Have Your Merry Christmas with Me by Kat Edmonson plays like the soundtrack to a classic romantic comedy—lush, witty, soulful, and filled with longing, flirtation, and holiday warmth. Romantic bossa novas mingle with a tropical, 1960s-cocktail-party take on “Jingle Bells,” the swinging jazz-gospel exuberance of “Hark! The Herald Angels Swing,” and an achingly soulful transformation of Allen Toussaint’s “It’s Raining” into “It’s Snowing.” Two beautifully crafted originals, “Have Your Merry Christmas with Me” and “Hush! There’s a Falling Snow,” feel instantly at home among the standards, with the timelessness of future holiday classics. 

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