Songs for Christmas | 
| Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Label: Asthmatic Kitty
Category: Music
List Price: $22.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 3204
Format: Box Set, Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.2 x 1.1
MPN: 28
UPC: 656605602820
EAN: 0656605602820
ASIN: B000HLDF0O
Release Date: November 21, 2006
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | 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 |
Disc 2
| • | Angels We Have Heard on High | | • | Put the Lights on the Tree | | • | Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing | | • | I Saw Three Ships | | • | Only at Christmas Time | | • | Once in Royal David's City | | • | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! | | • | What Child Is This Anyway? | | • | Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella |
Disc 3
| • | 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 |
Disc 4
| • | 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 |
Disc 5
| • | 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 |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Every year it's an issue: how does one stomach the onset of holiday music? With an endless stream of overplayed pop stars stirring what Sufjan Stevens calls "That Creepy Christmas Feeling," how does one navigate the sound of the season? Back in 2001, Stevens began making annual EPs of traditional carols and songs mixed with his own holiday-themed tunes. With 2006 and Volume 5, he's compiled a perfect gift for the Christmas-inclined indie rockster: all five EPs in one box, separately slipcased, plus a booklet filled with lyric sheets, chord charts, a Rick Moody essay, and more. Yes, Stevens knows that "Jingle Bells" features him playing (as he notes) "insipid piano," but he also writes gorgeous arrangements. Check out the three versions of "O Come O Come Emmanuel"; each aches. And "O Holy Night" from Volume 3 is lo-fi genius, never mind anyone's resistance to theology; it's a time-stopper. Stevens's own tunes are unmistakably his, hushed vocals highlighting a unique mix of whimsy and yearning--much like the justly-lauded Illinois and Michigan. In the end of the liner essay, Stevens writes that the Christmas story is about love, and on that note, he proclaims that these songs and the "Creepy Christmas Feeling" prompt "a transformation of the heart" for him and bring out affection and reflection. Isn't that a great holiday vibe? --Andrew Bartlett
Album Description
In December 2001, Sufjan set out to create a Christmas gift for his friends and family. The result was a seven-song recording that he called "Noel Vol. 1". Over the next several years, he created new EPs to add to the collection. This 5-CD box set includes all five volumes, plus a 42-page booklet with an original Christmas essay by acclaimed American novelist Ricky Moody, two essays, a short story by Stevens, a holiday sticker, chord charts, lyrics, comic strip, family portrait poster, photos, and an animated video.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
you will love Christmas music after hearing the album(s) April 6, 2008
This is what introduced me to Sufjan (and I have never been the same!). My mother, who is in her mid 50s, loves this set. I secretly look forward to Thanksgiving because I can put the album in my cd player for the next couple of months...and we play it while we're taking our tree down so we can enjoy it one last time before putting Christmas stuff up. It has many traditional Christmas songs, as well as some he has written, and some stellar renditions of old hymns that will be familiar to many. This has to be the best Christmas album ever.
Bringing families together with christian holday music January 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This box set is full of fun times as soon as you open it. Besides the amazingly complex yet honestly raw christmas songs, there are short stories that we can all relate to about the materialism of christmas and the coming together of dysfunctional families, as well as chords and lyrics to all of the songs so you can sing and even play along. My mother and i sang together for the first time ever when i put these CDs in the player.
A holiday hit!! January 18, 2008
All five cd's are fabulous, I played them the entire holiday and gave this as a gift to everyone. A perfect blend of classics and new songs.
a new staple for the collection January 12, 2008
great twist on the classics and beautiful orginal compositions, though the collection is 5 CDs deep it is not a chore to listen through all, each song has wonderful holiday sentiments and melody. Sufjan continues to brighten the standards with his signature.
Worth snail mail! January 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cool and ambitious takes on old and new tunes...plus fun packaging that makes the "hard copy" well worth it (actually, a steal.)
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