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This also means itsquick-hit holiday album season.
The extras make it a good catch for casual fans and diehards alike.
Theyre all right, in a sense.
Theres no way to play Baby, Its Cold Outside that isnt either very creepy or a little silly.
Points are allotted for trying.
Christmas is a time for naps.
and Saturday in the Park.
The adult-contemporary radio fan in your life will likely loveChicago Christmas, and you might too.
Various Artists,You Wish: A Merge Records Holiday Album
Andrew Bird,HARK!
Hiss Golden Messenger and country/folk legend Lucinda Williams take a crack at John Prines Christmas in Prison.
Guitar whiz William Tyler serves rustic poise in an instrumental cover of Jesus Christ from Big Stars underratedThird/Sister Loversalbum.
Various Artists,This Warm December, A Brushfire Holiday Vol.
PlayHoliday SoundsandThis Warm Decemberwith an edible before bed and drift off to visions of sugar plums sharing craft beers.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen makes surprisingly solid heavy metal.
Away in a Manger gets played like the wilderness vagabond survival song its lyrics hint at.
Deck the Halls receives a doom-metal makeover you have to hear to believe.
Some of this stuff is silly, but most of it is fun.
Rob HalfordsCelestialis the perfect soundtrack for throwing up devil horns at neighbors nativity displays.
