This Christmas album by Perry Como is worth buying for the final track alone. Over the course of 10 minutes, Como and an angelic chorus of singers tell the story of Christmas in words and song: the arrival of Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, the angels' appearance to the shepherds and the visit from the Three Wise Men (incorporating the songs "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "Come, Come, Come to the Manger," "The First Noel," "Oh Come All Ye Faithful," "We Three Kings of Orient Are" and "Silent Night").

Apart from this lengthy track, there are really only two additional hymns featured on the album, "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" and "O Holy Night," but both of these are, well, divine -- especially the latter of the two.

The secular Christmas songs feature Como at his most playful best, including one of the best performances of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" I've ever heard. "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" includes an introductory verse I've never really heard from any other singer -- about visiting the North Pole and being told of Santa's plans from Old Saint Nick himself. Como makes "Winter Wonderland" his very own, while "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" was pretty much his song to begin with -- and rightly so.

Originally released in 1959, Season's Greetings from Perry Como was his first full-length Christmas album. While it isn't the most complete or lengthy of the various Perry Como Christmas albums available, it may well be the best of the lot.