Christmas tunes from New England, the deep South, Shaker spirituals, and European-inflected folk songs, along 'Joy to the World' and alternate lyrics to 'Adeste Fideles' and 'Auld Lang Syne'. The music is eerily beautiful in that bittersweet folk way and highlights include a gorgeous solo strophic tune, 'The Heavenly Courtier,' a hypnotic erotic Bridegroom spiritual, a few folksy close harmony tunes, and Jesus, the Light of the World (alternate tune for Hark, the Herald Angels Sing). The singing is both beautiful for hearing and insightful for listening, and even in the old warhorses, they play with an exuberance that makes the listener what to sing out loud. This is a disc to warm the coldest American Scrooge's heart, and will hold a proud place in my Christmas collection.