02. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa-Santa
03. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Time To Rejoice
04. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- What a Day for a Dog of Gold
05. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa's on his Way
06. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Santa is the Greatest (surf-rap)
07. Nichole & The Dreamcatchers- Chocolate Stars (I'll be home)
08. The Mary Hamhocks- Christmas Kiss
09. Joel Pickell- Don't be Scared There is a Savior
10. Christmas 1978- Jingle Bells
11. My Marathon- A Sleigh Ride Through the Streets of San Francisco
12. Campfire Kids- It's Jesus' Birthday so He Should Get the Toys
13. Half-Handed Cloud- Asian Meteorologists Predicted the Heavens to Snow-down a Child a Child to Us (Plant a little Fir Tree)
14. Mary Krismus- Ah-ooh-nee-oh
15. Create (!)- Hymn for St. John of Shanghai
16. Bastille Day- It's Christmas Time in D.C.
17. Philip Fawn- Ode to Gandolf and Ye Ole Christmas Spirit
18. The Mary Hamhocks- Sweet Baby Jesus
19. Christmas 1987- Little St. Nick
20. The Switched-Off Promise Book- Electrical Coloured Lights
21. Mary Krismus- Go Tell it on the Mountain (for Cousin Paul)
22. Half-Handed Cloud- The * That Moved-around the Night
23. themorningcall- Red & Green
Originally released in 2003 on Konstrictor Productions this fantastically bizzare record features both a 7 song Christmas EP from Nichole & The Dreamcatchers, whose lead singer, Nichole, is in full command of her twelve year old voice shaped at the hands of Gary Gooper. Amazing stuff. Then the full on extravaganza. Two tracks from Half-Handed Cloud, The Mary Hamhocks (Liz Janes and husband- erstwhile Slowly Rotating Fan- Michael Kaufmann) and Mary Krismus. Probably the prettiest thing Create (!) has ever recorded ("Hymn for St. John of Shanghai"- bonus points if you know what he is the patron saint of...), a great lo-fi, fun instrumental from elusive My Marathon and a simply astounding piece of music from Joel Pickell (drummer and musician in the travelling Half-Handed Cloud circus). What is Christmas without kids!?? Childhood tape recordings from 1978 and 87 bookend the tracks and the album tops off with "Red & Green" from themorningcall featuring some sweet baby chatter.
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