Kill Rock Stars singer-songwriter Caleb Nichols offers a late entry into the crowded Christmas music field with "Crimble Medley" — a 4-minute John Fahey-esque folk tune that seamlessly blends holiday offerings from the Beatles solo catalogs, all set to the musical base of the bands’ unreleased, fans-only track “Christmas Time Is Here Again.” Songs from all four Beatles are included in the Americana-twinged medley, including “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, “Ding Dong Ding Dong” by George Harrision, “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney, and the Ringo Starr/George Harrision penned “Photograph”. The result is a lovely holiday pastiche that Beatles fans and Christmas-music aficionados alike will want to add to their collections.
As serious Beatles fans may know (but others may not) “Crimble” is Beatle-speak for "Christmas"; it's a Beatles-coined term often uttered on the band’s annual Christmas 45’s, sent out to members of their fan club.