Thank You

Every year on December 26th, I post some variation of “we did it.” This is usually a relieved nod to the final lines of Christmas Vacation, but it’s never felt more true than this year. 

When I say “we did it,” I mean we really did it. 

Over the last four years, a group of talented and kind-hearted strangers have collectively written about all 100 Sufjan Stevens Christmas songs. That’s a massive achievement, and I’m honestly still in disbelief. I’ve been working so hard to get these final 25 articles submitted, edited, posted, and shared out that the magnitude of this project still hasn’t quite hit me yet.

When we started this thing, I had no ambitions beyond sharing my love for Sufjan’s Christmas tunes. I certainly never expected to run this for four years and eventually cover our boy’s holiday entire holiday discography. We laughed, we cried, we learned lots about centuries-old hymns. This site has been a conduit for thousands of words and an immeasurable amount of holiday love.

When I first posted our 2021 welcome message unveiling this as the final year of the site, the prevailing sentiment of commenters and followers was one sadness that the site is “ending.”

I’d like to use this space to clarify that we will be back next year, just not in the same capacity that you’re used to. A Very Sufjan Christmas will continue to exist in one form or another, and who knows, maybe in a couple of years, we’ll start this thing back over from the top with a fresh batch of 100 songs. The good news is you can always visit our Calendar page and read back through every post at your leisure. 

I’m going to say it once again because it feels so good; WE WROTE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE SUFJAN CHRISTMAS SONG. 

If you wrote for us, I hope you are patting yourself on the back. If you read this site, shared an article, tossed us a retweet, or left a comment, I hope you do the same. You are quite literally the Christmas spirit that fuels us. You are all a part of this, and I can’t thank you enough.

Running a website is weird because sometimes it’s easy to lose track of the scope, but knowing how many thousands of people have engaged with this project since 2018 brings me an immense amount of joy. This wouldn’t have been possible without you, so from the bottom of my heart, I send a sincere thanks.

I hope you all enjoyed a lovely holiday and have a wonderful new year. 

We will talk again soon.

Love, Taylor