Day 8, Christmas music

JT’s Christmas hopes
Posted by linkmeister on 7 December 2015, 8:46 pm

This album has a weird history. It was originally issued and distributed by Hallmark Cards in 2004. In 2006 Taylor’s longtime label Columbia reissued it with a new title and a revised track listing; “Deck the Halls” was omitted, with two other songs (“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “River”) added. Six years after that Universal’s label reissued it with two more tracks, “Mon Beau Sapin”, a French translation of “O Christmas Tree”, and a cover of George Harrison’s “Here Comes the Sun” with cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

This song was written by Ralph Martin for the Judy Garland movie Meet Me in St. Louis, and it appeared on the 2006 album from Columbia. It was the last album Taylor has done for the label to date.