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I'll Be Home for Christmas

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I love christmas songs and i really like the song on this cd called Thank god for kids.

This album was originally recorded in 1995, the last release of the late Steve Sanders. A well-produced CD with a combination of classics and contemporaries. The gem of this album is "Daddy's Christmas Eve," written by ORB tenor, Joe Bonsall. A touching story of being a father at Christmas, Bonsall says that this is his favorite song of all that he has written. Other highlights include "Pretty Little Baby Child," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," a Springsteen-like "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," and an updated version of their eternal classic, "Thank God For Kids."

sidenote: "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" features Christmas wishes by each of the Oaks during the intro, as well as a reference to their signing with Liberty Records, however, by the time the album was released, the label name had changed from Liberty to Capitol. The record company never altered that line, and Liberty Records got one last plug before merging with Capitol-Nashville.

Here's another pathetic attempt by a record label to eek out a few more dollars by repackaging old material and renaming it. Regardless, a fine collection if you can't locate the original release "Country Christmas Eve" from 1995. The late, great Steve Sanders kicks it with a soulful rendition of 'Blue Christmas'. Oaks cover the classic Christmas tunes with ease. 'Mrs. Santa Claus' makes me want to gag.