Merry Christmas EP, Remington Super 60 (self-issued)

If dark takes on the holiday from Scandinavian bands have you thinking there's a regional epidemic of seasonal affective disorder up there, these Norwegian folks should help dispel that notion with this fairly sunny look at the holiday released in 2007, free to download from their website and complete with cover art. "Here Comes Christmas" gives us the joy of the holiday, "Motorcars" has the singers wondering what Santa will bring, "Wintertime" is a cute synth-pop instrumental and "Christmas Song For Melanie" is a swaying harmonium-led ballad, though "Melanie" gets truncated to "Mel," opening up the possibilities of covers by singers of both genders. A nice gift to the listeners at Christmas time.