On Saturday 19th December we’ll be hosting an online festival sharing versions of the songs that people video or livestream from home (or other safe spaces).
There’ll hopefully be a small live-streamed concert element coming from More Music in Morecambe and maybe Dartington.
Equally important is the chance for us all to sing and play along with some streams and videos on that day. Hugh, Dean, Cormac, Wils and Ben have been preparing arrangements for some of the songs and/or we will share Sufjan's chords and lyrics from the album booklet (you'll get a Dropbox link). So we can all enjoy playing and singing along with various versions of Sufjan songs ‘from a distance’.
If you want to make a video for our big online event, performing one of Sufjan Stevens' Christmas songs please pick a song using the button. This ones in red have already been taken by someone so don't pick one of them.
FROM ‘SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS’
SILENT NIGHT
O COME O COME EMMANUEL
WE’RE GOIN’ TO THE COUNTRY
LO HOW A ROSE E’ER BLOOMING
IT’S CHRISTMAS! LET’S BE GLAD!
HOLY, HOLY, ETC.
AMAZING GRACE
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
PUT THE LIGHTS ON THE TREE
COME THOU FONT OF EVERY BLESSING
I SAW THREE SHIPS
ONLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME
ONCE IN DAVID'S ROYAL CITY
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING!
WHAT CHILD IS THIS ANYWAY?
BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE, ISABELLA
O COME, O COME EMMANUEL
COME ON! LET'S BOOGEY TO THE ELF DANCE!
WE THREE KINGS
O HOLY NIGHT
THAT WAS THE WORST CHRISTMAS EVER!
DING! DONG!
ALL THE KING'S HORNS
THE FRIENDLY BEASTS
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
AWAY IN A MANGER
HEY GUYS! IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!
THE FIRST NOEL
DID I MAKE YOU CRY ON CHRISTMAS DAY? (WELL, YOU DESERVED IT!)
THE INCARNATION
JOY TO THE WORLD
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY
GET BEHIND ME, SANTA!
JINGLE BELLS
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
LO! HOW A ROSE E'ER BLOOMIN
JUPITER WINTER
SISTER WINTER
O COME, O COME EMMANUEL
STAR OF WONDER
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
THE WINTER SOLSTICE
FROM ‘SILVER AND GOLD’
SILENT NIGHT
LUMBERJACK CHRISTMAS / NO ONE CAN SAVE YOU FROM CHRISTMASES PAST
COVENTRY CAROL
THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR
CAROL OF ST. BENJAMIN THE BEARDED ONE
GO NIGHTLY CARES
BARCAROLA (YOU MUST BE A CHRISTMAS TREE)
AULD LANG SYNE
CHRIST THE LORD IS BORN
CHRISTMAS WOMAN
BREAK FORTH O BEAUTEOUS HEAVENLY LIGHT
HAPPY FAMILY CHRISTMAS
JINGLE BELLS
MYSTERIES OF THE CHRISTMAS MIST
LIFT UP YOUR HEADS YE MIGHTY GATES
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AH HOLY JESUS
BEHOLD THE BIRTH OF MAN, THE FACE OF GLORY
DING-A-LING-A-RING-A-LING
HOW SHALL I FITLY MEET THEE?
MR. FROSTY MAN
MAKE HASTE TO SEE THE BABY
AH HOLY JESUS (WITH REED ORGAN)
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
MORNING (SACRED HARP)
IDUMEA (SACRED HARP)
ETERNAL HAPPINESS OR WOE
AH HOLY JESUS (A CAPELLA)
I AM SANTA'S HELPER
MAOZ TZUR (ROCK OF AGES)
EVEN THE EARTH WILL PERISH AND THE UNIVERSE GIVE WAY
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?
CHRISTMAS IN THE ROOM
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
GOOD KING WENCESLAS
ALPHABET
PARTICLE PHYSICS
JOY TO THE WORLD
THE CHILD WITH THE STAR ON HIS HEAD
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
THE SLEIGH IN THE MOON (FEATURING CAT MARTINO)
SLEIGH RIDE
AVE MARIA (FEATURING CAT MARTINO)
X-MAS SPIRIT CATCHER
LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!
HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS FACE (FEATURING SEBASTIAN KRUEGER)
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
UP ON THE HOUSETOP
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS
HAPPY KARMA CHRISTMAS
WE THREE KINGS
JUSTICE DELIVERS ITS DEATH
CHRISTMAS UNICORN