We have been thinking we are done with our yearly crazy Christmas photo now that we have one graduating high school in the spring. So we decided to go back to reenact our first in 2007. Well, we had considered something else but we HAD to do it after the Elf showed up this morning holding our old photo! Mischievous little bugger!! Merry Christmas, everyone!
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McCoy Christmas Card 2013
Cheap Albums 11.21.12
Tons of great, cheap music right now. I only list the albums I think are worth checking out. If you want a recommendation based on the kind of music you like, just lemme know.
- The Avett Brothers: The Carpenter ($3.99)
- Brandi Carlile: Bear Creek ($3.99)
- Arcade Fire: The Suburbs ($4.99)
- Sharon Van Etten: Tramp ($4.99)
- Damien Jurado: Maraqopa ($3.99)
- Shearwater: Animal Joy ($4.99)
- Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid ($4.99)
- Animal Collective: Centipede Hz ($5.99)
- The Black Keys: El Camino ($5.99)
- Wye Oak: Civilian ($4.99)
- Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself ($4.99)
- Benjamin Gibbard: Former Lives ($4.99)
- Liars: WIXIW ($4.99)
- Beach House: Bloom ($4.99)
- Wilco: The Whole Love ($5.99)
- Passion Pit: Gossamer ($5.99)
- The White Stripes: Icky Thump ($5.99)
- Linkin Park: Meteora ($5.99)
- J.D. McPherson: Signs & Signifiers ($3.99)
- Metric: Synthetica ($4.99)
- Purity Ring: Shrines ($4.99)
- Best Coast: The Only Place ($4.99)
- The Dead Weather: Sea of Cowards ($4.99)
- Now Now: Threads ($4.99)
- Sleigh Bells: Reign of Terror ($4.99)
- The Shins: Port of Morrow ($5.99)
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Here ($4.99)
- Father John Misty: Fear Fun ($4.99)
- Hospitality: Hospitality ($4.99)
- Of Monsters & Men: My Head Is An Animal ($3.99)
- Regina Spektor: Begin To Hope ($4.99)
- Destroyer: Kaputt ($4.99)
- The Tallest Man On Earth: There's No Leaving Now ($4.99)
- Silversun Pickups: Neck of the Woods ($3.99)
- Civil Twilight: Holy Weather ($3.99)
- The Lumineers: The Lumineers ($4.99)
- The Decemberists: Picaresque ($4.99)
- Derek Webb: Ctrl ($3.99)
- Elliott Smith: Either/Or ($4.99)
- Band of Horses: Mirage Rock ($3.99)
- Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel ($3.99)
- Glen Hansard: Rhythm & Repose ($4.99)
- M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion ($4.99)
- Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue ($5.99)
- The Gaslight Anthem: Handwritten ($3.99)
- Japandroids: Celebration Rock ($4.99)
- Band of Skulls: Sweet Sour ($3.99)
- James Taylor: Greatest Hits ($4.99)
- Gotye: Making Mirrors ($3.99)
- Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction ($3.99)
Sufjan Stevens | Silver & Gold Promo
If you needed more reason to buy Sufjan Stevens' new Christmas collection, Silver & Gold ($13.98 for 58 songs), you now have this. It's not all unicorns & rainbows. Ok, well there are unicorns. Also, it has an edge to it.
$5 (& Cheaper) Christmas Albums
Amazon is offering many Christmas albums for $5 & cheaper. Here are my favorites and recommendations. Go check out all 100 $5 holiday albums.
- The Andy Williams Christmas Album | Most played Christmas album in my home
- Christmas Classics | Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, many others
- Bing Crosby: Christmas Classics
- Frank Sinatra: A Jolly Christmas
- Josh Groban: Noel
- Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
- David Crowder Band: Oh For Joy!
- Selah: Rose of Bethlehem
- Harry Connick, Jr.: What A Night! & Harry for the Holidays
- Chris Tomlin: Glory In The Highest
- A Charlie Brown Christmas ($3.99)
- Elf: Music From The Motion Picture ($4.49) | Some solid classics
- The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces ($1.99)
- It's $9.99, but a family fave | Harry Connick, Jr.: When My Heart Finds Christmas
Sufjan Stevens | Silver & Gold
Stream Sufjan Stevens new Christmas album, Silver & Gold, free. Buy it, FIVE albums (58 tracks), for $13.98. Grab the first 5 albums while you are at it (Songs for Christmas, $15.49) and you'll have his 100 song collection of Christmas music.
100 Christmas Albums for $5 Each
Amazon has listed 100 Christmas albums for $5 a piece. This includes Burl Ives, Sara Groves, Mannheim Steamroller, Michael W. Smith, She & Him, Elvis, & Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits (Vince Guaraldi Trio).
Pick up some new stuff for Christmas, and go check out all 100.