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Blogmas Day 5: Scribbles About Music: Simply Christmas by Leslie Odom, Jr. Review

So when I found out Aaron Burr was having a Christmas CD I got super excited! I think he has my favorite singing voice of anyone in the Original Hamilton cast... and I just really like it! I'm not that into his jazz cd because I'm not that into jazz... but I know he's a really good singer and I like Christmas Music, so it was good!

So the selection of songs on the cd is kind of unique. These aren't songs that are un-traditional... but they aren't necessarily ones that you hear all the time on every radio station... and its sort of a different take on them too. The music is unique and Leslie's voice is just so amazing that it really does well with all of the songs.

And the songs on the cd are Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, The First Noel, My Favorite Things, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Merry Christmas Darlin, The Christmas song, Winter Song, and Ave Maria... in almost that order... lol. But yeah good selection of songs. I like his version of My Favorite things a lot. Winter Song isn't my favorite Christmas song... but I really love his version. I think all of the songs are amazing. Ave Maria is especially good and brings tears to my eyes... its really one of the best Christmas cds ever.

It's also cool because you can get an autographed copy of the cd on his website for $25! So if you know any Hamilton fans, this is literally the perfect Christmas gift!

My favorite song is probably Ave Maria... I don't really think of that as a Christmas song though because people sing it at weddings... so I think my favorite is The First Noel or My Favorite Things... both are really amazing and just really pretty songs. There isn't one song on the album where I'm like "meh, I'll skip over this." It's all really good.

So if you want to get in the holiday spirit, this is a good one to download. If you like Christmas music, but you don't necessarily like the radio's selection this is great... and if you like Hamilton... this is obviously really good.

Hope this was helpful!

Byeee!
-Shannon
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