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Traditionally, Christmas albums are sappy outings that record companies push on the big stars in order to put some extra cash in their coffers, and they don’t usually offer anything endearing. Leave it to our favourite jazz chanteuse, Diana Krall, to change all that. Yeah, they’re all songs even those who celebrate Hanukkah know all too well, but in Krall’s hands Jingle Bells and Winter Wonderland take on new meaning. Her smoky, sultry voice will melt the snow around your house, and the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra behind her is spellbinding .
