{"id":121,"date":"2014-09-30T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/reelfaith\/2014\/09\/the-spirit-of-christmas-new-from-michael-w-smith.html"},"modified":"2016-08-02T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T15:15:09","slug":"the-spirit-of-christmas-new-from-michael-w-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/reelfaith\/2014\/09\/the-spirit-of-christmas-new-from-michael-w-smith.html","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit of Christmas: New from Michael W. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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If I\u2019m counting right, this is Michael W. Smith\u2019s fourth Christmas record and I really believe it\u2019s the best. Because it has so many guest stars, you might think it\u2019s a duets record and because they are mostly from the country genre, you might think it would be a bit twangy. But it\u2019s neither. It\u2019s a classical sounding\u2014sometimes with big band sound\u2014Christmas record that begins with familiar carols and ends with some traditional and original sacred offerings. My review will run in the October Charisma magazine so check that out when you can.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here\u2019s a video behind-the-scenes:<\/p>\n