Sufjan Stevens Christmas carols have become a staple of our family Christmas for the last few years. Today my brother, sister and I attempted live renditions at lunchtime of some of our favourites, replete with guitar, melodica, sleigh bells, many voices and a cacophany of percussion instruments. Thank goodness. I don’t think I could have listened even once more to the well worn Bing Crosby Christmas album that in the past was dusted off each Christmas anew by my enthusiastic but misguided mother.