In this season of miracles, the gift of music burns long. We’ll light some candles and follow some stars, this Thursday morning on WPRB, with unusual music for the midwinter holidays.

Highlights will include Conrad Susa’s “Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest,” a suite from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Christmas Eve” (which naturally features the devil – love them Slavs), Latvian composer Juris Karlsons’ “Christmas Cantata,” Argentinean composer Ariel Ramirez’s “Navidad Nuestra,” Philadelphia composer William Henry Fry’s “Santa Claus Symphony,” Samuel Adler’s Hanukkah medley “To Celebrate a Miracle,” Christopher Rouse’s postmodern invention “Karolju,” and John Adams’ Nativity oratorio “El Niño.”

There will be plenty of surprises along the way. Leave out some milk and cookies. I’ll be playing multi-cultural Santa, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. That’s no fat suit on Classic Ross Amico.