Sufjan Stevens, "Christmas in the Room" from Silver & Gold (The Last Angry Man)
Commentary: "Christmas in the Room" is a hauntingly beautiful song, not a chipper as the usual Yuletide fare, but the joy of Christmas to be deeper than a smile fueled by spiked eggnog & an intentionally ugly sweater.
Besides, this is Advent, not Christmas. Advent is about waiting for the coming of the Christ. Not the First Coming two millennia ago in Judea—though we remember & celebrate the salvific miracle of the Incarnation with the great feats of Christmas, Christ's Mass—no, Advent is about waiting, watching, & yearning for the Second Coming, the Parousia, the great & terrible Day of the Lord. Not exactly the rosy picture of sugar plumbs, mistletoe, & flying reindeer we equate with this time of year. But I digress.
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