Le 24 Décembre au soir, disposez au pied de votre sapin quelques exemplaires, préalablement emballés dans un délicat papier-cadeau, du coffret que Sufjan Stevens va sortir pour les fêtes de fin d’année.

Le coffret contiendra :

• Les 5 EPs dont la liste des morceaux est détaillée ci-dessous
• 5 autocollants
• Des notes de livret et des nouvelles écrites par Sufjan Stevens
• Un essai sur Noël écrit par Rick Moody
• Une animation vidéo et un comic strip de Tom Eaton
• Les paroles et tablatures
• Un portrait de famille (incluant femme et enfants) de Santa Sufjan par Jacques Bredy

Voici la tracklisting des EPs :

Noel: Songs for Christmas, Vol. I (enregistré en Décembre 2001)
1. Silent Night
2. O Come O Come Emmanuel
3. We’re Goin’ To the Country! *
4. Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming
5. It’s Christmas! Let’s Be Glad! *
6. Holy Holy, etc.
7. Amazing Grace

Hark!: Songs for Christmas, Vol. II (enregistré en Décembre 2002)
1. Angels We Have Heard on High
2. Put the Lights on the Tree *
3. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
4. I Saw Three Ships
5. Only at Christmas Time *
6. Once in Royal David’s City
7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
8. What Child Is This Anyway?
9. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

Ding! Dong!: Songs for Christmas, Vol. III (enregistré en Décembre 2003)
1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
2. Come on! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance! *
3. We Three Kings
4. O Holy Night
5. That Was the Worst Christmas Ever! *
6. Ding! Dong! *
7. All the King’s Horns *
8. The Friendly Beasts

Joy: Songs for Christmas, Vol. IV (enregistré en Décembre 2005)
1. The Little Drummer Boy
2. Away In A Manger
3. Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time! *
4. The First Noel
5. Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!) *
6. The Incarnation *
7. Joy To The World

Peace: Songs for Christmas, Vol. V (enregistré en Juin 2006)
1. Once in Royal David’s City
2. Get Behind Me, Santa! *
3. Jingle Bells
4. Christmas in July *
5. Lo! How A Rose E’er Blooming
6. Jupiter Winter *
7. Sister Winter *
8. O Come O Come Emmanuel
9. Star of Wonder *
10. Holy, Holy, Holy
11. The Winter Solstice *

* Morceaux composés par Sufjan Stevens

Tracklist:

1. The Avalanche
2. Dear Mr Supercomputer
3. Adlai Stevenson
4. The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night by Saint Dargarius and his Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
5. Chicago (acoustic version)
6. The Henney Buggy Band
7. Saul Bellow
8. Carlyle Lake
9. Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in his Hair
10. The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
11. Kaskaskia River
12. Chicago (adult contemporary easy listening version)
13. Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
14. No Man’s Land
15. The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
16. The Pick-up
17. The Perpetual Self, or “What Would Saul Alinsky Do?”
18. For Clyde Tombaugh
19. Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version)
20. Pittsfield
21. The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)

Sources : www.asthmatickitty.com, www.pitchforkmedia.com

“Note of explanation concerning the Christmas songs: I recorded 3 Christmas EPs (2001-2003) to give as gifts to friends and family. They were all hand made. I sold a few of them around Christmas, if I happened to play shows, but they were never officially released. I don’t sanction the posting of these songs online, but it doesn’t really bother me. I have no intention of releasing them. Although I plan on doing an official Christmas album at some point and I’m sure a lot of those songs will be used.”

Et un mot d’Asthmatic Kitty :

“Here at AK, we’re hoping that the album he mentions will be released this fall.”

Source : le forum de allgoodnaysayers.net

Sorti le 23 Novembre 2005, le double vinyl contient un titre bonus (”The Avalanche”) et un artwork en technicolor par Divya Srinivasan.
Des ballons apparaissent sur la pochette des 5000 premières copies, cachant Vous-savez-qui.
Le disque est entre autres diponible sur Asthmatic Kitty.
http://www.asthmatickitty.com