Throughout the "60s, Andy Williams"s weekly TV variety show was mandatory viewing for many American households. A highlight of every season was Williams"s Christmas show--something that became such a holiday tradition that the singer continued to take a Christmas tour on the road to sold-out audiences for decades after the TV show had ended. This CD is an even better representation of those magic TV moments, however, since the songs are taken directly from the "60s specials, when Williams"s vocals were still in top form. Appropriately, a few of these songs became holiday classics: "It"s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is almost as famous at this point as Nat King Cole"s "The Christmas Song," also featured here. And the beautiful "May Each Day" ended every Andy Williams show, holiday-oriented or not. Essentially, this is the equivalent of aural holiday comfort food for a generation of aging baby boomers. --Bill Holdship