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A Partridge Family Christmas Card

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Hands down one of the best produced Christmas LPs to come out of the 70s! The original vinyl LP jacket was made to resemble a snowflake dotted, green wrapped Christmas gift with the trademark free bonus Christmas card attched to the outside in a beautiful red envelope with green piping and a Partridge holiday crest on the flap. Inside was a single sheet card with a picture of the Family gathered around a Christmas tree decorating and enjoying each other's company. At the bottom were holiday wishes and copies of the actor's signatures.....great gimmickery but the true gift lay inside. A truly wonderful collection of holiday tomes opening with the Tony Romeo original "My Christmas Card To You" now a 70s holiday classic. The songs remain non-denominational as far as religion throughout with holiday greats such as Irving Berlin's"White Christmas", the over-exuberant "Santa Claus is Coming To Town", Cassidy's sexy and smokey-vocalled version of "Blue Christmas", the bubbly "Sleigh Ride", Shirley's lead vocals on the Nat King Cole great "The Christmas Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". Try staying still during the toe-tapping "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" or "Jingle Bells". Beautiful duet of "Winter Wonderland with David and Shirley sharing leads and the unusual solemn-ness of David's slow version of Frosty the Snowman. This Christmas package is FAR from an ordinary, run of the mill Christmas LP. Each song has a unique take on the classic tunes and has softened the heart of even a Non-Partridgite! It is amazing how well these beautifully crafted songs hold up as a Christmas tradition far greater than most Christmas tomes from better loved artists. This is a must for any collection-Partridge fan or non-Partridge fan alike! You will NOT be disappointed!

I defy you not to be "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" with this CD! This "was" "is" and always "will be" my favorite Christmas CD bar none. I still have it on LP and I love David Cassidy's rendition of Elvis's "Blue Christmas" because it showcases this beautiful man's exceptional, husky voice. "My Christmas Card to You" is a joyous, Wes Farrell-produced version of holiday sentiment ala crushed velvet and shag hairdos. I even will admit to loving "Sleigh Ride" and "Frosty" when sung by the sexiest man on the planet. It's nice to hear Shirley Jones on a solo "The Christmas Song" and the funky cover picture completes it. If you were a kid of the 70's and Christmas meant that several Partridge Family and/or David Cassidy LP's were under your tree, pick this CD up and dust it off every year! It is truly not a holiday at my house until David croons a little Christmas cheer! This album sold 6 million copies; it is their best selling album ever, believe it or not. Have a listen!!

What a great Christmas album! "A Partridge Family Christmas Card" has and always will be my favorite Christmas album of all time. I was only four-years old when this album was first released, and it just wouldn't be Christmas without listening to "My Christmas Card To You," which in my opinion is one of the best Partridge Family songs ever recorded! David Cassidy sings lead on most of the songs, but as an added treat, Shirley Jones sings lead vocals on "The Christmas Song" and even does a duet with Cassidy on "Winter Wonderland." Each song is a gem, and owning this album on CD is like a dream come true. I guess there really is a Santa Claus.

Classic Partridge Family on Christmas classics--and one new song as well. The original is My Christmas Card to You by Tony Romeo, who wrote a number of the Partridge Family's songs, including I Think I Love You.

Many of the selections are pretty much what you'd expect--Christmas songs with a typically Partridge sound--upbeat, with David Cassidy's classic pop phrasing, peppy back up vocals and occasionally the trademark harpsichord. There are several exceptions though, including a curiously ballad-like Frosty the Snowman, and four selections--The Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland and Sleigh Ride--featuring Shirley Jones on lead vocals.

It's been many, many years since I last heard this album, and I'd like to think that my musical taste has improved since I was 12, but I enjoyed this bit of nostalgia.

Featuring many classics of the holiday season as sung by those terrific studio singers, fronted by David Cassidy and Shirley Jones, this album is a fizzy Christmas cocktail that everyone will enjoy. You actually get to HEAR Shirley on two of the numbers, and the original My Christmas Card To You, penned by the Partridge songwriter extraordinaire Tony Romeo (I Think I Love You and countless others) is a wonderful, warm, melodious addition to the canon of Christmas pop standards. The arrangements, as usual, are creatively charged, and performed with a lively kick.

Well I muct be honest, no one is a bigger Partridge Family Fan than I am. And I find that I never listen to this album, even though I love it. It is great for when u get in a kick and need to hear some X-mas songs in the middle of july (or am I the only one who gets that?)It is a great Christmas album and it is well worth it. Much better than the Brady Bunch Christmas Album. Over all I give it a thumbs up, and if this label is ever back in stock place an order. :)

When i was a little girl i recieved the partridge family christmas album on a tape along with a cassette player. I loved it and every year it reminded me of the lovely christmas's i'd had!
I played that tape for years and eventually the tape wore out.
As i live in the United Kingdom it was impossible to buy it here especially before the internet.
So i am pleased to say i will be recieving it in a few days time along with 'Motown at Christmas', and i cant wait!
The songs are so lovely especially 'A christmas card' and Cassidy's version of 'White Christmas'!(I was fifteen when someone told me the lovely mans voice was David Cassidy no less!)

Happy holidays everyone, i will be playing it for my children now!!

REGARDING THE BAD RAP POST BELOW- If any album gave me the spirit of christmas then this one did!
From being a little girl and still thirty years later it STILL gives me the christmas magic feeling we all need, yet for some never experience. Its truly a part of the christmas that makes it special and certainly brings out the spirit of christmas.

Someone may look at this and wonder why I'd be giving this cd 5 stars. Well if you grew up with the Partridge Family music as I did then you know the happy memories and just pure fun the music provides. I was in my early teens at the time of the Partridge Family, owned all the albums then and have them all on cd now. But it is the holiday season when taking out this cd just makes all the great memories rush back and luckily I have those with me who love to share it and together we can make new memories.

Granted it was only Shirley Jones and David Cassidy who really sang. The rest were studio musicians and singers. But call it bubble gum or pop, the chemistry worked. This Christmas cd is pure hearfelt performances that bring the pleasures the holidays should. From the original peppy opening MY CHRISTMAS CARD TO YOU and other feel good tracks like SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN, JINGLE BELLS, ROCKIN ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE and SLEIGH RIDE to the slower WHITE CHRISTMAS, BLUE CHRISTMAS and HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS we get the perfect blend of David Cassidy's always great and reliable vocals mixed with the great Partridge sound. There is no sound in music like the backup voices on a Partridge song and it is great fun. And of course Shirley Jones get her solo turn on THE CHRISTMAS SONG.

If you grew up with the Partridges and their music you owe it to yourself to add this cd to your music collection. It will bring such fun and joy to these special holidays.

They may have used session musicians, and it's funny listening to them after watching Ruby & The Rockits, but their music is timeless, and always enjoyable.

Partridge Family fans will love it, and so will anyone who loves Holiday music that's exceptionally well produced and performed! I echo the positive notes from previous reviewers...The whole CD is great! The (somewhat)Title Track "My Christmas Card To You" is the crown jewel of the collection. I plan to petition the local radio station that plays all-Holiday-music-all-the-time in November/December to please add "My Christmas Card To You" to the playlist. If you've never heard it, TREAT YOURSELF TO THIS CD! You will really love it as will any radio listeners lucky enough to hear it during the Holidays. It's right up there quality-wise with "I Think I Love You" and the other big Partridge hits. And that's high-praise! These, and all Partridge and Cassidy tunes are truly expertly written and supremely well-produced recordings. You'll also love their "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"...I put it right up there, second only to Brenda Lee's signature version. And it's a close race! It's that good! This is the perfect CD to listen to as you trim the tree. So buy it, crank it up, and tell Danny to stop bugging Tracey...and tell Reuben to get in here and help with the tinsel! Happy Holidays!