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With Halloween just around the corner, what better time than now to start thinking about Christmas?

The good folks at Oregon's Glass Casters Union have been thinking about Christmas too, and really any other holiday that might inspire one to festoon flora in colorful trinkets. They've also been thinking about the indie rock (we can relate), and they've devised a rather ingenious intersection for the two: indie rock holiday ornaments! For charity!!

GCU have already secured designs from Band of Horses, Of Montreal, Menomena, Califone, YACHT, and Thrones, which they've carved and stamped onto cute lil' limited edition glass ornaments. Indeed, the first five designs are up for auction over at eBay right now. Each comes in a run of 100-200, with a second pressing of each in a different color expected to follow. YACHT, Menomena, and Thrones are also selling their ornaments on tour.

Plenty more designs are in queue, from the likes of Bright Eyes, Built to Spill, Wolf Parade, Deerhunter, Xiu Xiu, the Thermals, Sunn O))), Tiny Masters of Today, and Decemberists artiste extraordinaire Carson Ellis. Because nothing says holiday cheer like Sunn O))) and Xiu Xiu.

All profits, as the GCU MySpace describes, "go back to our local community in the form of assistance for homeless and low-income people through emergency services, housing, jobs, training, and other charitable endeavors." 'Tis the season to be indie.