Personnel: Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians, Nancy Sinatra, The Jimmy Joyce Singers & Orchestra, Tina Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr., Bing Crosby.
Liner Note Author: James Ritz.
Arrangers: Dick Reynolds; Nelson Riddle; Jack Halloran; Harry Betts; Gil Grau.
The Chairman of the Board breezes his way through THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION, a well-chosen set of Yuletide classics. This nicely remastered set should summon up memories of Christmas past for many, and is still capable of conjuring a certain kind of comforting holiday magic for younger generations. Sinatra swings through traditional fireside sing-alongs ("Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "The Twelve Days of Christmas"), often accompanied by his kids, Tina, Nancy, and Frank, Jr., in the days before the latter two became stars in their own right. Sinatra is also joined by his one-time rival in the crooner stakes, Bing Crosby, most notably on the classic "White Christmas," which still has the power to call up pleasing sentiments of the season. The combination of Sinatra's warm, yet world-weary, voice and the material's lushly appointed arrangements is timeless and irresistible.
