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The Animals' Christmas

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This is my favorite.

I am a parochial school music teacher and my dream would be for schools and churches across the US to start performing this excellent Christmas cantata each holiday season.

Jimmy Webb (the composer) was certainly inspired. These songs creatively employ the basic Christmas story. The title may be deceiving in that some would think, oh, it is one of those cantatas that is more about the donkey in the stable or the sheep in the field than Mary, Joseph and Jesus. But that is not the case. Listen to it. Get a copy. I have 2, because they are hard to come by at times.

Jimmy Webb's Christmas classic is one that slowly grew on me(Like all my favorite albums!) and now it is on my short list of indispensible,never sell discs.My musical tastes run the gamut....this work exemplifies what I like most...a transporting experience.Though fable in nature...the reverence and magic of the Incarnation as seen through the various characters really is enchanting. There is a moment of ecstatic exuberance that is worth the price of this sometimes hard to obtain album.....at the beginning of the Carol of the Birds when....well...buy the album...hear for yourself!Buy two...if you lose it...you will miss it!!

I love this music DVD so much!!! I recommend it a lot to those that like to relax through music. It is so relaxing.

This is an old album - amy grant and art garfunkel - lovely melodius alto and a clear lovely tenor - and a great way of looking at christmas from a new angle. Art garfunkel is exactly how the angel gabriel might sound for me, as is Amy Grant a great sounding Mary

I don't listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, and this is what I look forward to listening to every day. Amy Grant and Art Garfunkel have very complimentary voices, and although it seems like a boy's choir wouldn't mix well with them, it works beautifully. The way they present the Story of Christmas is unique. I get tired of artists rehashing the same songs over and over, so this is a breath of fresh air!