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Jan 3, 2012The blend of simplicity and sophistication is fairly well suited to the material, avoiding cloying sentimentality and religiose bluster.
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Q MagazineDec 22, 2011The duo deliver traditional virtues and a familiar Yuletide ambiance here. [Jan 2012, p.124]
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UncutDec 12, 2011It's a sweet-natured and seemingly uncynical exercise which, while pretty enough, brings nothing new to these well-worn ditties. [Jan 2012, p.101]
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Dec 8, 2011A Very She & Him Christmas could have done with a little more of the wide-eyed, kooky-face, make-your-bestie-a-yummy-pancake Deschanel: the results might or might not have been unbearable, but they certainly wouldn't have been dull.
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Nov 2, 2011If anything, A Very She & Him Christmas can feel like a wet blanket at times, like a party that just can't get off the ground.
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Nov 1, 2011Ultimately, A Very She & Him Christmas is an enjoyable if forgettable project that its creators probably had a very fun time making.
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Oct 28, 2011A Very She & Him Christmas' main fault is that it can so easily fade into the background as the season never would, no matter how hard one might try and avoid it.
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Oct 28, 2011A Very She & Him stands guilty not of being oppressively adorkable, but of being not nearly adorkable enough.
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Oct 24, 2011The results can be winning, especially when they're slathered in classic, Les Paul/Mary Ford-inspired slapback delay. However, busier cuts like "Sleigh Ride," "Little Saint Nick," and "Christmas Day" reveal a charming yet pitchy vocalist with all of the inflections of a classic torch singer, and none of the discipline.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 12
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Mixed: 3 out of 12
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Negative: 2 out of 12
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Nov 22, 2011