This isn't your NOW Christmas 238578475, with pop stars butchering the sounds of yule. Gifted Wrapped II: Snowed In features artists such as Regina Spektor, Foxy Shazam! and The Flaming Lips. Not your usual radio fare. Also, for your listening pleasure, there's a track from Tegan and Sara covering Alvin and the Chipmunks' holiday favorite, "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)." Listen to it below and have the strange urge to ask Santa for a hula hoop this year:
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Here's a tracklist also for you to drool over.
Gift Wrapped II: Snowed In:
01 Cavo – “Home For Christmas”
02 Ben Keith (Feat. Neil Young and Pegi Young) – “Les Trois Cloches”
03 Oasis – “Merry Christmas Everybody”
04 American Bang – “Christmas Song”
05 Jason Reeves and Kara DioGuardi – “New York In Wintertime”
06 Tegan And Sara – “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)”
07 Regina Spektor – “December”
08 Devo – “Merry Something To You”
09 David Foster – “Carol Of The Bells” (instrumental)
10 The Ready Set – “Wonderful Christmastime”
11 Foxy Shazam – “Heaven On Their Minds”
12 The Goo Goo Dolls – “Better Days” (acoustic)
13 Rachael Yamagata – “Baby Come Find Me At Christmas”
14 Everest – “Christmas In The City”
15 The Dirt Drifters – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
16 The Spill Canvas – “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”
17 Stardeath And The White Dwarfs – “Last Christmas”
18 House Of Heroes – “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
19 The Flaming Lips – “Little Drummer Boy” (live)
20 Franklin – “Hanukkah, Oh Channukah” (bonus track)
21 The Red Elephant – “Brooklyn Sleigh Ride” (bonus track)
(via Stereogum)