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I was so excited to find it on Amazon. Perry at his best. Song choices are magnificent, with some upbeat tunes. Don't let this go by. Wouldn't be Christmas without it. Had it for many years, but misplaced it.
The original running order; SIDE A: Christmas Eve, Do You Hear What I hear, Christ is Born, The Little Drummer Boy, There is no Christmas Like a Home Christmas, O Holy Night. The other two (required) CD's are, "A Perry Como Christmas" and "(Perry Como's) Greatest Christmas Songs". SIDE B: Carol Medley (Caroling Caroling, The First Noel, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night), Silver Bells, Toyland, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Ave Maria. If, like me you've been looking for the unmatchable, the gloriously warm and traditional, "The Perry Como Christmas Album" on CD for the last twenty-five years and can't find it, you're well on your way with "I Wish it Could be Christmas Forever", one of three Perry Como Christmas CD's currently being sold by Amazon that collectively offer up (what seem to be) the same original recordings. All you have to do is put them together.
I enjoy his "White Christmas" much more than Bing Crosby's. (Well, almost anyone). If he has a signature Christmas song, I don't know what it is, (although someone told me it was "Home for the Holidays)." I don't recall how I acquired this CD, but I am glad I did.
He even sings part of it in German, where he sounds Bavarian, to be kind, and American, to be un. This will give you the Christmas spirit.It's pure gemuetlichkeit. The Vienna Boys Choir add to the rest of the song.If you are not a Perry Como fan, or are Como indifferent, this is the equivalent of a sneak preview that turns out to be a blockbuster, and this is the real PC that anybody could love.
Perry Como did not come to my mind when I thought of Christmas music. Well, here it is. Merry Christmas, everyone.
It seems that I can't play it enough for company, and everyone asks to see the CD cover, a sure sign that people like the music.If Christmas music is supposed to put you in the Christmas spirit, this will give you a Christmas glow. "Toyland" is exceptional, and "Here we come a-caroling" is light and festive, as is "Home for the Holidays." A surprise was "Christmas Dream." I remembered him singing this many years earlier as the opening song to the movie, "The Odessa File." I never knew the name of it, but never forgot the melody, and I wanted to buy it.
I got very fast service, receiving it within a few days after I odered it. The CD was outstanding.
THank you. It arrived quickly and in excellent condition. Bought this for my mother, she had to have it. We celebrated xmas early and it arrived well before we exchanged our gifts with each other.
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