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It’s Beginning To Sound A Lot Like Christmas: New Holiday Releases

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Douglas Boultinghouse
Arts & Entertainment Editor

 

   With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving just weeks away, if you’ve visited a store or turned on the radio lately, chances are you’ve heard a Christmas song or two this season.

   As we begin to do our holiday shopping and bundling up for cold weather, the time is now to dig out our holiday albums, or for this generation, load all your Christmas MP3s onto your iPod or MP3 Player.

   More and likely you will add the classics, “Blue Christmas” by Elvis Presley, “All I Want For Christmas (Is You)” by Mariah Carey and “Silent Night,” “O Holy Night,” “The Christmas Song” and more by the artist(s) of your choice.

   But what about the new holiday albums hitting the shelves this season?

Here’s a few you should check out:

 Sugarland
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Sugarland - "Gold and Green"

 

  • 1. Sugarland – “Gold and Green”

Country duo Sugarland released its first holiday album “Gold and Green” in October. While the album contains five Christmas classics, it also contains five original tracks written by members Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush such as “City of Silver Dreams,” “Gold and Green,” “Little Wood Guitar,” the friendly “Maybe Baby (New Year’s Day)” and the bluesy masterpiece called “Coming Home.”

 

 

 

 

 

 Andrea
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Andrea Bocelli - "My Christmas"

 

  • 2. Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”

Italian singer Andrea Bocelli released “My Christmas” on Nov. 3. He lends his tenor voice to songs such as “White Christmas,” “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and “Silent Night.” The album also includes all-star duets with Mary J. Blige, Reba McEntire, Natalie Cole and more.

 

 Jackson
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Jackson 5 - "Ultimate Christmas Collection"

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 3. Jackson 5 – “Ultimate Christmas Collection”

The “Ultimate Collection” of the legendary Jackson 5 hit stores in October and contains 21 tracks including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “Someday at Christmas” and more. The album also features a previously unreleased track by the late Michael Jackson.

 

 

 

Check back the week of Nov. 23 for information about Christmas movies – the new ones and the classics - planned to take over the big and small screens this holiday season.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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