Beautiful Christmas Album
594340
Christmas is my favorite time of year. I have a large assortment of holiday music, but a handful of truly meaningful CD's. Donny has captured the heart of Christmas in this CD. He has brought alive why we celebrate. While the entire CD is quite good, Mary did you know is powerful. It'll touch you to the very core. A must CD.
2822542
This is my favorite Christmas album.  So many artists believe they have to "Jazz Up" their Christmas music, but it usually just gets in the way of enjoying a classic song.  Instead, Jewel sings these holiday favorites in a traditional manner and does a beautiful job.  O Holy Night is my favorite Christmas song, and I have never heard it done better.  The one exception on this album is an odd version of Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, but I just skip it.
4555784
This is the best Christmas album ever.  The music is beautiful and will make you smile.  Do yourself a favor, and buy this CD.
3916388
This is going to be my favorite Christmas album.  Makes me want to hang ornaments and drink spiked egg nog. Every song is great.  Faith OWNS "Merry Christmas Baby".  The best Christmas album I have heard in a very long time.
3123905
I love Christmas music and have many albums of Christmas music.  I also love guitar music and this album combines Christmas with guitar making a perfect blend for me.  It is my favorite Christmas music album.

There is a note from Hanan in the very sparse liner notes:
"A Note from the Artist... This recording is a product of modern technology.  After working out multiple guitar arrangements of the songs, I recorded the individual parts, and then edited them together, digitally.  The result is an elaborate orchestration of classical guitars, in which I was able to be all of the musicians as well as the conductor.  On this recording, I am playing a 1988 Greg Smallman Cedar Top Classical Guitar. Hope you enjoy!  Hanan"

The music consists of lovely arrangements of familiar Christmas classics - 24 of them!  Nothing strange or fancy about how the songs are played.  They sound like they typically do, except that it is played with multiple guitars.  It sounds so lovely.
4687349
I love Christmas Music, and I love that this album contains so many songs that I can put it on random (mixed up) play and let it play for hours.

If you enjoy Christmas music, you'll love this album. Be like me and play it during other times of year, too.
2781633
I have over 200 Christmas albums, and yet every year I'm looking to add to my collection. I LOVE the Christmas season...the peace, hope, and joy that it represents...and of course all the music that goes with it! I'm that guy who starts playing Christmas music before Thanksgiving and doesn't stop until at least a week after the New Year. In addition, a fairly large number of my albums are instrumentals, representing many different styles, because instrumentals are my favorite type of Christmas albums. And within these I gravitate toward non-traditional songs as well as non-traditional arrangements of traditional songs.

With all that expertise :-) Peaceful Christmas is a tremendous addition! This is an album you can play a number of times during the holiday season and not get sick of it because there is so much variety. That's my plan anyway. Enjoy it and this holiday season!!
549723
I recommend this album highly. It has an excellent array of Christmas carols and songs with wonderful musicality and originality.
309915
One of my favorite Christmas albums. Anyone who enjoys seamless choral music under a truly talented conductor will love this CD. Highly recommended.
1890381
Of all the many Christmas albums we own, this is our all time favorite. My daughters and I have played it for years, since they were quite young. We can't wait for Christmas time so we can start singing to it and we grieve the time after Christmas when we must put it away for another year. "Breath of Heaven" sends chills every time I hear it. It is sooo beautiful. It is definitely the very best song on the album. Many of the songs are not repeats from other Christmas albums, so if you want a refreshing change that will put you in the mood for Christmas buy this album.
4129346
"Little girls and little boys dream of worlds full of toys this time of the year, when Christmas is near."

X Christmas (2008) is my one of my favorite Christmas albums. It is a mix of different genres, from hard Christian rock to pop. Artists include Thousand Foot Krutch, Hawk Nelson, Switchfoot, Kutless and Jars of Clay.

Thousand Foot Krutch starts the album with "Jingle Bell Rock." The album then slows a little with "Gloria" by Hawk Nelson. It is a sad pop song about boy's letter to Santa getting lost. All he wants for Christmas is a girl to call his own.

Then comes an acoustic rendition of "Little Drummer Boy" by the lesser-known band, The Almost. They do a great job sticking with the original lyrics and structure of the song. They add their own small twists but even with that, it is still a great song to sing along with.

Switchfoot performs "Evergreen". The song is about the Christmas weather. This is one of my less favorite songs on the album as well with the next track, "Feliz Navidad." David Crowder Band performs it. This track sticks totally with the usual lyrics but they make the song in a weird Caribbean Pop style.

"Christmas, Baby Please Come Home," is a softer rock ballad played by Anberlin. Next, Kutless plays "Mary Did You Know." They do a good job of catching the darker feeling of the song even with the hard guitar parts during the chorus. This is my favorite rendition of the wonderful Christmas track.

Project 86 performs "This Time of the Year". They play the song with a dark rock feel that sounds like The Grinch is singing with a Christian Metal band. It is one of the more interesting songs on the album.

Seventh Day Slumber plays a rock version of "Do You Hear What I Hear. Then Sanctus Real plays a soft pop version of "Silent night." Then, finally my favorite song of the album, "Carol of the Bells" by August Burns Red is on. They do an amazing instrumental rendition of the track. It has a great metal feel to it with hard guitar and drum parts. Even without singing, you find yourself lost in the song.

The album finishes up with KJ-52 hip-hop song, "It's Christmas Time," Capital Lights pop track, "His Favorite Christmas Story," Jaymes Reunion country style of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, " and Corey Crowder finishing the album with a soft rendition of "Angels We Have Heard On High."
4594112
What can I say about Amy Grant Christmas music?  Honestly, I believe she is my favorite singer of Christmas music.  Her voice always sounds sincere (probably because she is)and her arrangements are both beautiful, and are something most can sing along with, which, in my opinion is what makes a good holiday album.  Furthermore, she always gives one a good mix of secular songs (Sleigh Ride, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Winter Wonderland) and spiritual songs (Silent Night, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful, my favorite arrangement of this song is by Amy!).  Finally, her original Christmas music, Tennessee Christmas, Grown Up Christmas List, and Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song), are the best Christmas songs written in recent memory.  They are joyful, touching, and inspiring.  All of this refers to all of Amy's past Christmas recordings and is the reason why she is one who truly deserves to make a greatest Christmas hits.  However, this album also has four new tracks as well.  I myself only own one of her Christmas albums (although I've always loved what I have heard from the others, I just don't buy many Christmas albums).  However, even if you have her other three, these songs make it worth while.  First of all, "Jingle Bells."  She does her take on the Barbara Streisand arrangement of this song.  I'll admit, I've never liked Barbara's Jingle Bells, and at first I was disappointed when I heard that was the version she chose to do, but as I listened to it I realized that I liked her singing it.  Her voice is so much more wistful and fun than Barbara's (whose singing is amazing, but more suited to the seriously hard stuff) and when she sings it it sounds like so much fun!  Next, "I Need a Silent Night."  This song alone is worth the money for the album.  Anyone who has ever been frustrated by the Christmas rush can relate to this.  And Amy's delivery is so sincere and moving that the song makes me cry.  "Baby, It's Christmas," is soulful, playful, romantic, and even kinda sexy.  Finally, "Count Your Blessings" I've always loved this song (from the movie White Christmas) and always wanted to have it on a CD.  Amy does a wonderful rendition and the sentiment is beautiful.  I love this album, and it is so great to have all of Amy's best on one album!  So worth the buy! A++++
4503370
This is a delightful album of Christmas music played on a dulcimer. It's mellow and very tasteful. I've listened to it several times already and it improves with each listening.
4928245
This has got to be my favorite Christmas album yet.  I listened to this over the holidays and it became more and more precious.  Love the arrangements, vocals, mood, all of it!!
2462184
This is our favorite background Christmas album--and we have many, ranging to all styles.  This one is happy, beautiful, and not jarring in the way that some can be.  I think I particularly enjoy that the "tone" and "mood" remain constant over the full course of the album, without somehow sounding the same.  Hard to describe, but it works.  In so many other albums, I like one song but not the other...or the pace of one song is x, followed by something that has a pace of "a"--at the different end of the alphabet.  This is an album to wrap presents to...to drink a cup of tea to while sitting near the tree...to address gifts to...to bake Christmas cookies to....  You get the idea.
3389517
Wonderfull instrumental christmas music.  I remember listening to this album in my childhood and it brings back happy memories of christmas time with my family. I'm so glad it has been released on cd! George Melachrino's arrangements of these cherished christmas songs are just beautiful. And I 'll always LOVE that album cover, it's the ultimate picture of a cozy christmas!
4002562
This is one of the best Christmas albums and, is in my opinion, a classic. I was very pleased to find this album!