This long-running holiday charity centered in northern Florida and southern Georgia does much of its money raising and community outreach through producing these holiday compilations and local concerts featuring mostly local artists playing in various Americana-related styles. For 2018 they give us a shortened playlist featuring an acoustic "Jingle Bell Rock" by Jes Marie, a New Orleans march version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by John Driscoll Hopkins, a vocal-group original "Peace and Harmony" by Indianapolis Jones, the country tune "Hearts Come Home For Christmas" by Honey River, a jazzy "Feliz Navidad" by Roman Street, a folky take on "Silent Night" by Andrea Nardello, Lizanne Knott's sweet original "The Giving Time," and Dave Philip of the Automatics donates the same version of "It's Almost Christmas Time" that was on the Automatics' Christmas album, allowing this collection to go out on a rocked-out note. Check it out on Bandcamp or Amazon and help a good cause.
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