- I'm punting on Ingrid Michaelson's Songs For the Season because, rather than the indie-pop music I was expecting, this is a straight-up 50s orchestral workout of mostly classic carols. There is a version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" rendered in that very same style, which is fine for the folks who needed such a version but who likely are not our readers here.
- There's not much to be said about the soundtrack to the 2018 version of "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch," as it's mainly a compilation of familiar carols from Brian Setzer, Jackie Wilson, Run-DMC, Pentatonix, Nat King Cole, and the Supremes' version of "My Favorite Things." But it does have two originals from Tyler, the Creator, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," and "I Am the Grinch." They're OK hip-hop workouts, but I'm not finding them to be essential myself.
- For those of you nursing a serious PVC jones, the Christmas albums being reissued on vinyl for the first time this year are Hanson's Snowed In, New Kids on the Block's Merry Christmas, and Sufjan Stevens' Songs For Christmas, the 2006 five-disc set. Green River's "Away in a Manger" and U-Men's "Blue Christmas" are being paired on a 45 for Record Store Day, and Eric Clapton has a die-cut vinyl single of "A Little Bit of Christmas Love," a song not included on his new Christmas album, also for Record Store Day.
- Still on vinyl, there's also a Los Straitjackets box set, Complete Christmas Collection, that brings together their two past Christmas albums and singles.
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