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November 9, 2007

Sufjan's Xmas Xchange

That's a lot of X's, but this has nothing to do with a civically proud elf and candy cane porn (despite Sufjan's interest in perpetual motion). As you all know, Santa Stevens brought the Holiday spirit in Christmas Past. Now he's back with a new bag of goodies. This time, though, it's up to you to give a little.

Via Asthmatic Kitty:

It's Christmas time again! That means tightly bundled scarves, lively debates on the merits of real/plastic trees, a litany of Christmas television specials, and finding the perfect retro Christmas wrapping paper.

And gifts of course! Who could forget the gifts!

That's why Sufjan Stevens is busy working on a very special gift right now, for a very special person. And in the spirit of Christmas, that person will give Sufjan a similarly special gift.

Here's how it works: write an original Christmas song, record it, and email the song to us. Asthmatic Kitty will pick a winner, and that person will trade rights to their song for rights to a new Sufjan Christmas song.

Just like a gift exchange, Sufjan's new song becomes your song. You can hoard it for yourself, sell it to a major soft drink corporation, use it in your daughter's first Christmas video, or share it for free on your website. No one except Sufjan and you will hear his song, unless you decide otherwise. You get the song and all legal rights to it. We get the same rights to your song.

The whole thing begins today and you'll have to get your submission in by midnight 12/1 (winners are announced around 12/15). To get folks in the spirit, AK is also streaming Stevens's five-album Christmas set online all the way to Christmas. You can score that and a million other details over at the official holiday nook of the Kitty site. If you win, we expect you to immediately sell your song to a major soft drink corporation. Deal?

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16 Comments

Two. It's two X's. What is wrong with you people?

Posted by: oh. at 11/09/07 10:56 AM | Reply
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Sufjangum.

Posted by: mrs at 11/09/07 11:11 AM | Reply
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one more sufjan related story and my head is going to explode.
he's a great musician and all.
but he's not jesus.

Posted by: sufjanstevens at 11/09/07 11:12 AM | Reply
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i really like his tie. beautiful.

Posted by: fatso at 11/09/07 11:20 AM | Reply
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Is he wearing elf ears?

Posted by: yomomma at 11/09/07 12:27 PM | Reply
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This is the best idea since...

....the BQE movie!!

Posted by: troy. at 11/09/07 1:23 PM | Reply
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Jeez, I don't like this guy, or his lame-o music.

And his tie is bland, bland, bland. Kinda like his music.

Posted by: randy at 11/09/07 1:52 PM | Reply
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woo fun
i'm gonna do this

Posted by: seth at 11/09/07 1:53 PM | Reply
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I respect Soof and like his music but I echo the 1st comment ..... THIS is a BAD idea.

Posted by: b.LOUD at 11/09/07 3:20 PM | Reply
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I'm having trouble deciding if some of these comments are purely opinion or hints of jealousy.

Posted by: hoop at 11/09/07 4:01 PM | Reply
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woops, i forgot i'm supposed to hate this guy. sorry.

er... soofjan? more like POOFjan..!

Posted by: seth at 11/09/07 5:34 PM | Reply
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Get over yourselves guys. It's just news. Turn the page and keep reading.

Posted by: Zayin_451 at 11/10/07 3:16 AM | Reply
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where can i find retro wrapping paper?

Posted by: bly at 11/10/07 4:49 PM | Reply
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Win Butler is going to win this contest.

Posted by: johnny greenwood at 11/11/07 7:28 PM | Reply
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Weird contest. So if I write a song that's good enough for Sufjan to want to record it, Asthamtic Kitty will release it and not pay me, and in return they'll give me a Sufjan Stevens song that I can release on my next...blog post?

Posted by: Francis at 11/14/07 7:10 PM | Reply
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what??????????

Posted by: lyrical vibe at 11/16/07 10:23 PM | Reply
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