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Christmas In America

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Kenny Rogers has released a plethora of Christmas albums, and of the ones I have this is the best. The title song is a very appropriate mix of patriotism and Christmastime-a seemingly odd combination that works very, very well.

Except for this genre-bundling selection which is reprised throughout the disk, all the other songs are well-known Christmas standards.

In addition to the title track's uncommon concoction, the disk also departs from the norm by featuring a snippet of this tune between all the other songs and having the music play constantly; there are no silent pauses between cuts.

As another reviewer has already said, Kenny Rogers has released many Christmas CDs, and this is probably the best with "Once Upon a Christmas" with Dolly Parton a close second. I have this album from its original release on tape, and I was pleased to find it now on CD; also, it is because it came out at the time that CDs were young that "Christmas in America" has a reprise--on the tape, it's the beginning of Side 2. It's also interesting to note that the title song was written by Dolly Parton. This is a great collection of mostly traditional Christmas songs sang as only Kenny can.

I highly recommend this to anybody who loves Christmas music. It has some of the best christmas songs of all time and Kenny Rogers does a incredible job on this album.

I had this on audio-tape for years. As audio-tape goes by the way-side I did not want to give this one up so I replaced it with a CD version. I love the arrangement, the tempo....all warm and very Christmassy! Puts me in a great mood. I think the title song is actually the weakest song on it but....get through it. The rest of the CD is wonderful!

I love this CD. If you like Christmas music and you like Kenny Rogers you will love this CD. I am normally a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas music, but the arrangements on this CD are just slightly different enough from the ordinary to make them interesting without making them too odd like some artists seem to do with Christmas music. It is one of my top 3 favorite Christmas CD's of all time.

I've owned this on cassette since its release, and its played many times during the holiday season. It nice to have it on CD.

I have admired the contributions Kenny Rogers has made in music through the years. This Christmas collection proves just that. The title track gets me a little emotional at times when I hear it. I do enjoy his rendition of Winter Wonderland. Good Christmas sounds from The Gambler!