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Who can improve on Garrison Keillor's dry sense of humor. Purchased originally for my mother, but I've listened more than she.
I had never listened to something by Garrison Keiler before but found that this CD was very entertaining. I found myself laughing and crying and loving my time just sitting and listening. Well worth your money and time.
If you have a sense of humor, you and your kids will like this. The twelve days of Christmas was just hilarious and cleverly done. The story about the gift for mom was really funny too.
I found the CD heartwarming, amusing, enjoyable, and only very occasionally, boring. Garrison is at the top of his form, however, and one man's repugnant "Twas the night before Christmas" was this man's bemused reflections on how things too often are. If you're looking for perfection in musical rendition, look elsewhere. These are recordings of live radio broadcasts, after all, and don't have the polished elegance of overdubbed and edited studio sessions. There's variety, wit, and enough talent to make any Christmas eve or Christmas night a happy one. Also, if you choose, there's enough content to provide family discussion starters for anyone over the age of eight or 10.
Yes, some are pleasant, but others are downright annoying. Some songs were great: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Diana Krall being one of them. Most of the songs are quite simply not repeatable. Why. I found Christmas Companion to be an 'okay' Christmas CD Compilation but not one I'm dazzled by, and certainly not something worth this price. 3 Stars. Some songs, such as: "The Christmas Song" by Sarah Jessica Parker, "December Waltz," by Pat Donohue, and "Count Your Blessings" by John McDonough were decent. I found "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (a parody of the original about a puritanical Baptist family), obviously meant to be funny, didn't even provoke a chuckle, and was at times downright creepy.
Nothing made me stand up and shout: "Wow. Thank You. In preparation for getting in the Christmas mood, I listened to a few of them, found myself wishing I hadn't bought the CD. But others were quite banal. I don't know about you, but one time around with the twangy mountain-man rendition of "Christmas Time's A-Coming" was quite enough for my sanity. I also didn't care for the stories. That's a great tune, I'm glad I bought this CD."Overall, I think your better off buying a ten-pack of Christmas cd's at your local super store and culling the songs you like, it'd probably cost the same, and you'd get more music that you might enjoy. Average.
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