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Camden Release date: Monday 29th of September 2003 Number of discs: 1 Disc 1 Tracks: 1. I Believe In Santa Claus - Parton, Dolly & Kenny Rogers 2. Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride - Parton, Dolly 3. Christmas Without You - Parton, Dolly & Kenny Rogers 4. Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - Parton, Dolly 5. Christmas To Remember - Parton, Dolly & Kenny Rogers 6. With Bells On - Parton, Dolly & Kenny Rogers 7. Silent Night - Parton, Dolly 8. Greatest Gift Of All - Parton, Dolly & Kenny Rogers 9. White Christmas - Parton, Dolly 10. Once Upon A Christmas - Parton, Dolly & Kenny Rogers Publishers: Camden

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My second favorite original Christmas album
Review date: 2004-11-06 Rating: 10 out of 10

Unlike the slightly inferior version of the album currently available in America, this UK release is a straight re-issue of the original album, with six duets and four solo tracks - two each by Kenny (Silent night and The Christmas song) and Dolly (White Christmas and a medley of Winter wonderland and Sleigh ride).

The solo tracks are excellent but it is the six duets that make this album stand out among my many wonderful Christmas albums. Dolly wrote five of the songs especially for the album and the other is also an original song. I believe in Santa Claus and With bells on are rollicking, up-tempo songs. Christmas without you is a reflective song about missing somebody. A Christmas to remember is another upbeat song. Once upon a Christmas is a stirring song about the birth of Jesus. The greatest gift of all (the only song among the duets that Dolly didn't write) is a lovely romantic ballad, which was covered a year later by Lee Greenwood for his excellent Christmas to Christmas album.

I have bought many brilliant original Christmas albums but this one remained my favorite for more than twenty years after its release. It's still the best upbeat Christmas album I've heard.