Not really familiar with Mint 400, but always happy to welcome another record label willing to compile a Christmas disc. Apparently this label originates from New Jersey. This 2012 entry features a mix of originals and classic holiday songs. The One & Nines acquit themselves well on Brenda Lee's "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus" and the uptempo horn arrangement of Charles Brown's "Merry Christmas Baby." Fairmont takes a strong 60s rock approach to "This Song Is Your Christmas Gift" and an instrumental of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The Duke of Norfolk offers their own "Lovely Winter" and a banjo-led "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." Ashes gets three songs, the 60s-sounding "Am I Too Old For Christmas," the country-flavored "Did Ya Hear? (Santa Was Arrested For Burglary)," and the mournful "Does the Mistletoe Know?" Les Trois Chaud tries to opt out of the holiday with "Sorry I'm Broke," Adam N Copeland hangs 10 on his "Season of the Wave" and Reality Suite wrap up with the driving rocker "Deliver By Christmas." A nice rootsy collection of rockin' goodness.
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