The Sights and Sounds of Christmas: The Complete Collection (VCI DVD)

Picture: C Sound: C Extras: C+ Segments: A

This is classic Christmas! This new DVD release from VCI Entertainment features a full length collection of songs/videos of hits like ''White Christmas'' sung by Bing Crosby, ''Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'' sung by Connie Francis and Pat Boone, ''The Christmas Song'' by Nat King Cole, and many more.

The Sights and Sounds of Christmas will awaken Christmas memories as 22 of the most popular Christmas songs are captured here on DVD.

The full song list is as follows:

- Deck the Halls

- White Christmas

- Jolly Old St. Nicholas

- Have Yoruself a Merry Little Christmas

- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

- We Wish You a Merry Little Christmas

- What Child is This? (Greensleeves)

- Silent Night

- Away in a Manger

- Is there a Place?

- O Tannenbaum

- Winter Wonderland

- March

- In Dulci Jubilo

- O Come All Ye Faithful

- Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

- The First Noel

- Sleigh Ride

- The Christmas Song

- Joy to the World

The technical features of this DVD are pretty subpar as it is a mixed bag of old and unrestored footage. The video is a standard 1.33 X 1 full screen image that is not very crisp, some in color, others not. There is a level of dirt/debris/grain throughout. The sound is a simple, lossy Dolby Digital Mono; that gets the job done, but pours from the front speakers. The content is extraordinary, but the sound and video could use an upgrade.

Special feature videos include Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Silent night, Christmas Customs Near and Far, Christmas Is, The City that Forgot Christmas, When the Littlest Camel Knelt, and The Stableboy's Christmas.

- Michael P. Dougherty II