Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas is a Christmas album made up of contributions from various Scottish bands and musicians. Released by Avalanche Records in Edinburgh, it raised money for charities Street Invest and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.[1][2]

Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	15 December 2009
Genre	Alternative rock, Christmas music
Label	Avalanche Records

Reception

Both The List and The Skinny awarded the album four stars out of five.[3][4]

Track listing

1. "In Excelsis Deo" - There Will Be Fireworks
2. "Christmastime in the Mountains" - The Savings & Loan
3. "December & Whisky" - Rob St John
4. "It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop" - Frightened Rabbit
5. "But Once a Year" - Pictish Trail
6. "Sleep the Winter" - Eagleowl
7. "It’s a Wonderful Lie" - Withered Hand
8. "Christmas in Kirkcaldy" - Meursault
9. "Holy" - Emily Scott
10. "Atoms" - Money Can’t Buy music
11. "Xmas in New York" - Saint Jude’s Infirmary
12. "All So Tired" - Broken Records
13. "Shallow Footprints in the Snow", Ballboy
14. "Little Drum Machine Boy" X-Lion Tamer
15. "In Scotland it Never Snowed, In Canada it Did" - Zoey Van Goey

"Christmas in Kirkcaldy" is a cover of No Christmas in Kentucky by Phil Ochs.[4]

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