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1It Came upon a Midnight Clear19840:40
2Overture [Medley]19848:14
3An Old Fashioned Christmas19842:12
4The Christmas Waltz19782:12
5Sleigh Ride19782:39
6It's Christmas Time19782:52
7Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas19783:53
8Santa Claus Is Coming to Town19781:05
9The Christmas Song19783:38
10The Carol of the Bells19781:38
11Merry Christmas Darling19783:04
12Christ Is Born19783:12
13O Holy Night19843:09
14(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays19842:35
15Medley: Here Comes Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman/, Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer19843:41
16Winter Wonderland, Silver Bells, White Christmas19785:17
17Ave Maria19782:33
18Selections from "Nutcracker": Overture Miniature/Dance of the Sugar Plum fairy19845:25
19Little Altar Boy19843:41
20I'll Be Home for Christmas19783:48
21Silent Night19783:19

Thirteen original tracks are drawn from the 1978 vinyl release; the others were added for the CD release in 1984. As with most post-Karen releases, the majority of these feature Richard Carpenter's instrumental arrangements, a few with him as lead vocal.

While these are quite pleasant, and certainly Christmassy, they do dilute "The Carpenters", which, by 1978, meant Karen Carpenter on lead vocal -it took several years for Richard to finally accept that his voice really was not his greatest asset; it's shame that it took so few months after Karen's death before that acceptance began to slip.

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Audio CD
Original Release: November 1978
Digital release: September 1997
A&M

Christmas Collection is a combination of the two previous Christmas albums; Christmas Portrait and An Old Fashioned Christmas.

 
11 May 2008 |  |