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You'll get a joyful sort of jetlag after flying through this sleigh load of diverse Christmas songs! Xmas Marks the Spot moves from the Calypso world of Tobago via Lord Nelson's humorous "A Party for Santa Claus" to Hungary with Marta Sebestyen's sweet "Bethlehem, Bethlehem" and onto American soul with Big Star's cult classic "Jesus Christ" and Evan Johns & His H-Bombs' rockin' "Little Cajun Drummer Boy." Then there's alt-rock songbird Kristin Hersh, the American Boys Choir, Ethan James's hurdy-gurdy, Arthur Lyman's vibraphone, and perhaps one of the screwiest versions ever recorded of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," muttered with winning sincerity by Bahamian Joseph Spence. A classic! Get two and pass one on to a friend whose tastes cross many borders. --Martin Keller