5-CD Box Set with a 42-Page booklet that includes an original Christmas essay by acclaimed American novelist, Ricky Moody, two essays and a short story by Sufjan Stevens, holiday sticker, chord charts, lyrics, comic strip, family portrait poster, photographs and an animated video. In December 2001, Sufjan Stevens set out to create a Christmas gift for his friends and family. The result was a 7-song recording that he called, Noel Vol. 1. Over each of the next few Christmas seasons Sufjan would create a new EPs to add to the collection. As he was recording the Peace : Volume V (in the summer of 2006), he considered how best to 'officially' release this music in to the world. He said he was, "determined to present the EPs in their original form flaws, ... read more