Christmas from the Heart
takes several
Christmas
favorites and blends them with songs taken from the
musical
of the same name. This is truly a bizarre and disappointing album, combining
Rogers
' bland
adult contemporary
versions of traditional
songs with obnoxious numbers sung by children. The message is good: it teaches children about charity and the real meaning of Christmas and such. It is just the presentation that ruins it, as children will probably be bored with the bland adult songs and adults will probably find the songs from the
painful to listen to. And the
numbers are sung in a needlessly overblown fashion, making the songs sound condescending and shrill. The songs are not the problem -- the music is just presented in a terrible way. This is not recommended for any age. ~ Bradley Torreano