A Rock By the Sea Christmas Volume 7, various artists (Hubbub)

This Georgia/Florida area charitable crusade pops out another fine collection of Americana-flavored Christmas tunes for 2016. Tyrone Wells wants Santa to "Wrap Her Up For Me," no encryption key needed to figure out what this one's about. Colby Dee's "Christmas Time To Me" sings the praises of a traditional family Christmas, "Casserole Season" by Steve Everett worries about sticking to a diet so he can take on the holiday buffet, and Matthew Daniels offers "That Time of Year," a slinky electric blues for the season. Wild Adriatic also goes on the blues-rock tip for the mandatory Hanukkah song "8 Days 8 Crazy Nights (Festival of Lights)," Benny Bassett's "Seat at the Table" is an acoustic ode to veterans on the holiday, and The Dunder Chiefs try to stretch out their song's value with "25 Days Until Christmas," a nice little jug band toe-tapper. Among the familiar tunes is Sam Burchfield's shuffle take on "Let It Snow," The Currys' folky "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," Olivia Knight's interesting take on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" that slow-jams the backing while she sings a country-tinged vocal over it, Kristopher James' guitar and viola-backed "O Come O Come Emmanuel," and Mike Mentz's acoustic guitar-led "Christmas Don't Be Late (Chipmunk Song)," which he dresses up with some religious imagery. Mostly mellow even on the uptempo numbers, but a fine listening experience nonetheless. Buy it at iTunes or from the website.