From My House to Yours, Jim Babjak's Buzzed Meg (self-issued)

Smithereens fans already recognize Babjak's name from the longtime Jersey pop-rock band, and this 2001 self-issued CD-R EP offers three songs Babjak wrote and recorded at home, "It's Love on Christmas Day," "Christmas Eve, Without Your Love" and "Christmas Morning." It's pop-rock just a little lighter in approach than the 'Reens, the middle song being the ballad of the three with Beatle-ish cello backing while the other two are more uptempo. "Christmas Morning," of course, was also recorded by the Smithereens. All three are worthwhile, assuming you can get a copy; it's a limited issue. Buzzed Meg also has a non-holiday CD you can look into while you're chasing this down.