2. Christmas Tree #1
3. Singing Santa
4. Frozen Lake
5. Siamese Lumberjacks
6. Sleighbell Museum
7. Christmas Tree #2
8. She Must Be Santa
9. Selaphobia
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I don't know how TBFH & TLHO manage to come up with such a delightful assortment of completely original Indie Pop Christmas music every year, but I'm sure glad they do.
The 2013 installment, "Mind Your Own Christmas", is among their best ever (guys, you know you have to top yourselves again this year, right?). It's a cold rainy day, here in the Carolinas, and I can think of few better things to listen to on such a day than this Christmas collection--their fifth (IIRC). Who else but That Band From Holland & The Left Handed Orchestra would think to explore the holiday through the eyes of one of those silly boxed up "Singing Santa" things? (My father used to love those things; I find them a little creepy). Who else would write a Christmas song about "Siamese Lumberjacks"? Who else would invite you to experience the magic of a "Sleighbell Museum"?
Much like the "Sleighbell Museum", the admission, here, is free ("for almost everyone"). Delightful AND free? Pick it up, if you haven't already. And, if we've all been very good boys and girls this year, there should be an all new present coming. Almost any day, now.