These three, rather short, albums are slightly different from your usual run of kid's holiday fare. Though they feature the expected assortment of cherubic youngsters singing simple tunes to even simpler arrangements these albums are actually little Christmas musical productions meant to be put on by schools and church groups. The discs themselves are essentially rehearsal aides. "Not Such a Silent Night" and "The Match Girl's Christmas" are new for 2011 and feature most of the more memorable songs.
*I found out about these albums (and a lovely collection from Norway's Kirsti Sæter & Jo Ryen that is sure to be a future Album of the Day) while perusing smacque's useful, and very amusing, series of posts at The Falalalala forum
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Not Such a Silent Night
The Match Girl's Christmas
A Little Nativity
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. Those impressive tracks reappear here on thier 2009 full length Christmas release, which has become one of my favorite rock holiday albums. Downhere strike just the right balance between earnest worship and accessibly melodic rock.
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. Set in the late sixties this original cast recording of Winter Wonderettes is essentially a revue of classic pop holiday standards affectionately performed by a cast of very talented vocalists including 
