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Album: Homestuck for the Holidays
Date: December 25, 2010
Date Added: December 12, 2020
Additional Names:
- Name: >-
    Homestuck for the Holidays [UNOFFICIAL ALBUM]
  Annotation: >-
    [Bandcamp](https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays-unofficial-album)
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays-unofficial-album
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLFAMWiDHVM2HPsgWu8_jAgF5qTHgeeOc
Cover Artists:
- Lexxy
Color: '#b5d5fb'
Groups:
- Homestuck Gaiden
- Fandom
Art Tags:
- John
- Rose
- Dave
- Jade
- Squiddles
- Birds
- LoFaF
Commentary: |-
    <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> ([MSPA news post](https://web.archive.org/web/20101230063632/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/), excerpt)

    WHOA HEY. Check it out. A bunch of guys from the music team put together a sweet Christmas album at breakneck speed! It's quite great, and *virtually* free. They're giving all the proceeds to charity. NICE JOB DUDES.

    <i>Lexxy:</i> (cover artist, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/lexxercise/art/Homestuck-for-the-Holidays-190909696))

    FINALLY! The delicious fruit of my all-day drawing marathon.

    The music team put together a free* holiday album as a thank-you to the MSPA community and asked if I would donate a cover illustration! It was unfortunately rushed, and is just BEGGING for me to keep working on it, but I already made them wait all day and couldn't justify continuing to be a terrible person.

    I had the privilege of listening to it in advance and it is an excellent compilation. So download it and be jolly!

    Happy Holidays, everyone!

    Homestuck and its characters belong to [[artist:andrew-hussie]].

    *Apparently bandcamp has limited free downloads, which have already been exceeded! Fortunately, all proceeds go to Child's Play! So the meager amount you shell out for this is for a very good cause.

    <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111120213347/http://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays-unofficial-album))

    GOD BLESS US EVRYBODY

    <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays-unofficial-album))

    Please consider donating to [www.childsplaycharity.org](https://www.childsplaycharity.org)

    <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays-unofficial-album))

    [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br>
    [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br>
    [[artist:erik-scheele]]<br>
    [[artist:solatrus]]<br>
    [[artist:toby-fox]]<br>
    [[artist:alex-rosetti]]<br>
    [[artist:mark-j-hadley]]<br>
    [[artist:thomas-ferkol]]<br>
    [[artist:james-dever]]<br>
    [[artist:david-ko]]<br>
    Cover by [[artist:lexxy]]
---
Section: Main album
---
Track: Time for a Story
Artists:
- Nick Smalley
Duration: '1:20'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/time-for-a-story
- https://youtu.be/u7PHEnU9YAo
Lyrics: >-
    (Heya kiddos, it's your old pal, George the Conductor. Gather 'round, it's time
    for a story. Now and again, every single year, millions of Earth babies are born.
    But only one of the years that there has been in all of history has had a baby
    born who, inside of him, has had all the powers of a higher deity. It is on this
    god-child's birthday that everyone, more or less, will gather around with their
    families and buy expensive things for people they love dearly. Now, we in the
    Incipisphere celebrate Christmas too, oh no no no don't get me wrong, we love
    Christmas. But our Christmasses are a little bit different. You see, our Christmas
    time festivities don't have a-a Frosty o-or a Rudolph, because we don't accept
    the Christmas apocrypha as canonical, and we don't own radios because of how poor
    we are. So we don't know what a Frank Sinatra or-or a Bing Crosby is. But if you
    point your ears at the sky and listen, real real careful, on Christmas morning,
    you might just hear us Skaians singing our Christmas Carol.)
---
Track: A Skaian Christmas
Artists:
- Mark J. Hadley
Duration: '2:22'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/a-skaian-christmas
- https://youtu.be/VPB_PlYW89M
Referenced Tracks:
- Skies of Skaia
---
Track: Anthem of Rime
Artists:
- Solatrus
- Nick Smalley
Duration: '3:22'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/anthem-of-rime
- https://youtu.be/AS9bJhBFXyY
Referenced Tracks:
- Carol of the Bells
- track:frost-vol6
---
Track: Pachelbel's Gardener
Artists:
- Robert J! Lake
Duration: '3:58'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/pachelbels-gardener
- https://youtu.be/O0Pnv0AKM2U
Referenced Tracks:
- Canon in D
- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: Sheet music by Gamehunter
  Files:
  - "Pachelbel's Gardener - Gamehunter (band).pdf"
  - "Pachelbel's Gardener - Gamehunter (percussion).pdf"
---
Track: Carefree Perigee
Artists:
- Toby Fox
Duration: '1:38'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-perigee
- https://youtu.be/sEFEEfJ0Rzk
Referenced Tracks:
- track:carefree-action
---
Track: The More You Know
Artists:
- Nick Smalley
Duration: 0:33
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-more-you-know
- https://youtu.be/69l-OnIJS5Y
Lyrics: >-
    (Now you may start thinking to yourself, isn't it only people that celebrate Christmas?
    That's where I'd have to stop ya. And say, Christmas doesn't end with just people,
    it's species all over the world. Now I know a couple of 'em that live right under
    the sea. I think you know. I think I do too. And I think that they've got something
    they need to do.)
---
Track: The Squiddles Save Christmas
Artists:
- Alex Rosetti
Duration: '2:46'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-squiddles-save-christmas
- https://youtu.be/YyGhvEWMyd4
Referenced Tracks:
- Squiddles!
Lyrics: |-
    Hey everybody, let's all sing
    'Cause the Squiddles just bought a Christmas tree

    Squiddle Squiddle Squiddle something Squiddle
    Something that rhymes with... more Squiddle
    Lalalalalalalalalalala
    Lalalalalalalala (Please help us, please help us)
    Lalalala (Please help us) Squiddle Squiddle

    (I think I had too much eggnog...) (Could it be?) (I think so!) (Nooo wayyyyy!) (Yeeeah!) (It's... NOG BABY!!!)
    (Yes my children it is I, Nog Baby. Lord and savior of the waking world. Thanks to my immaculate conception, I have been brought to you today to absolve you of your nog-related sins.)

    (Wooooow, that's cool!) (Very cool!)
    SQUIDDLES: [Hooting and hollering]
    NOG BABY: [Grumbles incomprehensibly]
    (Praise the lord!) (Lord and savior!)

    (Now my children. You better be careful! Because the Murky Brineswallow created a robotic Skipper Plumbthroat and he's out to ruin Christmas for EVERYBODY! Go get 'im!)

    (There he is! Let's attack him with a tickle fight!) [Unintelligible Squiddle bullshit]
    (ARRRRRR! SQUIDDLES! ARRRR SQUIDDLE-FUCKING SQUIDDLES IN MY FUCKING SHOE, HOW DID YOU EVEN FUCKING GET THERE? SQUIDDLE-FUCKING SQUIDDL-ARRRR! FUCKIN-ARRRR-SQUIDDLE! ARR-ARR-ARR-ARR-ARRRR! FUCKIN-FU ARR-FUCK FU-FU-FU-FU-FFFFFFFFFFF FUCKING SQUIDDLE-SQUIDDLE! ARR SQUIDDLE! FUCKING SQUIDDLES IN-ARRRRRR!)

    (GET OUT OF MY LIFE DAD)

    (AnD tO aLl A-)

Commentary: |-
    <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/46625073764/the-squiddles-save-christmas-a-commentary), 03/29/2013)

    Some artists say that when you are feeling burnt out, you should let loose and make any old thing, like scribbling, throwing paint onto a canvas, or whatever the first idea that comes to your mind is. The sloppier the better. The purpose of this is not to think too hard about your art, to be able to make "bad art" and not worry about it. You get to flex your creative muscles without the expectation of making something exemplary. <i>The Squiddles Save Christmas</i> is an example of this exercise, or it would be if it didn't turn out to be <i><b>the best thing I ever made</i></b>.

    The plan was for us to make <i>Homestuck for the Holidays</i> in a single week. It was a fun idea, and while I wasn't initially up for it, something ended up clicking in the dark recesses of my soul and at the last possible moment I decided to tread down an evil musical path. I had been sick that week, you see, sicker than I had been in a long time. I was freezing cold, blowing chunks, and generally pretty miserable.

    Also, my then-workshop was in a non-heated part of my parents' house, and composing back there was like making an expedition into the frozen tundra. But I persevered, eager to satisfy the beast within me, crying out for Squiddly fun. It started out normal enough, with a cheery tune, sleigh bells, and other cliché Christmas conventions that would suit a hypothetical children's special. The only way I could convince myself to make Christmas music was if it was Squiddles themed. It seemed like the easier thing to tackle.

    I made up the lyrics as I went along. barely trying to maintain any sort of rhyme scheme and still being delirious from sickness.

    "Hey everybody let's all sing<br>
    because the squiddles just bought a Christmas tree"

    That was as far as I got before I gave up. The squiddles hesitating to find lyrics to sing was genuine, and it went downhill from there. After that, I decided I was tired of actually trying to make music, so I copied+pasted a bunch of measures and improvised into the microphone. And thus Nog Baby was born. Nog Baby's voice is my own, and is a 100% accurate representation of how I am feeling when I am sick and miserable and want everything to die.

    Of course, I got tired of <i>that</i> too, so I gave up and said "go get him" and pulled some clips out of the Plumbthroat Archive™, applied a tinny filter, and fucked around with the samples...."f-f-f-f-f-f-f-fucking squiddles".

    And there you have it...that shit helped produce money for charity. SKIPPER PLUMBTHROAT SCREAMING “FUCKING SQUIDDLES” AND ME PRETENDING TO THROW UP AS A PITCH-SHIFTED SQUID HELPED SICK CHILDREN. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD.

---
Track: Billy the Bellsuit Diver Has Something to Say
Artists:
- Erik Scheele
Duration: '3:26'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/billy-the-bellsuit-diver-has-something-to-say
- https://youtu.be/cRxCQv2nutw
Referenced Tracks:
- Good King Wenceslas
- Squiddles!
Lyrics: >-
    (Billy the Bellsuit Diver here to wish you all... a merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
    Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry
    Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas.
    Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. [muffling]
    Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. [fully muffled]
    Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry
    Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. [unmuffling] Merry Christmas to you
    and a happy New Year.)
---
Track: Squiddly Night
Artists:
- David Ko
Duration: '1:01'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/squiddly-night
- https://youtu.be/i50tv01mJvI
Referenced Tracks:
- Silent Night
Lyrics: |-
    Squeedle dee dee
    Squeedle dee dum
    All shall sing a Squiddly song
    Tangle Buddies live under the sea
    Lots of friendship for you and for me
    If you just go to sleep
    If you just go to sleep

    [Indecipherable demonic whispering]
---
Track: The Santa Claus Interdimensional Travel Sleigh
Artists:
- Nick Smalley
Duration: 0:23
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-santa-claus-interdimensional-travel-sleigh
- https://youtu.be/rQSGIuPHQs0
Lyrics: >-
    (It's time to let the Squiddles sleep. Sweet dreams! Did you know that Santa's
    magic doesn't just affect our planet? It stretches all across the universe. Let's
    peek in on some of the wonderous worlds that our jolly man in red has graced his
    presence on.)
---
Track: Land of Light and Cheer
Artists:
- Thomas Ferkol
Duration: '1:53'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-light-and-cheer
- https://youtu.be/fwqFAtNqWhA
Referenced Tracks:
- The First Noel
- Clockwork Apocalypse
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: Sheet music by Gamehunter
  Files:
  - 'Land of Light and Cheer - Gamehunter.pdf'
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MIDI by Pokahs
  Files:
  - 'Land of Light and Cheer - Pokahs.mid'
---
Track: Gog Rest Ye Merry Prospitians
Artists:
- Thomas Ferkol
Duration: '2:15'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/gog-rest-ye-merry-prospitians
- https://youtu.be/H1s0RX4ikfE
Referenced Tracks:
- Here Comes Santa Claus
- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
- Sburban Jungle
---
Track: Carolmanthetime
Artists:
- Erik Scheele
Contributors:
- Robert J! Lake (intro production)
Duration: '3:44'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/carolmanthetime
- https://youtu.be/pCWVB-AjnXk
Referenced Tracks:
- Carol of the Bells
- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
- Doctor
- Showtime (Piano Refrain)
---
Track: Candlelight
Artists:
- Robert J! Lake
Duration: '3:15'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/candlelight
- https://youtu.be/9G1ttVEPGN8
Cover Artists:
- Richard Browne
Cover Art File Extension: png
Cover Art Dimensions: 691x684
Art Tags:
- The Felt
Referenced Tracks:
- Candles and Merry Gentlemen
Lyrics: |-
    I forgot to buy my last christmas gift
    The most important one of all
    And if my past record is any indication
    Then this is the last slip before the fall

    I'm alone, not where I want to be
    The only company I have is me
    I'm sleeping in another bed tonight
    In the space behind the candlelight
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: Sheet music by Gamehunter
  Files:
  - 'Candles and Merry Gentlemen - Gamehunter.pdf'
  - 'Candles and Merry Gentlemen - Gamehunter (revised).pdf'
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MIDI by IronInvoker47 (piano)
  Files:
  - 'Candles and Merry Gentlemen - IronInvoker47 (piano).mid'
Commentary: |-
    <i>Robert J! Lake:</i>
    I ruined this song with my voice
---
Track: Oh, No! It's the Midnight Crew!
Artists:
- Nick Smalley
Duration: 0:28
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/oh-no-its-the-midnight-crew
- https://youtu.be/VlZHoHoiOa4
Lyrics: |-
    (Now who's that coming up the hill? Aw that kinda looks like... oh no! It's the Midnight Crew!)

    (Wha-what's this? They brought their instruments? Aw, they're not here to hurt us, they're here to spread Christmas cheer! Let's listen in on Spades and the gang.)
---
Track: Let it Snow
Artists:
- Mark J. Hadley
Duration: '1:31'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/let-it-snow
- https://youtu.be/BaNH2BKfRKk
Referenced Tracks:
- Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
---
Track: Hella Sweet
Artists:
- Nick Smalley
Duration: 0:17
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/hella-sweet
- https://youtu.be/UsxUACjWDiw
Lyrics: |-
    (Aw, thanks fellas. You sure know how to put a smile on our faces. See you 'round! Now look who's here! It's Bro and Jeff!)

    (That's a mighty big sack you got there boys. What are you two planning?)
---
Track: Shit, Let's Be Santa
Artists:
- Robert J! Lake
Duration: '2:33'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/shit-lets-be-santa
- https://youtu.be/GOMGiD6mWJM
Lyrics: |-
    The snow is at our door now and I put on great boots
    It's time to shovel all this conksuck frozen soup

    When I'm finished with this I will put up all the lights
    And Hella Jeff and Sweet Bro will measure all the heights

    And fall into-
    Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll be your Mister Claus
    And we'll fade away on Christmas day
    In a jpeg compression loss

    Geromy and Peaches
    They're putting trimmings on the tree
    The star is meters off the ground
    How high does it have to be

    Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll be your Mister Claus
    And we'll fade away on Christmas day
    In a jpeg compression loss

    Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll- Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll- Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll- Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll- Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll- Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll- Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll- Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll- Shit, let's be Santa
    I'll be your Mister Claus
    And we'll fade away on Christmas day
    In a jpeg compression loss
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MIDI by IronInvoker47 (piano)
  Files:
  - "Shit, Let's Be Santa - IronInvoker47 (piano).mid"
---
Track: Choo Choo
Artists:
- Nick Smalley
Duration: '1:28'
URLs:
- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/choo-choo
- https://youtu.be/_dDEvkBEJoA
Lyrics: |-
    (Alright alright, it sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of ya. Take care, Bro and Jeff! And so, we close on a very special celebration, of a very very special time of year. But don't you young'ins be fooled, oh no no. Christmas never really ends. In fact, it's only about 365 days left until the next big day! And in Santa time, that's only a few seconds. So kids, be good, and maybe next year Santa will bring you something extra special in the name of that magic infant from the very first year of modern days. And don't forget about us up here in the Incipisphere either, because children, we're always here to help. We're always looking out for you!)

    (Oh, it's time to get back to work! I hope you enjoyed the stories. Merry Christmas, and a happy, happy New Year, from your old pal, George the Conductor.)

    (I-is that it? Are we good? Is-did I get the line? Alright, okay.) (God.) (When's lunch?) (God damn.)
---
Section: Bonus tracks
---
Track: Oh God, Christmas!
Artists:
- Robert J! Lake
Duration: 0:40
URLs:
- https://youtu.be/wN6DYiH6aws
Referenced Tracks:
- Ohgodwhat
Lyrics: |-
    SQUIDDLES: God oh man, oh God oh man... oh God Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God... Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    GEORGE THE CONDUCTOR: Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmas!
    Oh God, Christmaaaaas!! Aaaaaahhh!!
    Oh, God... Christmas
---
Track: A Very Special Time
Artists:
- Robert J! Lake
Duration: 0:38
URLs:
- https://youtu.be/apVVewzERd0
Lyrics: |-
    Heya heya heya kids
    Gather 'round, it's time for Christmas

    Heya
    Heya
    Kids kids kids kids kids kids kids kids

    Will gather around with their families and buy expensive things for people we don't accept
    Babies babies babies babies babies babies babies babies
    Babies babies babies babies babies babies Christmas babies

    [Indecipherable Christmassy sentence mixing]
Referenced Tracks:
- Time for a Story
Sampled Tracks:
- Time for a Story
---
Track: Candles and Merry Gentlemen
Artists:
- James Dever
Duration: '1:02'
URLs:
- https://youtu.be/TG0NSG8f1RY
Referenced Tracks:
- Candles and Clockwork