Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck

     

How did it take me so many years to find this 2011 album? Why did I have to suffer through years of shitty Christmas music (looking at you Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Mariah Carey, and Wham) before finding something I actually liked?

Honestly, this album would work perfectly well even if you had no emotional or associative connections to the tunes.

It's also interesting that John Zorn, the arranger, composer and producer of this album, as well as guitarist Marc Ribot and keyboardist Jamie Saft, are all Jewish.