They Might Be Giants in Holidayland (or just Holidayland), was a holiday

Holiday

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-themed EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 released by the band They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are...

 in 2001 (see 2001 in music

2001 in music

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) under Restless Records

Restless Records

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. The recording consists of: "Santa Claus", a Sonics

The Sonics

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 cover

Cover version

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 originally released on Emusic.com's TMBG Unlimited service; "Santa's Beard", first released on Lincoln

Lincoln (album)

Lincoln is the second album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1988 . The album is named after John Linnell and John Flansburgh's boyhood home of Lincoln, Massachusetts. The two men pictured are Linnell's great-grandfather, Lewis T...

and later Then: The Earlier Years

Then: The Earlier Years

Then: The Earlier Years is a double album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1997 . Then contains the album Lincoln in its entirety, the albums They Might Be Giants and Miscellaneous T which are each missing one track, a few otherwise unreleased songs from their 1985 Demo Tape and...

; "Feast of Lights", also from TMBG Unlimited, and appearing on the compilation Festival of Lights 2; "Careless Santa", from Mono Puff

Mono Puff

Mono Puff is a New York City band and a side project of John Flansburgh, one of the Johns from They Might Be Giants.The main band consisted of Flansburgh, the vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter; bassist Hal Cragin; and drummer Steve Calhoon of Skeleton Key, Enon and Pretendo...

's album Unsupervised; and "O Tannenbaum", from 1993's O Tannenbaum

O Tannenbaum (EP)

O Tannenbaum is an EP by They Might Be Giants released on 7" to celebrate Christmas of 1993.The title track later appeared on their 2001 compilation EP, Holidayland.-External links:*O Tannenbaum EP on This Might Be A Wiki...

EP and, later, TMBG Unlimited.

The EP itself isn't a complete collection of holiday songs by the band, leaving out "Christmas Cards" (the original B-side of "O Tannenbaum") and the Dial-A-Song exclusive "We Just Go Nuts At Christmas Time."

Track listing

1. "Santa Claus" (G. Roslie) - 2:00
2. "Santa's Beard" - 1:55
3. "Feast of Lights" - 2:48
4. "Careless Santa" (featuring Yuval Gabay
   Yuval Gabay
   Yuval Gabay is a Jerusalem-born hip-hop Drummer who currently lives and works in the United States. Gabay is most well known for his work with the Jazz/hip-hop quartet Soul Coughing from 1993 to 2000. He also played drums on Firewater's 1996 Debut Album Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the...
   
   ) (J. Flansburgh) - 2:19
5. "O Tannenbaum" (trad.) - 4:23

All songs written by They Might Be Giants unless noted.

External links

• They Might Be Giants in Holidayland on This Might Be A Wiki