Christmas is the season of
love.
At no other
time of the year, it seems, do genuine warmth and affection seem so
natural. Friends are remembered, family ties are bound more tightly, and
the whole world is a brighter, cleaner place.
Christmas feels
good.
Whether the day breaks cold
and tingling or warm and sultry, there's that unmistakable something in
the air everywhere that says CHRISTMAS! And in tinsel-hung capital
letters.
It's a special time for
everyone. Children greet the morning saucer-eyed at the tree and the gaily
wrapped wonders beneath it. Grown-ups wake to find the most important
things all about them in those they love.
For Christmas is a family
time . . . a time for being with the ones you love. A time for the happy
ring of the telephone. A time for the joyful peal of the front doorbell. A
time for reaching out across the months and the miles to share a happy
event.
"Home for
Christmas" is more than a pat phrase. It means a bounding up the
steps, a hearty hug, and a spell of breathless chattering. "Home for
Christmas" can be the three most important words of this season, for
one is a very lonely number when the bells begin to peal on Christmas Eve
and the lights begin to glow in the early winter evening.
Christmas
is so many things . . . so many good things. It's snow sifting down
on a quiet town . . . the bright lights and the decorations . . . the
last-minute shopping . . . happy cards coming and coming with every mail
call . . . the merry Christmas songs and the gentle sacred carols . . .
the glorious kitchen smells filling an entire house . . . the mistletoe
and the laughter . . . the opening of the gifts . . . the being with each
other.
It's time for going to
church to hear again that old, old story of Bethlehem and the star and
the Child born in the manger, so humbly. It's the time for prayers of
gratitude for this day . . . this life.
And running through every
celebration of Christmas, there is the music . . . the songs everyone
knows and loves.
These
are the songs Perry Como sings in this album. The seasonal songs are here,
such happy tunes as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Winter Wonderland,
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, White Christmas and more.
And
the sacred songs are here, too. Such lovely carols as O Holy Night,
Come to the Manger, The First Noël, and O Little Town of
Bethlehem, among others.
These
are the songs of this season of love, presented by a man who sings them
simply and sweetly. The warmth and the feeling of Christmas are in his
voice. The message of love is in the songs. And this combination brings a
fresh quality to these familiar songs of Christmas.
They
bring to you the happiest, warmest, sincerest wishes of this season of
love.
Original Album Notes
Copyright 1959, Radio Corporation of America
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York
City.
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson.
Orchestra conducted by Mitchell
Ayres,
with the Ray Charles Singers.
Arrangements by Joe Lipman and
Jack Andrews.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
"MIRACLE SURFACE" This
record contains the new revolutionary anti-static ingredient, 317X, which
repels dust, helps prevent
surface noise, and helps insure faithful sound
reproduction.
This is a TRUE STEREOPHONIC RECORD
specifically designed to be played only on phonographs equipped
for stereophonic reproduction. This record will also give outstanding monaural
performance on many conventional
high fidelity phonographs by a
replacement of the cartridge. See your local dealer or serviceman.
Produced
by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and the Ray Charles Singers
Arrangements
by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews
Recorded
July 13, 14 and 15, 1959
Recorded
in Webster Hall, New York City
Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
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