I probably won't buy the CD because I rarely by "commercial" CDs anymore. But if I were to buy a Christmas album this year, this would be the one.

I have enjoyed what I have heard. His renditions put a smile on my face.

A fair number of Christmas standards are great songs in spite of having become muscial cliches.

It sounds to me like he is singing songs that he grew up with and likes.

He sings the songs with respect.

I should admit that I don't have much of a problem with the tacky super-commercialized event that Christmas has become.

If you think about it, in this day and age what else could a "Christmas" album be? The harder you try to make it NOT sound like everything else the more precious and pretentious it becomes.

Russ (Permanent GUEST)