Does Sufjan Ever Sleepjan?

Sufjan Stevens is so prolific - he must do a song a day to be able to put out so much material. I wonder how many artists/musicians have said half-jokingly or even in all seriousness that they would like to do a Christmas album - while they're still relevant in the music world - and then never got around to it or chickened out or weren't allowed by their labels. Well, Sufjan not only got around to it, but he recorded 3 e.p.'s worth of the stuff. Holden emailed me a link to this dude's blog where you can download all of it. (I know this is possibly old news to a lot of people... I think a lot of this stuff was released a while back... It sounds more like Seven Swans than Illinois... But I just got on it, and I got excited.) I love Christmas music. Sufjan's great. It's a good match. Here's the tracklist, and you can click the titles to download the stuff.

Vol. I Hark! Songs for Christmas

01 Silent Night
02 O Come O Come Emmanuel
03 We're Goin' to the Country!
04 Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
05 It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad
06 Holy, Holy, etc.
07 Amazing Grace


Vol. II Hark! Songs for Christmas

01 Angels We Have Heard On High
02 Put the Lights on the Tree
03 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
04 I Saw Three Ships
05 Only at Christmas Time
06 Once in David's Royal City
07 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
08 What Child Is This Anyway?
09 Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

Vol. III Ding! Dong! Songs for Christmas

01 O Come, O Come Emmanual
02 Come On! Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance!
03 We Three Kings of Orient Are
04 O Holy Night
05 That Was the Worst Christmas Ever
06 All the King's Horns
07 Ding! Dong!
08 The Friendly Beasts