{"id":313,"date":"2008-10-31T08:06:30","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T08:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/10\/its-halloween-so-it-must-be-ti.html"},"modified":"2008-10-31T08:06:30","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T08:06:30","slug":"its-halloween-so-it-must-be-ti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/10\/its-halloween-so-it-must-be-ti.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s Halloween, so it must be time for Christmas music!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SaraGrovesOHolyNight.jpg\"<\/span>It’s Halloween, and what could be scary than dozens of Christmas albums hawked by your favorite Christian music artists!
\nSeriously, I’ve been getting press releases about Christmas albums since July. I think the fact that we’re selling Christmas so early has helped to remove the sacredness and excitement of the holiday that I remember as a kid. I understand the flow of seasonal merchandise, and the fact that in order for products to be highlighted in holiday issues of publications review copies need to go out by early fall.
\nBut it’s not even November, and if I see another CD with a quaint snowy scene on the cover, I’m going to hide under the blankets until spring.
\nBut if you don’t have enough Christmas music, here’s a list of the artists with albums out for the holidays; many of these artists are also on the road for Christmas tours. And sure, you can buy most of the albums now.<\/p>\n


\nAmi Rushes, Wonderful Counselor Medley<\/em>
\nAmy Grant, The Christmas Collection<\/em>
\nAnnie Moses Band, This Glorious Christmas<\/em>
\nAretha Franklin, This Christmas<\/em>
\nBarlowGirl, Home For Christmas<\/em>
\nCali, Christmas This Year<\/em>
\nCasting Crowns, Peace on Earth<\/em>
\nDavid Phelps, O Holy Night: A Live Christmas Celebration<\/em>
\nDennis Patton, Midnight Clear: A Piano Christmas<\/em> and Smoky Mountain Christmas<\/em>
\nFernando Ortega, Christmas Songs<\/em>
\nKemper Crabb, Downe in Yon Forest: Christmas From The Middle Ages<\/em>
\nLenny LeBlanc, Christmas Night<\/em>
\nMandisa, It’s Christmas<\/em>
\nMatt Brouwer, A Merry Little Christmas<\/em>
\nMichael and Carrie Hodge, The Heart of Christmas<\/em>
\nPoint of Grace, Tennessee Christmas: A Holiday Collection<\/em>
\nPureNRG,A pureNRG Christmas<\/em>
\nSara Groves, O Holy Night<\/em>
\nShane and Shane, Glory in the Highest, A Christmas Record<\/em>
\nThe Washington Project (formerly Souljahz) – Christmas EP<\/em>
\nThird Day, Christmas Offerings live DVD<\/em>
\nTravis Cottrell, Ring The Bells<\/em>
\nVarious artists, X Christmas<\/em>
\nThis Christmas <\/em>is the first Christmas album for the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, and is available only at Borders.
\nThe X Christmas <\/em>project comes from BEC, and features artists like Sanctus Real, Kutless, Jars of Clay, Switchfoot, Project 86, Hawk Nelson, August Burns Red, Anberlin and David Crowder Band.
\nWhile he hasn’t released a new Christmas album Andrew Peterson is once again on the road for the Andrew Peterson & Friends Christmas Tour<\/a>. In its ninth year, Peterson and special guests friends Bebo Norman, Jill Phillips, Andy Gullahorn, Andrew Osenga, Todd Bragg, Garett Buell, Cason Cooley, Gabe Scott and Ben Shive kick off this tour starting December 2. Andrew’s latest album, Resurrection Letters II,<\/em> is in stores now.
\nAlso on tour is Sandi Patty, with an intimate Christmas tour <\/a>that kicks off November 28th in Fort Lauderdale. She’ll be singing Christmas favorites, accompanied by a local symphony in select cities on the tour. Then she’ll helpd celebrate the 12 days of Christmas by hosting the Baltimore Symphony Holiday Spectacular for 12 days starting on December 10 and carrying on until December 23. The event will take place at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, Maryland.
\nAshmont Hill, Relient K and House of Heroes aren’t doing full albums, but each will have Christmas singles available at digital stores.
\nAnother single release is the song, “Crying For A Christmas,” from Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody. Krippayne and Peabody are the songwriters who won last year’s American Idol songwriters contest, penning the song “This Is My Now,” which Jordin Sparks sang in the show’s finale. Last Christmas, the duo penned a song for their church’s youth group to use in a video project. They shared the tune with Seattle’s Spirit 105.3 and the song was a hit so Peabody says they’re doing grassroots effort to get the song out this year. The song is available at digital outlets.
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