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Joseph Washington Jr.'s Merry Christmas To You is your shelter in a blizzard of bland holiday music. This barely-known 1983 private issue puts a soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frosty Christmas cuts-originals, not covers; real joy, real wonder-the greatest Christmas soul record ever recorded. Under this tree, discover new classics for our cynical age the buoyant InchJesus' Birthday,Inch the hot and bothered soul of InchMerry Christmas,Inch the ridiculously catchy wallet-opener InchShopping.Inch Down another nog and file with Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift for You, John Fahey's The New Possibility, and Vince Guaraldi's indelible Charlie Brown Christmas. Album Tracks 1. Let Me Hang My Mistletoe 2. Jesus' Birthday 3. Rudolph 4. Merry Christmas 5. Sharing Christmas with You 6. Snowing in the East on Christmas 7. Whatcha Gonna Bring Me 8. Shopping 9. New Year
