Christmas Card

Christmas Card includes the familiar musical touch points that people expect to hear during the holidays. However, Sapp also addresses topics rarely touched on in holiday songs and that might even be a little uncomfortable to some listeners. Still, it's that diversity that gives Christmas Card a feel that distinguishes it from other holiday albums, and makes this a card worth receiving. A performer such as Sapp wants people to listen to Christmas Card. His challenge is how to make sure this album is heard in a musical din that includes the Top 40 pop tunes, other recently released holiday projects and the classic Yuletide tunes we have been singing for years. Sapp does so by sprinkling Christmas Card with his take on a couple of holiday classics, painting the familiar picture on several other tracks and, most interestingly, presenting stories that make his listeners look at those iconic Christmas stories and settings in different ways.