Christmas Collection Vol. 2, Sleeping At Last (self-issued)

We've had multiple mentions on this site of this act (a one-man band setup for Ryan O'Neil) for Volume 1 of his Christmas recordings and several singles releases that eventually become part of the albums. He's back for 2023 with a new vinyl album, also available for download or streaming. Where the previous album was mostly folk-pop with some orchestral flourishes, the current album is much more orchestral and pop, probably in keeping with Ryan's evolution into a sometime soundtrack composer. I'd point to the song "December 24, 2021 (Webb Space Telescope Launch)" as an example of that. Another original is "Snow (String Version)," which you'll note has strings on it. Several tunes are led with ukulele and at least a couple foist off the Christmas cliché of singing kids on us. Since it's on streaming, you can decide for yourself whether it's too mellow for you or not. The other tunes are mostly familiar; "Winter Wonderland," "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas," "Christmas Time Is Here," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," "Frosty the Snowman," "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," "The Secret of Christmas," and, from the "Frozen" universe, "When We're Together." The collection closes with "Auld Lang Syne." Amazon has the download, and streaming is most places, but you'll have to go to the artist's website for vinyl.