Sia - Everyday Is Christmas (LP) - Snowman White Vinyl

Sia’s first holiday record arrived on 17 November 2017 through Monkey Puzzle and Atlantic, a full set of originals written with her longtime collaborator Greg Kurstin. That detail alone sets Everyday Is Christmas apart. Most festive albums lean on standards. Here, Sia goes all in on new songs, and, somehow, they feel like they’ve always been there.

The opening burst of Santa’s Coming for Us shows the approach straight away. Kurstin stacks jaunty piano and sleigh bells under a vocal that flips from wink to belt in a heartbeat. It has the swing of a vintage holiday single, but the melody turns in that unmistakable Sia way, the kind you end up humming in the supermarket queue. Candy Cane Lane pulls a similar trick, a zippy earworm built for twinkly lights and late night wrapping sessions. You can hear why these cuts anchored the campaign, yet the record’s secret weapon turned out to be Snowman, a slow-blooming ballad that found a second life a few years after release. It is a tidy showcase for her voice, gentle and close, with lyrics that sound whimsical at first then sneak up on you with real tenderness. No surprise it became a fan favourite and a playlist staple once December rolls around.

Kurstin co-wrote and produced every track, as he did on 1000 Forms of Fear and This Is Acting, and his fingerprints are all over the arrangements. He is a multi-instrumentalist with a knack for building sparkle without fuss, so you get bells, choral stacks and warm low end, but never a sugar crash. Puppies Are Forever is the one that stops people in their tracks on first listen. It is bouncy, almost giddy, yet the message is simple and pointed, please do not treat animals like seasonal novelties. That kind of clarity runs through the album. Even when the lyrics are playful, there is a grown-up heart at the core.

The title track, Everyday Is Christmas, leans into a big, arms-wide melody that would slot beside Elastic Heart on a setlist, just with tinsel on it. Underneath the Mistletoe and Snowflake keep the mood cosy, built around close harmonies and a soft swing that feels like a living room once the air con finally bites on a hot Aussie evening. It is also worth noting the visual world the album arrived with. The cover features Maddie Ziegler in a festive twist on Sia’s signature bow and two-tone wig, a bright, cheeky image that matches the music’s spirit.

Critically, the reception was solid. Reviewers appreciated the novelty of a major pop artist delivering a holiday album of brand new songs, and the sheer hit rate of the hooks. Listeners have done the rest. Every year this record edges back into charts around the world, with Snowman in particular turning into a seasonal standard for a younger crowd that might not have grown up on Bing and Mariah. It is not trying to be cosy by association. It earns its place with songwriting craft.

On vinyl, the album clicks even more. The production has an inviting warmth, and those stacked vocals fill a room in a way streaming rarely does. If you are hunting for Sia vinyl, this one is a no-brainer, the kind of record you pull out when mates drop by for a December barbie. Everyday Is Christmas vinyl copies pop up regularly in shops, and it sits nicely alongside her mainline work if you collect Sia albums on vinyl. I first spun it front to back in a Melbourne record store while hiding from the afternoon heat, and it made perfect sense in that moment, festive and a little giddy, but grounded too. If you buy Sia records online you will find a few editions floating about, sometimes in cheery colours, which suits the whole package.

Holiday albums can feel like quick cash-ins. This does not. It sounds like two seasoned songwriters having a bright idea and following it to its natural end, no filler, no half-baked covers. For anyone building a festive crate, especially for those of us chasing vinyl records Australia wide each summer, Everyday Is Christmas is one of the few modern pop entries that stands tall beside the classics. It is joyous without being cloying, inventive without losing the plot, and it keeps giving each year.