''Christmas'' is the sixth EP release by the post-metal band

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. It was released digitally on 9 December 2010, via

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. The EP contains the track "Christmas", along with two remixes of the song, mixed by

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's side projects Pale Sketcher and

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. A limited CD and vinyl edition with 500 copies was released by

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on 27 November 2012. According to Broadrick, the EP was inspired by "the onset of the Christmas period and the onset of emotions and feelings of nostalgia, joy and sadness that the period often evokes". The title song, "Christmas", was described as "a frosty, sun-glinted, dreamy, nine-minute snowglobe dirge" by

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Track listing

References

External links

Official website for the Jesu EP, "Christmas"
{{Jesu 2010 EPs Jesu (band) albums Christmas albums by British artists 2010 Christmas albums Christmas EPs