I already had her Holly and Ivy album, but I just purchased this one from Amazon for this Christmas. Sort of blindly, because I couldn't find out what songs were on it. I was not disappointed when it arrived.

Natalie Cole is a wonderful singer. Except for all of the pomp and circumstance which was afforded her re. the duet she made with her father on Unforgettable (posthumously) and which was so richly deserved, she has been mostly under-rated and underappreciated. She has a beautiful voice and carries herself well on her own. I hope she is still doing well and singing somewhere and perhaps can come out with some new albums soon. It's especially nice that she carries on his name. I'm sure she has inherited her talents from him. He was a wonderful musician with an incredible voice for the 50's and forevermore. In 1959 til 1961 my husband was based at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, and I will never forget those days nor the place, when and where we were so young, because I relate them to listening to Nat King Cole on my radio every day. It was the earlier days of our lives together and so the radio was about the only form of entertainment for us except for going to the movies on base for 10 or 25 cents. I'll never forget him nor will I ever forget his namesake daughter. GO Natalie. God Bless you.

And so, for folks out there who might be wondering: on this album she has another duet with her father on The Christmas Song; beautiful renditions of O Tannenbaum, Christmas Waltz, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and Sweet Little Jesus Boy, all with The London Symphony Orchestra. And then St. Davids Cathedral Choir contributes 3 songs: Ding Dong Merrily on High, What Child Is This?, and Rocking. To top it off are 3 by just The London Symphony Orchestro: Silver Bells, Gesu Bambino, and Silent Night. It doesn't get bogged down. And it's hard to find any better. The songs are well placed and excellently presented on this CD.

I've always listened to this Natalie Cole album around Christmastime. Unfortunately, it got lost a couple of years ago and I decided to buy a new one. This album is full of great Christmas music, some songs purely instrumental and some that are sung by Natalie. I will never decorate my tree without this album playing in the background again!

This was the 1998 offering in the series of Christmas CDs from Hallmark. It features Natalie Cole, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of St. Davids Cathedral. Standout tracks are "The Christmas Song" (a duet with Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole), "O Tannenbaum" (which Cole sings in both English and German), Cole's interpretation of "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," the London Symphony's lush orchestration of "Silver Bells," their lively interpretation of "Gesu Bambino," the reverent interpretation of "What Child Is This" and "Rocking" by the Choir of St. David's Cathedral and Cole's whimsical take on "The 12 Days of Christmas."

Sadly, 2002 marked the last of these wonderful Hallmark CDs featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, and while Hallmark made other wonderful (non-London Symphony Orchestra) Christmas CDs, they discontinued them after 2008. They are hard to come by, so I would recommend getting them while they are available!

This is the perfect CD to listen to with the one you love by a cozy fire!

Nice mix of the seasons music done nicely by Natalie with a touch of class by being joined by "DaddY".

Not that anyone will ever see this, but only 6 of the songs on this album even have Natalie singing on them. The rest is 'churchy' sounding versions of the songs listed. Not bad, just not what you'd want to buy a Natalie Cole album for. So it is 1/2 filler. The other 1/2 is on real Natalie Cole Christmas albums.

The "Hallmark" label says it all. It must have been a promo album for free if you bought 2 or more cards at a Hallmark shop.