Christmas Playlist - Hour 2

I go a bit more classic in sound this hour. There's some great sounds in this group!

Let It Snow - Kathy Troccoli/A Sentimental Christmas
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-A CD well worth the wait. Amazing voice, great arrangements and amazing parings. This is just a nice easy listening jazz version of this Christmas classic. Sit back & enjoy.

Let There Be Peace on Earth - Vince Gill/The Purpose of Christmas
This came as a set with the book of the same name by Rick Warren. I found it at a local Christian bookstore.
-Sweet. Not over produced. Very simple so you can hear the beauty of the song. I love that his daughter joins him for this one!

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Bryan Duncan/Christmas is Jesus
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- Love the piano feel to this one. Again, I love the fact that it isn't sung like he has something to prove. It feels like a man & a piano singing carols with friend @ home!

Sleighride - Jane Monheit/The Season
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- Great jazz! From production to the amazing ease with with her voice floats over the riffs - this is good listening! I highly recommend the 2 disc set & get a few music videos you can play at your next holiday party!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Coldplay/Sounds of the Season:The NBC Holiday Collection (Also on Maybe This Christmas)
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- Hey, it's Chris Martin & Coldplay. Beautiful but not sappy. Gotta love it!

This Christmas - Jane Monheit/The Season
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- Nice love song sung beautifully. She makes it seem effortless!

Caroling, Caroling - Nat King Cole/The Christmas Song
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-A Christmas Classic sung by a musical legend. It doesn't get much better than this!

Moonlight in Vermont - Jane Monheit/The Season
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- By the title it doesn't seem to be a Christmas song. But the picture painted by the lyrics is the typical Norman Rockwell Christmas! This is nice to play sitting by the fire with a loved one! (And THAT is a good Christmas.) I love songs that make me slow down every now and then during the holidays to just enjoy the moment.

The Man with the Bag - Jane Monheit/The Season
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- Another great jazz song that picks the pace back up a bit and showcases the amazing vocal talent of Jane. I always picture a Big Band/USO show scene from the movies with this one!

Merry Christmas, Darling - Jane Monheit/The Season
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- A Christmas love song. Helps me to focus on family and forget all of the business of the season for a while!

Christmas Waltz - Jane Monheit/The Season
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- Another traditional Christmas song. Just a nice cheery song that makes me smile.

Old Time Christmas - Randy Travis/An Old Time Christmas
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-I got this off of a CD from my mom. She loves country music & I actually was into country music in the 70's & early 80's living in Oklahoma. So I am always reminded of those times when I hear songs like this. It is typical Randy Travis - there is no denying his voice.

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe- Randy Travis/An Old Time Christmas
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-A fun invitation to smooch on your loved one during the holidays. (I actually realized in May that I never took down the mistletoe in my house. Maybe it was subliminal! LOL!)

Face of Love - Jewel/Joy-A Holiday Collection
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-A beautiful song by a beautiful voice. I actually downloaded the rest of the album while looking up this link, so you might be seeing a few more of her songs popping up! This lyrics are so beautiful to this song! It is a "meaning of the holiday" song in Jewel's easy style.

White Christmas - Kathy Troccoli/A Sentimental Christmas
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-I have always loved the quality of Kathy's voice (the sultriness of it). She reminds me of one of those 1940's big band lead female singers always portrayed in the movies. (I have a thing for Big Bands I guess!) This is such an understated version of the classic. It is so not in your face! Love it!

Christmas Time is Here - Mercy Me/The Christmas Sessions
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-The group's version of that old Charlie Brown classic. It sounds less depressing when sung by Mercy Me! It is joyful and hopeful and everything that children believe Christmas to be!

Joseph's Lullaby - Mercy Me/The Christmas Sessions
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-There are lots of songs about Mary, but this is a great one about Joesph's viewpoint of those events so many years ago. I like that!

World Christmas - R. Kelly/Sounds of the Season/R & B Collection
The Sounds of the Seasons are CD's that Target puts out every year. I am sure you can find it there.
-We are not alone! A fun song! A bit different. It keeps you on your toes as it makes a couple of style & pace changes throughout. But fun.

Well, that's it for hour 2. Only 12 more to go!