auld Lang Syne"; and the ballad "No Christmas Lights in Greektown," which devotes a verse to mentioning that they're not an 80s cover band unless you like Wham!, and confirming that yes, they play that Wham! song. Another great holiday album from a great holiday party band. Although I prefer you click on the cover and get it from Amazon, I would be remiss if I didn't note that they offer a discount on their full Christmas catalog via Bandcamp.
The Damaged Goods label remains a mainstay of the British punk scene, and their artists have had a fairly active Christmas life -- indeed, a number of the label's holiday works have featured on Mistletunes in the past. For those who haven't been following the Damaged saga, this collection will bring you up to speed quickly -- and enjoyably. The site has previously reviewed such items as Holly Golightly's "Christmas Tree On Fire," Wild Billy Childish's "Christmas 1979," TV Smith's "Xmas, Bloody Xmas," Goldblade's "City of Christmas Ghosts" featuring Poly Styrene, and Severe's version of "Stop the Cavalry." Add to that the Singing Loins' "Ding Dong Merrily On High," an almost skiffle-like tune that cops from traditional carols; Helen Love's much poppier take on the Ramones' "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)"; another Holly Golightly song, the sweet ballad "Little Stars," done with the Greenhornes; Cuckooland's punked-out "Silver Bells"; Monkhouse's thrashy "Guinness and Wine," necessary holiday beverages for many; and Buff Medways wraps things up with "Merry Christmas Fritz." Thee Headcoatees are billed as providing their version of the Sonics' "Santa Claus," but my copy came with a different song by the band that has X-rated lyrics and is not about Christmas. I've tipped the label. UPDATE: Damaged Goods has chosen to press this collection on vinyl for 2021. They've rejiggered the playlist, adding The Courettes' "Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)" to the proceedings. We'll see if they corrected the above-mentioned error with Thee Headcoatees' "Santa Claus."
Chris Daily, under his own name and that of Teflon Beast, has popped up on this site a lot over the past decade due to his obsession with Christmas music. He's back for 2021 with this short album or long EP, however you want to label it. This may be his best one yet, eight solid hooky rock holiday tunes. "I Will Survive the Holidays" starts things out strongly, "You're Alright (Cuffing Season Song)" and "Round About Christmas" are variations of power pop, "You Are Not Alone This Season" is a mid-tempo number with cool harmonies, "Riding the Rails on the Polar Express" is a bouncy little number, "What the Winter Brings" adds a little funk to the proceedings, "Christmas (Baby Let's Stay Home)" features Erica Michelle on vocals for a nice change of pace, and "The Ballad of St. Nicholas" is a more pensive number with backing music that reminds me of Bob Dylan's latest album, and I suspect the resemblance is intentional. All told, a listenable collection.
With acting and singing credentials that include "Glee" and "American Horror Story," you probably already expect this guy's 2021 release to be a full-on pop outing. And it absolutely is, encompassing everything from contemporary hit radio to country to show tunes. Although the artist's stated purpose was to call attention to lesser-known tunes, he didn't skimp on familiar favorites like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts)," and "(Everybody's Waiting For) The Man With the Bag," the latter a duet with Adam Lambert. Points for a slightly hip-hop flavored "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas," a solid cover of John Mayer's "St. Patrick's Day," and the only original song, Darren's "Drunk For Christmas" with guest Laney Wilson, a country workout. He also duets with Evan Rachel Wood on "Somewhere In My Memory" from the movie "Home Alone," opens the show with Andy Williams' "Happy Holidays/The Holiday Season," and provides a more pop-oriented version of Regina Spektor's "New Year." Serious demerits, however, for the uptempo lounge lizard version of Joni Mitchell's "River," and I predict this will soundtrack a few derogatory Christmas memes before we're all too much older. But then, I'm pretty sure this disc wasn't aimed at me or the people who visit this website. Make up your own mind.
I received a number of pointers to this telling me it was a 2020 release, and since I never heard of these guys before this I grabbed it. Turns out it's a reissue of a 2005 album with a couple extra songs, so I'll file this under the 2000s with the site's sorting tools. Nevertheless, if you dig some rockabilly swing, this collection of 17 familiar songs, mostly mid-20th century favorites and a few older classics, will get the dance floor jumping. Fans of big-band jazz will note a number of cues from their favorite songs in that genre, but there's plenty of rock 'n roll in all these tunes too, their version of "Jingle Bells" being a notable example, along with more uptempo takes on "White Christmas," "Silver Bells," "I'll Be Home For Christmas" and "Silent Night." If you haven't encountered this before, now's as good a time as any.
This dropped right before Christmas 2019, and not being much of a hip-hop maven, it took a bit of research to discover that this is the rapper's fourth Christmas collection, after East Atlanta Santa in 2014, East Atlanta Santa 2: The Night GuWop Stole X-Mas in 2015, and The Return of East Atlanta Santa in 2016. I judge hip-hop based on whether a song or an album gets my attention without my having to know anything historical about the artist, and that's where Gucci loses me; there's a bunch of things that clearly link back to other recordings he's made or his personal history. I'll point out a few songs from this that stuck out to me, like "Jingle Bales Intro," the dancehall-reggae influenced "Drummer," the ballad "Snow" that rides over top of a wildly mutated sample of a Boyz 2 Men song, "Slide," and "Time Flies By." You might also like the "12 Days of Christmas," which is transmuted into the world of drug dealing, and even hip-hop can't resist throwing in a kid-sung number, "WWGD Outro," even though it, and the rest of the album, is wildly explicit -- something I won't hold against it or I'd have to delete at least half the punk rock entries from this site. (There's a clean version.)
As the holiday this website celebrates makes its arrival, I'd like to thank all the folks who have stuck with us, especially this year, when technical snafus threatened to kill this website outright. The problems were partly my own fault -- I let the software that runs this website go too long without upgrades, mainly because the original vendor abandoned the hobbyist market and began charging enterprise prices for their goods. Rectifying that cost me a couple weeks of posting time. Then, when I managed to successfully patch things with the last known free version of the software, I discovered my hosting plan only allowed me to write a finite number of files to the server, and I had long exceeded my limit. That cost me another week of posts until customer service simply changed my plan -- and saved me a couple bucks in the process while allowing me to get Mistletunes back on the information superhighway once more.
I'm starting to feel age creeping up on me, mainly in regard to what seems like the ebbing relevance of what I once considered to be a great idea for an underserved market -- rock 'n roll Christmas music reviews. Hell, I'm still making a physical disc of my annual Christmas mix, even as fewer people have CD players in their homes or cars. But then, I'm still listening to rock 'n roll, even as those of us who still do that are regarded by our younger peers the same way we once regarded our weird uncles with their Sauter-Finnegan records.
So while I doubt the original premise of this website would pass muster with your average focus group as a good idea, or even a comprehensible one, I'm going to keep doing it for the foreseeable future, if only to justify the amount of time I spent on hold with technical support in the past two months. If you still find this site provides you with value, please do me the small favor of routing your Amazon orders through this website. (I'll be replacing the more prominent Amazon links, and maybe even the original website banner, once I figure out what I'm doing again; webmastering skills really don't stay with a guy if you're not building new sites from scratch three or four times a year.)
In the meantime, please enjoy this bit of mash-up holiday weirdness, have a happy holiday, and don't be a stranger.
- Pomplamoose created a collection called Winter Songs, but we missed the window by which you had to click through and join their Patreon list to get it. Apparently it was a CD, as they mentioned mailing it to people.
- Christian rockers Emery have an EP called Cocoa and Christmas, but you can only get it by joining their affinity program.
- Sam Phillips had an EP called Cold Dark Nights a decade ago; this year she remixed and remodeled the songs and added four songs to turn it into an album available only through her website, with $1 from the sale benefitting the Surfrider Foundation, an environmental charity.
- Sleeping At Last, which has maintained a fearsome pace of creating new Christmas songs every year, has recorded "Christmastime Is Here" and "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" for 2019.
- Nicholas Burgess did Xmas Gold in 2018, and this year he's got an EP, Nuggets of Xmas Gold, with three of the songs from that collection that were recorded during rehearsals for a live performance. They're very different sounding, so check 'em out on Bandcamp.
