Worst Christmas Ever!

On November 6th, Asthmatic Kitty Records will release Worst Christmas Ever!, a single-LP collection that distills Sufjan Stevens’ expansive holiday catalog—drawn from the box sets Songs for Christmas and Silver & Gold—into one definitive collection. The album pairs fifteen favorites, selected from more than one hundred Christmas recordings, with the newly released original song "On This Christmas (It Only Gets Better)," Sufjan's first new Christmas song in nearly fifteen years.

Available on LP, CD, and cassette, Worst Christmas Ever! is the perfect introduction for new listeners and an essential addition for longtime Sufjan Christmas devotees.
"Part of what makes Sufjan Stevens' contributions to the Christmas canon so enduring and remarkable is that they're almost overpoweringly effort-intensive. He views the holidays as a labor of love—worthy of creativity and care, hard work and an ocean of ideas."
— NPR

"9 EPs and 100 recordings later, Stevens has undoubtedly accepted his reputation as a Bing Crosby for the thirtysomething NPR listener."
— Consequence of Sound

Released: November 2026
Cat: AKR157
Label: Asthmatic Kitty

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Tracklist

SIDE A
01 — Silent Night
02 — Put The Lights On The Tree
03 — Holly Jolly Christmas
04 — Christmas In The Room
05 — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Christmas Infinity Voyage Version)
06 — Sister Winter
07 — Joy To The World
08 — On This Christmas (It Only Gets Better)
SIDE B
09 — Angels We Have Heard On High (Christmas Infinity Voyage Version)
10 — Only at Christmas Time
11 — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Christmas Unicorn Version)
12 — That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
13 — Sleigh Ride
14 — Justice Delivers Its Gift
15 — Auld Lang Syne
16 — Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages)