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There were some highlights to this album, I'll admit. The problem is the scant few original songs aren't among them. Those actually drag the album down further. If I were to attend a family Christmas gathering and had the chance to adds some songs to the playlist I really think I stop after the top two songs on here. The next three I'd opt for the original and the rest can burn.

Silent Night - Despite my general disposition towards Christmas music this is truly beautiful. It almost feels like it's coming off a PS1 era FF game soundtrack. It's epic, it's bold, it has range that actually hits emotionally in ways the original can't, at least for me. This actually feels like a good memory relived. I wish she could have knocked every song out of the ballpark like this.

I Saw Three Ships - I don't believe I've ever heard this before. It feels jaunty and has almost a Celtic feel to it. We had to lose songs like this to boomer xmas music?

What Child is This? - Let's be honest, it's a bit of a stretch to say the song is an xmas song. Without the lyrics isn't it really Greensleeves? And with the way it's been reworked here it does not feel Christmassy at all. In fact, I'd expect this rendition of the song to show up (in pieces) in some epic LotR type film.

You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - I like this okay. Why is it that a song like this, despite its particular age, is not among the super common Xmas songs? I dunno, but I guess never hearing it more than a couple times a year has saved it for me.

All I Want For Christmas - Good call making this instrumental only.

Carol of the Bells - Intriguing intro. Then it becomes something relatively plain. I will say I think this is the best rendition of the song I've heard.

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - This is an okay rendition of a Christmas song that I actually thought was already alright as-is, but as a result it may as well not exist.

Time To Fall In Love - Dumb, repetitive, annoying, but not entirely repulsive...

Christmas C'mon - Lindsey, c'mon. Oh boy, I hope this is the worst original on here...

Warmer in Winter - This is in many ways everything about boomer Christmas music that I hate. Oh boy, would a song have to be awful to rank lower

Angels We Have Heard on High - While I don't quite hate this version of the song, I hate what it represents to me. It represents a tradition of the church I was raised in (the same denomination as Lindsey). These are not good memories to me.

Let it Snow - The epitome of the worst of Christmas music. I'd rather stab my eardrums and deafen myself than listen to this crap again.

Jingle Bell Rock - Entirely repulsive. This is the boomer idea of "modernizing" Christmas music and it sounds like something Cthulhu would use to drive a person mad. Why didn't I stab myself in the ears after Let it Snow?