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This Christmas, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

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This Christmas

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John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

Longtime friends and long-ago Grease co-stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John chose to team up once again in 2012, this time for a Christmas album designed to benefit their respective charities, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Center and the Jett Travolta Foundation. So, This Christmas is camp for a cause, a cheerful celebration of the familiar trappings of the season. There are friends by the busload -- Cliff Richard, Chick Corea, Barbra Streisand, Kenny G, Tony Bennett, and James Taylor all pop in for a tune -- there's a production as clean and crisp as newly fallen snow, there's as much cheesy Christmas cheer as a stack of reindeer sweaters sitting underneath a plastic Christmas tree. Musically, the only left turn arrives in the amiably rocking new song "I Think You Might Like It" -- its guitars sound randier than the rest of the record but that's certainly on a relative scale -- otherwise these are songs you know by heart, all sung with a visible smile that's either ingratiating or insufferably, unwittingly campy, depending on your perspective. The thing of it is, This Christmas winds up serving both audiences equally well: it'll brighten the season of fans who take this at face value, and for those looking for a ridiculous dose of celeb Christmas cheer, Travolta's asides to "Liv" will more than fulfill their needs

1. Baby It's Cold Outside - Frank Loesser - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta 3:19 -- 2. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Johnny Marks - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta feat. Kenny G 2:13 -- 3. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Kim Gannon / Walter Kent / Buck Ram - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta feat. Barbra Streisand 3:32 -- 4. This Christmas - Nadine McKinnor / Donnie Pitts - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta feat. Chick Corea 4:25 -- 5. Silent Night - Traditional - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta 4:48 -- 6. The Christmas Waltz - Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta 3:00 -- 7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta feat. Cliff Richard 4:36 -- 8. Winter Wonderland - Felix Bernard / Dick Smith - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta feat. Tony Bennett, Count Basie Orchestra 2:30 -- 9. White Christmas - Irving Berlin - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta 3:16 -- 10. I Think You Might Like It - John Farrar - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta 3:11 -- 11. The Christmas Song -- Mel Tormé / Bob Wells - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta 3:41 -- 12. Deck the Halls - Traditional - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta feat. James Taylor 2:41 -- 13. Auld Lang Syne/Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi / Lee Mendelson / Traditional

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