Songs for Christmas
by Sufjan Stevens
Originally recorded as a series of private EPs intended only as holiday gifts for friends and family between 2001 and 2006, this sprawling box set formally collects Stevens' extensive foray into seasonal music. The tracks veer wildly from intimate, acoustic renderings of traditional hymns to bizarre, heavily orchestrated original compositions regarding family dysfunction and religious reverence. The deeply earnest collection successfully redefined the commercial Christmas album through a highly idiosyncratic indie-folk lens.
Genres
- Christmas Music
- Contemporary Folk
Tracklist
- Silent Night
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- We’re Goin’ To the Country
- Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming
- It’s Christmas! Let’s Be Glad!
- Holy, Holy, Etc.
- Amazing Grace
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- Put The Lights On The Tree
- Come Thou Font Of Every Blessing
- I Saw Three Ships
- Only At Christmas Time
- Once In David's Royal City
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
- What Child Is This Anyway?
- Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel
- Come on! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!
- We Three Kings
- O Holy Night
- That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!
- Ding! Dong!
- All the King's Horns
- The Friendly Beasts
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Away In A Manger
- Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time!
- The First Noel
- Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)
- The Incarnation
- Joy To The World
- Once In Royal David's City
- Get Behind Me, Santa!
- Jingle Bells
- Christmas in July
- Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming
- Jupiter Winter
- Sister Winter
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel
- Star of Wonder
- Holy, Holy, Holy
- The Winter Solstice