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Jill Sobule: Merry Christmas From the Family [ purchase ] Although I learned later that this song is a Robert Earl Keen composition , I fell in love first with Jill Sobule's version on the You Sleigh Me holiday compilation - I remember laughing, wondering what was up with this crazy song... until she got to the harmonized Noel, Noel, The First Noel lyric, when I felt the prick of tears behind my eyelids... It still hits me that way - they're wacky... they're imperfect... they're family. We can [...]

• Jill Sobule - Merry Christmas from the Family