****** - Verified Buyer
4.5
I just bought this album in December 2009 after I recently discovered the very beautiful "There is a Star that Shines Tonight" on YouTube. I like every song on the album, even "O Holy Night" about which 4 reviewers panned Sheryl Crow's singing. I think she sings it really well. She does not have the operatic voice that you usually hear sing this song, but so what? I have liked her voice ever since I first heard her sing live on a late night live radio broadcast in NYC, in 1993, when the only way I could buy Tuesday Night Music Club was by writing away for it, as it was not yet available in stores.I like all the various song arrangements, some in blues style, and some non-traditional versions of songs like "White Christmas" and "The Christmas Song." For me, the energetic, good feeling of the blues style songs, the gospel style songs, the uplifting songs, make for a very happy, Merry Christmas feeling. Nothing boring here, just beautiful singing and good musical arrangements. I am glad I listened to the words of those reviewers here who praised this album, and ignored those who did not.
