This 1981 Christmas number has a lot going for it. First, the music is top notch, making a quiet start and showing a good deal of variety throughout with excellent guitar, saxophone and vocal riffs, a tight horn section and even some jazz clarinet on the fade out. Then, Patty Donahue's throaty voice is very attractive and the lyrics full of interest as they relate the year long love story that happily resolves itself at Christmas time. It reminds me of one of those stories they used to have in my sister's Jackie magazine in the seventies. While being pretty specific in detail, it manages to capture the spirit of love at Christmas and the transformation from Christmas alone to Christmas with your new love is effectively done. The Christmas references are legion and the song even manages to open with the words "Bah humbug". The manifold repetion of "Merry Christmas" is also neatly done. Great stuff!
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