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2007 holiday compilation subtitled: 17 Inspirational Christmas Songs From Today’s Top Country Artists. Includes performances from Wynonna & Kenny Rogers, Leann Rimes, Jo Dee Messina, Billy Dean, The Judds, Josh Turner, Lonestar, Diamond Rio, Vince Gill and many others. Curb.

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This holiday collection is a treasury of Christmas traditions, stories, songs, and recipes that promises to bring readers young and old together to celebrate the spirit of the season. Everyone will enjoy this delightful guide to all things Christmas, featuring: the perennial classic Christmas stories, poems, and carols; recipes for family gatherings, parties, and holiday gifts from the kitchen; ideas for thoughtful and creative handmade gifts; decorating ideas for any room; and holiday customs and traditions from around the world. As a gift or a book to be treasured, this book will help readers create new traditions that can be shared year after year.

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GRAMMY® award-winning legend, Randy Travis releases his first new Christmas record in 18 years! A collection of sacred and traditional favorites accompanied by Travis? unmistakable baritone voice. Songs Of The Season is sure to be warmly received by fans, just like other recent Christmas releases by country artists such as Alan Jackson (450K scans), Martina McBride (1 Million scans) and Lonestar (325 scans).

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Join the holiday fun this season at ABC Family with music from your favorite holiday movies and specials. ABC Family is celebrating it’s 12th Annual “25 Days of Christmas” programming event beginning on December 1st and wants you to own a part of the fun. “Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas” is the perfect music companion to the TV event featuring classic songs such as Jingle Bells and Frosty the Snowman to contemporary hits from Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Alexa Vega, Simple Plan and more. Music to create holiday memories to that everyone in the family will enjoy.

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“Here are some of my favorite country singers sharing Christmas memories in stories, recipes, photos, and songs. It will be a joy to have or give to friends. And two of my favorite organizations, St. Jude Children’s Hospital and the Country Music Hall of Fame, will benefit from the sale of this book.”
—Reba McEntire

“I’m so honored to be a part of this great project. Country music is a cherished part of my life, and I’m so happy that this beautiful book supports both the Country Music Hall of Fame and St Jude Children’s Hospital. Merry Christmas, y’all.”
—Vince Gill

“Buddy Killen and Edie Hand have merged their unique talents to give us their Christmas gift–an entertaining and delectable holiday literary feast titled A Country Music Christmas. Anybody with a touch of country about them will prize and devour this book that features a buffet of anecdotes, photos, and favorite recipes of famous country stars. And you can read while you listen, thanks to a Buddy and Edie bonus–an enclosed 15-track CD.”
—John Seigenthaler Sr., Chairman Emeritus of The Tennessean

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Through the pages of this book, country music fans can share the joys of Christmas with some of America’s most beloved stars. This rich collection of memories and traditions features stories—in the stars’ own words—of childhood memories and favorite ways of celebrating the most festive holiday of the year. Stars like Dolly Parton and Billy Ray Cyrus recall how childhoods like theirs—poor in terms of money, but rich in terms of love—resulted in some of the happiest Christmas memories they have. And memories are being made today with stars like Tim McGraw, Tanya Tucker, and Clint Black, who discover anew the magic of Christmas through their children’s eyes.

Photos reveal the private side of the stars, and their recipes make Christmas country-style easy to achieve, with dishes such as Barbara Mandrell’s Christmas turkey and Alan Jackson’s cornbread stuffing, John Michael Montgomery’s wild goose with currant sauce, Charlie Daniels’s sugar cookies, Naomi Judd’s miniature fruitcakes, and many more.

The 15-track CD features songs specially recorded for this book. The album includes Tim Rushlow’s “Little Drummer Boy,” The Jordanaires’s “Joy to the World,” and Kristy Rhode’s “Come On Ring Those Bells.”

A portion of the proceeds from this book will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum®, and the Edie Hand Foundation™.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is operated by the non-profit, educational Country Music Foundation (CMF). The mission of the CMF is to identify and preserve the evolving history and traditions of country music and to educate its audiences. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum presents the country music story through its treasure trove of historic country music video clips and recorded music, dynamic exhibits with state-of-the-art design, and a regular menu of live performances and public programs.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fund-raising organization.

The Edie Hand Foundation’s mission is to raise and donate money to Alabama communities and national charities to help raise a child or to defeat an incurable disease or to provide children joy at Christmas. Visit www.ediehandfoundation.org.

More than 65 stars of country music share their favorite recipes, cherished holiday memories, and family photos in this country-style Christmas treasury that includes a 15-song CD.

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Sing 24 of the most beloved Christmas and Holiday songs, made just for kids! This 2-CDG set is perfect for class, parties, performances, and more! Includes guide vocals, instrumental-only background tracks, and lyric book. This Karaoke CD+G compact disc works in both karaoke machines and regular CD players. These are new performances of these songs, and are not renditions by the original artists.

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Finally, a Christmas album worth listening to all year long. When Mary Chapin Carpenter set out to create Come Darkness, Come Light, she took a far different approach to recording a holiday album than most artists do. Rather than simply lending her voice to time-worn Christmas standards, Mary Chapin wrote her own set of heartfelt songs which explore the many meanings and emotions that Christmas evokes in each of us. These songs, mixed with a few hand-picked gems from other writers and rarely heard traditional tunes, will speak directly to the hearts of all Mary Chapin Carpenter fans. These are not merely holiday songs, they are simply great Mary Chapin Carpenter songs, both warm and intimate. And while they artfully capture the spirit of the season, this is a rare Christmas album that doesn’t feel like it needs to be kept on the shelf between New Year’s and Thanksgiving. With stellar support from longtime musical partners Jon Carroll (piano) and co-producer John Jennings (guitars), Mary Chapin’s voice goes down as warmly as hot cider on a cold winter’s night.

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A Perry Como Christmas is the audio equivalent of a Norman Rockwell painting. Like Nat “King” Cole and Bing Crosby, whom Como fondly emulated, Como defined for many Americans what the holidays sounded like through the ’50s and ’60s. With the advent of widespread television, Como practically became the man for wholesome holiday pleasure and entertainment. Greatest Christmas Songs will reestablish that fact for many who’ve put on a Como record every season. This collection brings together many of his classic seasonal recordings and some tracks even collectors will be delighted to find, including “Some Children See Him,” recorded in 1954 but left off The Perry Como Christmas Album. At 21 cuts, complete with engaging liner notes, this is an essential collection of Como Christmas greats that the immortal baritone presents for the end of the century and the beginning of another. Call it a pop-cultural milestone that will never go out of style. –Martin Keller

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Every year it’s an issue: how does one stomach the onset of holiday music? With an endless stream of overplayed pop stars stirring what Sufjan Stevens calls “That Creepy Christmas Feeling,” how does one navigate the sound of the season? Back in 2001, Stevens began making annual EPs of traditional carols and songs mixed with his own holiday-themed tunes. With 2006 and Volume 5, he’s compiled a perfect gift for the Christmas-inclined indie rockster: all five EPs in one box, separately slipcased, plus a booklet filled with lyric sheets, chord charts, a Rick Moody essay, and more. Yes, Stevens knows that “Jingle Bells” features him playing (as he notes) “insipid piano,” but he also writes gorgeous arrangements. Check out the three versions of “O Come O Come Emmanuel”; each aches. And “O Holy Night” from Volume 3 is lo-fi genius, never mind anyone’s resistance to theology; it’s a time-stopper. Stevens’s own tunes are unmistakably his, hushed vocals highlighting a unique mix of whimsy and yearning–much like the justly-lauded Illinois and Michigan. In the end of the liner essay, Stevens writes that the Christmas story is about love, and on that note, he proclaims that these songs and the “Creepy Christmas Feeling” prompt “a transformation of the heart” for him and bring out affection and reflection. Isn’t that a great holiday vibe? –Andrew Bartlett

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In December 2001, Sufjan set out to create a Christmas gift for his friends and family. The result was a seven-song recording that he called “Noel Vol. 1″. Over the next several years, he created new EPs to add to the collection. This 5-CD box set includes all five volumes, plus a 42-page booklet with an original Christmas essay by acclaimed American novelist Ricky Moody, two essays, a short story by Stevens, a holiday sticker, chord charts, lyrics, comic strip, family portrait poster, photos, and an animated video.

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Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Fernando Ortega brings us his first holiday album, Christmas Songs, with a track listing that, from start to finish, follows the birth of Christ.