Okay, granted, it's only the second week in November. Who wants to think about Christmas now? Thanksgiving hasn't even passed, and even though everyone and their mother knows that Christmas is right around the corner, and after we've had all our post-turkey naps we'll have to struggle our way waste deep in muggles to get into the Christmas shopping.
Well he's a good sign of the coming Christmas that you can take advantage of now. And yes, I did say muggles, because this year you can spend your Christmas with wizards. The Leaky Cauldron, notorious blog-anthology-thing for Harry Potter nerds, is doing their yearly act of charity. Every year, they hold of sale with the intention of giving away all proceeds to Book Aid, a foundation which promotes literacy. Nice eh?
This year, they're doing something a tad different. They're presenting Jingle Spells: Leaky's Rocking Christmas 2007 as their fund raiser. Jingle Spells is a compilation of your favorite Wizard Rock artists singing joyous Potter-related Christmas songs.
If you've been missing out on the fun, there's his whole new genre of music known as Wizard Rock, which specializes in music strictly about wizards, unicorns, and the Harry Potter universe. It's a pretty big deal, and about as independent as music gets these days.
Jingle Spells is essentially Sufjan Stevens' Songs For Christmas without the long song titles and banjos. Bouncy, eclectic wizard rock from the best in the genre (including Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, and Ginny and the Heartbreakers (I'm not making these names up)). And I must say, I can't WAIT for the Gred and Forge's song "The Twelve Days Of Wizard Christmas" and The Moaning Myrtles "Wrocking Around The Bathroom."
Why tell you all this pre-Thanksgiving then? Because The Leaky Cauldron is selling this only for limited release. You have to put your orders in before December 10th. Sure, you have a lot of time, but you definitely don't want to miss your chance to grab this limited album. Be sure to mosey on over to The Leaky Cauldron and place your order, not to mention check out the playlist with previews of the songs.
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