There are quality tracks that she did not write as well. “Hot Buttered Rum” is a clever love song cloaked in Christmas imagery. “Still, Still, Still” is a traditional Christmas song that is rarely presented. She brings a very gentle vocal performance to this simple song of quietness. “On A Quiet Christmas Morn” creates a sense of calmness as life comes to a peaceful stop on Christmas morning.
Why Mary Chapin Carpenter is not one of the biggest stars in country or pop music is beyond me? Her vision in putting together this Christmas album and her brilliant vocal expertise in accomplishing that vision are remarkable. Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs Of Christmas should become essential holiday listening.
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