"Another Christmas" is a Holiday song written and recorded by the alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Switchfoot

Switchfoot

Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...

. The song was originally featured exclusively as one of the tracks on KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...

's annual Christmas compilation CD's, "Kevin & Bean's Christmastime in the 909," which was released in 2004.

Re-release

In 2008, Switchfoot re-released the song as a Rhapsody-exclusive single, just in time for the Holiday season, under their independent record label, lowercase people records

Lowercase people records

lowercase people records is the record label founded and run by the members of the band Switchfoot. It was founded after the band split with their major label, Columbia/SonyBMG. The label's name was drawn from the lyrics of a song written early in the band's career, "Company Car" from 1999's New...

. It was rearranged with slightly more instrumentation and a more "tinkly" feel with the guitar work, along with an overall updated mix.