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# Reviews by Randy Williams on the shelves
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/reviews-by-randy-williams-ontheshelves-20071224/
- Published: 2007-12-24T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T01:31:57.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By RANDY WILLIAMS*

The gold standard for traditional holiday music is now available in this re-issue. The legendary crooner captures the Christmas spirit with both light-hearted fare (”Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”) and classics (”White Christmas”, “Silent Night”, “Holy Night”) and is joined by Rosemary Clooney for “Silver Bells” and The Andrews Sisters for “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. (St. Clair) Nat King Cole, ‘The Christmas Song’

Title tune voted the number 1 Holiday song of all-time. Nat sings 22 favorites on this digitally-remastered gem. (Capitol) Taylor Swift, ‘Sounds of the Season’

One of country music’s hottest stars, Taylor applies her distinct voice to a half-dozen Christmas classics. (Big Machine Records) ‘Christmas with the Rat Pack’

RING-A-DING -DING! Sammy, Frank, and Dean deliver their classic versions of holiday standards filled with Yuletide cheer on this rare first-time-on-CD collection of performances that includes several previously unreleased bonus tracks. (Capitol)

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NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING: Bing Crosby croons the classics in this collection. (Photo: Photo courtesy St. Clair)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 24, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122407.pdf?ref=smdp.com)