CD Review: Timeless: A Christmas Collection (The Crist Family)
The new Christmas recording from The Crist Family starts with a winter song, “Love Me Some Snow.” An uptempo, catchy arrangement, this will be a favorite among those who love snow.
Most everyone knows the song the Charlie Brown gang sang: “Christmas Time is Here.” The Crist family sings that song acapella. Other acapella arrangements on this project are “Jesu Parvule” and “In the Bleak Midwinter.”
“I Love Those Jingle Bells” is another fun, toe tapping winter song, using parts of the song, “Jingle Bells” and featuring sleigh bells ringing in the background. I’d love to know how much time it took to get the arrangement down but they do a good job.
I’d never heard “Pine Cones and Holly Berries” but I like their arrangement which intersperses “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.”
“I’ll be Home for Christmas” starts with the opening verse, then goes into an instrumental segment before they sing the rest of the song. Very beautiful.
The “Winter Wonderland Medley” includes “Winter Wonderland,” “Sleigh Ride,” and “White Christmas.” I enjoy listening to these winter songs around Christmastime.
Other songs included are “The Christmas Waltz,” “What are You Doing New Year’s Eve” and “Silent Night.”
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