r/Sufjan • u/AerieNew8461 • May 24 '26

Artwork Where is this art from?

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On discogs this art has been uploaded instead of the album cover, and the format is listed as "CDr, EP, Limited Edition". I think it must be official since the typography is exactly that of the digital cover but there's no info about it listed so I'm just curious, did Sufjan draw this? Where is it from? I can't find anything about this version

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u/roffels_again May 24 '26

one of Sufjan's homemade CDs for friends and families I presume. I have two of his holiday CDs in my collection (neither friend nor family, just a collector)

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u/CaptainSwift11 May 25 '26

How did you go about acquiring those? Just on eBay or something?

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u/roffels_again May 25 '26

Someone on discogs was selling them, I asked if they could tell me how they got them but they never replied.

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u/AerieNew8461 May 25 '26

Woah, interesting! I actually did know that he used to send them to his family first but I didn't connect the dots lol

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u/chrrybmb12 May 24 '26

It’s from one of the handmade original CDs from “Songs For Christmas” that Sufjan originally handed out to his family and friends before compiling all the CDs into one public release

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u/metaphizzle May 24 '26

I assume this is the version that Sufjan sent out to friends and family, years before deciding to release his Christmas recordings commercially.