Christmas Miracle, Alia Lene (Contra Worldwide)

Lene is an up-and-coming modern soul singer with a number of singles under her belt and placements in such TV shows as "Sistas" and "Twas the Chaos Before Christmas," the latter of which features both the song "Christmas Morning" and the title song from this 2020 EP. The former is a lovely uptempo original and the latter is a slow-jam ballad. There's also a hip-hop take on "Santa Baby" in which you'll recognize other quoted carols long before you get a taste of the tune in the title, a similarly deconstructed version of "Drummer Boy," a conventional pop take on "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts)," and a solo piano-backed version of "Mary Did You Know." This is a fine modern soul EP.