Reviewed by Tony Cummings

For my money, Tooth & Nail's annual foray into the Christmas market is one of the best things happening on the American Yuletide music scene. As a special bonus this time, they've even got non-Tooth & Nail artists like Switchfoot, Relient K and John Davis to contribute tracks and the result is always interesting. Standouts here are Eisley's haunting "The Winter Song", Mae's "Carol Of The Bells", Hawk Nelson's "Last Christmas" and Number One Gun's "Of Two Bearded Men". A wide range of styles and approaches and not a sleigh bell in earshot, this is Christmas music without cliché.

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