The first annual Scribbles Christmas compilation CD, “Scribbles Christmas ‘08.” 10 Ohio- based artists contributed 10 unique Christmas songs–7 originals and 3 re-envisioned traditionals.

I’ve been working on a new album for the past few months and am releasing a free MP3 download of the first half - sort of a preview, I suppose. The album is entitled 8-Bit Jesus and contains 9 tracks thus far. Each one is a chip-tune version of a classic Christmas song done in the style of a different NES game.

Turk Dietrich’s version of “Blue Christmas” is no longer the creepiest Christmas song of 2008.

MP3 downloads of the following songs:

Sufjan Stevens - Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time!
Everthus the Deadbeats - Deadbeat Christmas
Cale Parks - Wonderful Christmastime (Paul McCartney cover)
The Boy Least Likely To - Little Donkey
The Polyphonic Spree - Silent Night
Frightened Rabbit - It’s Christmas, So We’ll Stop
Harry Nilsson - Snow
Blitzen Trapper - Christmas is Coming Soon
The Kinks - Father Christmas
XTC - Thanks for Christmas
The Features - Christmas Wish Book
Deerhoof - Little Drummer Boy
My Morning Jacket - Santa Claus is Back in Town
Casper and the Cookies - Kiss Me Beneath the Christmas Tree
Death Cab for Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Palace Songs - Christmastime in the Mountains

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As recession tightens its grip, the holiday season threatens to be less festive than usual. Consciously or not, much of this year’s new holiday music expresses some anxiety about whether the old modes of merriment still matter. Dismantle old standards? Create new ones? Even bother celebrating at all? Here, notable holiday albums — Christmas, mostly, with a little Hanukkah thrown in — are reviewed by the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times.

Follow link to download two mp3s from the record.

This is one of the best compilations I’ve seen this year. Out only via iTunes.

1. Au Revoir Simone - Christmastime is Here
2. Le Loup - Shenandoah (download mp3)
3. Figurine - The Holidays Behind Us
4. Sally Shapiro - Anorak Christmas (Piano Mix)
5. Arthur & Yu - My White Elephant
6. My Brightest Diamond - Nature Boy
7. Parenthetical Girls - Festive Friends (Forever)
8. No Kids - Another Winter In a Summer Town
9. Radar Bros. - Baby Jesus
10. Blitzen Trapper - Christmas Is Coming Soon
11. Man of Arms - It’s Christmastime and Everything’s Wrong
12. Au - I’ll Be Home For Christmas
13. The Papercuts - Go Tell It On The Mountain
14. Bosque Brown - Silent Night
15. Turk Dietrich of Belong - Blue Christmas