Nova Scotian sister duo Cassie and Maggie MacDonald return at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17 for a Christmas show at 6 on the Square. (Submitted photo)

OXFORD – The folk-acoustic venue, 6 On The Square in Oxford, will celebrate with a Christmas show when Nova Scotian sister duo Cassie and Maggie MacDonald return at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17.

The internationally acclaimed, award-winning MacDonald sisters have appeared on stages across North America, the U.K. and Europe with their unique blend of traditional and contemporary Celtic instrumentals and vocals. Their performances feature fiddle, piano and guitar arrangements as well as sibling vocal harmonies in both English and Gaelic, all complemented by their percussive step-dancing style.

Their critical accolades include 2018 Juno Award nominations; winning the Galaxie Radio Rising Star award; 17 Canadian Folk Music, East Coast Music and Music Nova Scotia awards and nominations; Female Singers of the Year by Live Ireland Radio, Female Vocal Album of the Year by Chicago Irish American News; and Album of the Year by NPR’s “Celtic Connection.”

Last year, the duo released their first full-length holiday album, “A Very Very Cassie and Maggie Christmas,” which includes classic Christmas hymns, ancient carols and a sassy ode to the most mysterious of Santa’s reindeer, Vixen. The album reflects their place in a multi-generational musical dynasty where Christmas was always a time to gather and sing boisterously, as in days of old. The doors were always open to company, and the new year was just around the corner.

Learn more online at cassieandmaggie.com.

Tickets for the Dec. 17 show are $25; purchase online at 6onthesquare.org or call 607-843-OTS6 (6876) to make a reservation. Doors open one hour before the start of the performance. The show also will be streamed live online for $10; more information at 6onthesquare.org.

This concert is made possible in part by Chenango County Tourism and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Ahead this winter and spring are Dead to the Core (Jan. 20), Seth Glier (Feb. 2), Loren Barrigar (Feb. 17), Abbie Gardner (March 9), Lucy Wainwright Roche (March 15), John Dady (March 23), Cosy Sheridan & Sloan Wainwright (April 6), David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach (April 12), Tret Fure (April 27), Martyn Joseph (May 11) and The Black Feathers (June 22).

6 On The Square, Inc. is an intimate, not-for-profit, volunteer-based acoustic music listening room and arts venue located at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.

– Information from 6 On The Square