To Wish You a Merry Christmas

Harry Belafonte

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1962
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W43
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,737 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Christmas Magic all Over Again!, November 5, 1999

By	l.m. tucker (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews

Every time I play this album during the busy holiday season, I am taken back 20 years. As a little girl lying on my parent's green sofa with the night sky darkening, I would listen to this album and think about Christmas and all of its meaning wrapped up into child-like dreams. The bouncing Christmas lights on the tree seemed to dance along with the music. "Mary, Mary", is one of my favoite songs. Harry Belefonte's voice just booms with feeling! What a fabulous trip down memory lane this album provides me every Christmas. I hope that it one day does that for my boys too.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, Inspirational Experience, February 26, 2000

By	[e-mail] (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This CD duplicates in original recordings from 40 years ago the crispness and clarity of Belafontes voice. Most of the Christmas songs here are not the normal, run of the mill, songs you hear everyday. They are beautiful and inspirational. I listen to this all year long but especially at Xmas. You can't go wrong with this CD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Spiritual AND High Spirited...Belafonte Style!, December 7, 2002

By	L. Shirley "Laurie's Boomer Views" (fountain valley, ca United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

"To Wish You A Merry Christmas".....

Already need a little change of pace from Frosty and Rudolph? Can't get Jingle Bells out of your head? This album is the perfect way to go. This highly spiritual and high spirited mix of Belafonte's Christmas album was originally recorded in the 50's, and now we are lucky enough to have them remastered. Harry's clear and sweet voice will give you a great nostalgic feeling and put you in the holiday mood.

The album includes the tenderness of songs like "Mary's Boy Child", "Silent Night", and "A Star in the East". Put beautifully to music is Longfellow's poem "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day".Harry also mixes it up a little with an upbeat rendition of "The Twelve Days of Christmas", a great medley of standards, and the delightful "Christmas is Coming".(For a complete list of songs, see buying info)

This is the first album I pull out of my Christmas arsenal at holiday time. It really gives me that total holiday feeling while decorating and wrapping presents(also nice to listen to while unwrapping as well). It will also be the last Christmas music I listen to until next year as I put it on one more time as those credit card bills start rolling in, so I can get back in the "Spirit" one more time!

Happy Holidays to All.......Laurie

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