Studwell had started to choose a carol for each year starting in 1986 when he chose the Ukrainian Carol of the Bells.
A Christmas Carol | Joyce Carol Oates | Carol Burnett | Carol Channing | Carol Ann Duffy | Jingle Bells | The Carol Burnett Show | Carol Neblett | Tubular Bells | Mickey's Christmas Carol | Carol Rosenberg | Carol Lawrence | Carol Reed | Carol II of Romania | Carol Gilligan | Broken Bells | bells | Carol Hall | Carol Bove | The Bells of St. Mary's | The Bells of Rhymney | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day | Christmas carol | Carol Kidd | Tubular Bells II | School of Seven Bells | Operation Ivy Bells | Martine Carol | Carol Steen | Carol Shields |
Among the tracks on Dead Winter Dead was "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)", an instrumental medley of the Christmas standards "Carol of the Bells" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," featuring a string orchestra alongside the electric guitars.