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Last night came word Daniel Smith's Sounds Familyre label (Danielson, Sufjan Stevens, Woven Hand) would be posting a new Christmas song on its blog every day for 13 days-- beginning, well, today. We tried to stay up all night to see if we could catch Brother Danielson going down the chimney, when what to our wondering ears should appear this morning but a new Danielson tune, "Christmas Eve Nite". A slinky ? and the Mysterians organ accompanies an abstract little carol about the restless wait for Santa and the excitement of Christmas day morning. "We can't sleep, we can't sleep, it's Christmas Eve!" a choir of kids cheer, as Danielson describes a conversation between an eager child and well-meaning mom. "Hey, hooray," the kids repeat on a bridge that's more spaced-out than any Christmas I remember. I just hope somebody remembered to leave out cookies.

Stream:> Danielson: "Christmas Eve Nite"
[from A Familyre Christmas - Vol. 1; currently being posted a track a day to the Sounds Familyre blog]