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Personal Christmas Collection

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Can't decide on whether to pick up 1963s "The Christmas Album" or 1965s "Merry Christmas"? Well then this collection, from 1994, may be the way to go. It pulls together many of the best tracks from both those classic releases plus another four tracks from his 1973 third and final holiday release for Columbia, "Christmas Present". Andy Williams has always been a wonderful interpreter of Christmas music, able to handle both the contemporary standards and traditional numbers. His definitive recordings of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" are included here, along with other numbers that seem linked to Williams forever: "Silver Bells", "My Favorite Things" being two examples.

My only wish is that they had included a few more tracks - while 15 selections may seem like a generous offering, with most of the songs clocking in under 3 minutes we're still left with less than 40 minutes of play time. Certainly there is room for frantic "Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells", "Some Children See Him", and the touching "Sweet Little Jesus Boy". Better yet release both "Andy Williams Christmas Album" (aka the "red" album) and "Merry Christmas" (the "green" album) on one CD. That's the ticket!

Still this is the best of the best from one of the true voices of Christmas and certainly the way to go if you're only going to get ONE Andy Williams Christmas CD.

When I was growing up, Andy Williams' "red" yuletide album was the quintessential Christmas record. The instantly recognizable opening chords of the joyful number "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" always greeted us first thing Christmas morning.

Mr. Williams' "Personal Christmas Collection" combines the best of the red album (simply titled "Christmas Album") with hits from his very popular green album (entitled "Merry Christmas"). The Collection is a merry combination of both secular and sacred favorites, and an enthusiastic ode to some of the best holiday music ever written and recorded.

Pick up a copy and start a new tradition of your own!

If you're a child of the 50's or 60's, this Christmas CD will absolutely delight you. No matter what your music preference is, Andy Williams drums up the best memories of Christmas. This CD will definitely put you in the mood for Christmas. My children fell in love with it!

My husband surprised me with this record before Christmas and I absolutely love it. If you grew up in the 60s, it's hard to imagine a household from that era that didn't have at least one of Williams' holiday albums to enjoy. This one is such a nice combination of secular and sacred Christmas music and we just love it. I'm so glad that we found this record so that we can pass on the holiday tradition to our own children. What a great way to celebrate the season!

Andy Williams is another great singer who always brings good cheer for Christmas. Over the years I've grown up watching his Christmas specials on television and hearing his Christmas music. If only Nick At Nite or one of the other cable stations would rerun his holiday specials during December!

As far as I am concerned, it is not Christmas unless Andy Williams in singing. I play this from November to January!!

There are certain singers you always hear on the radio at holiday time. Bing, Nat, Frank, Dino, Johnny, Perry, and Andy Williams. This CD consists mostly of songs that Andy himself selected. Most of them are from his red and green albums released in the 60s. Of course, his two signature holiday tunes are here, those being It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season. Other songs that I like are My Favorite Things, The Bells of St. Mary's, Ring Christmas Bells, Sleigh Ride, Silver Bells and Winter Wonderland.

There are 15 songs here, but the CD clocks it at about 40 minutes or so. They had room for more material. I also like Andy's versions of Let it Snow, Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells, A Song and a Christmas Tree (The 12 Days of Christmas) and his version of Ave Maria. That would make this CD better, but it's a good selection of Andy's best. He and Johnny Mathis are arguably two of the best living interpreters of holiday music.

Still the best bet for holiday music. Just wish I could find a CD with Andy and his brothers. I have a video of the "Best of" his Christmas shows and the scenes with them all singing are great. There must be a Cd out there somewhere.

Add a little class to your holidays. Andy is as Andy does and he does
bring cheer and a touch of yesteryear with this album.