A collection of a dozen Cash Christmas oldies, gathered from over a couple of decades. The stuff off his 1980 "Classic Christmas" album is every bit as ludicrous and appalling as folks have said: the shrill vocal chorus and cluttered "classical" arrangements are a real mismatch for Johnny's voice, and tend to drown him out. But some of the older material (which dates back to the early '60s) is pretty sweet and shows Cash at his most charismatic and committed. The disc ends with a previously unreleased live recitation tune, "Christmas As I Knew It," which is pretty nice, despite the low fidelity (and even some telephones ringing in the background during one verse!) A nice holiday offering, though the '80s stuff will probably get on your nerves.

A few tracks from his first Christmas album ("The Christmas Spirit") and his last ("Classic Christmas") and a track from his 1970's TV show thrown in. These albums are available in their entirety, so you might want to give those a try. This one is only for the casual Johnny Cash fan.

i ordered this as a Christmas gift for a Johnny Cash fan and the receiver was thrilled. it was exactly what i expected!

My wife found this this past weekend when we started putting up the christmas decorations. We put it in and have been enjoying it all week. We're both big Johnny Cash fans, so it was a given that we would like this CD.

Consider this if you are looking for something different for the johnny cash lover in your life.

I love this album. Mr. Cash does admirable and enduring renditions of the classics. His more adverturesome tunes will set well with the Evangelical crowd and just pass muster with the Reformed types. Add to this, not a single song sung by a whiny, whimsical tenor and you have a solid, interesting addition to your family Christ-mas music collection.

Don't buy this album if you disparage A-N-Y Christ-mas music that departs from a strict, ONLY Bible Christmas celebration. His song of coming and going visitors is a flight of fancy - not heretical, but certainly fanciful.

Christ-mas Spirited Cashlovers and Cashloving Christ Obeyers, buy away!