Over the Rhine makes Snow Angels

It’s astounding how few new Christmas songs stick onto the flypaper of traditional holiday music. Every year artists rehash oldies with more sugar than yearly soda reinventions of Cherry Vanilla More Adjectives cola.

But Over the Rhine elicits both cheer—“Snowed In With You”—and gloom—“All I Get For Christmas Is Blue”—on the new tradition-straying Snow Angels, slated for October.

The bluesy couple puts a new twist on “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” a response to a fan’s photo of their lyrics spray-painted on a Bethlehem wall. Even a Charles Schultz tribute appears.

So when your snot freezes, sneak in some Snow Angels amid the fa-la-la-la-las just to "let you know you're alive!" as Dad always yells.

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