"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," Tori Amos (Atlantic)

Tori slips this little number onto the British EP single of "Spark" from her 1998 album from the choirgirl hotel. A ballad version, played sincerely but with very little bombast; mostly piano but with some atmospherics in the background. The EP features another number, "Purple People (Christmas in Space)" that has nothing to do with Christmas. This seems to have slipped into the ether, unless you'd like to pay collector's prices for the EP. The preacher's daughter previously did a live version of "The Little Drummer Boy" for You Sleigh Me, a benefit CD mentioned elsewhere on this site, and a couple of years ago went the full Christmas CD route, mentioned in another entry.