Sun Cru
This Winter

Sun Cru

SC20 - 2025​

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It's about 6 pm at Mistletoe Mansion. The guests are trickling in... a parade of rosy cheeks and noses. Tonight the party starts early. Fezziwig has turned up the music once, twice. Scrooge is picking through the vinyl. The children scamper about in glee. Ghost stories are afoot. Eyes twinkle among the toasted. Contentedness circulates among the abstaining few. The Martinelli's flows with abandon.

Why just one day? Why only this season? It seems crazy to wish for every day to be like Christmas. But that’s not what we’re talking about. We're talking about keeping the Spirit, the Love, in our hearts all year long. We're talking about ever-present Love, abundant beneath the surface, animating each and all. The Sessile Oak sleeps in the acorn, dreaming.

That's what we're talking about. All praise to the Spirit, the Animal, the Plant. The long Winter night, warmed and brightened by music. The Spirit is Vibration. The Vibration is Music.

“O, hush the noise, ye makers of strife, and hear the angels sing"

The digital embodiment of this compilation is free for the taking or pay-what-you-want. In any case, please take it. Enjoy it with your family and friends. Solemnity, tenderness, warmth, resilience, cheer. It's all there.

There's also a CD. We love CDs. This one is packaged in a full color winter festival digipack with Saturnalia Solstice Yuletide Fest of Lights Christmas Cover Art, along with inner liner notes on the left panel and the track listing on the full color disc surface. Altogether this is a bi-fold traditional warmth giver with cross-generational powers now glinting upon years to come. We hope you enjoy. May your Mistletoe Mansion shine with love the whole year through.

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Credits

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Little Wings....Christmas Time Is Here
Written by Guaraldi / Mendelson
Performed by Little Wings
Kyle Field....Vocals and Bass
Tim Ramsey....Piano and Sleigh Bells

Brass Clouds....Axial
Written and Performed by Brass Clouds

Dave Heumann....The Longest Night
Written and Performed by Dave Heumann

Beast & Bird....Not Fade Away
Written by Hardin / Petty
Performed by Beast & Bird
Josh Collins....Music and Vocals
Emily Troedson....Vocals
Joey Thompson....Guitar

Wes Tirey....All Praise! (Animal Kingdom)
Written and Performed by Wes Tirey

The Peel....O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Traditional
Arranged and Performed by The Peel
Recorded by Brian Koscho
Mixed by David Colagiovanni

Emily Troedson....
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Written by Sears / Willis
Arranged and Performed by Emily Troedson

Little H Collective....Evenfall
Written and Performed by Little H Collective

Alex Homan....Little Saint Nick
Written by Wilson / Love
Performed by Alex Homan

Mastering and Layout by Josh Collins

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