A Sentimental Christmas Book

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A Sentimental Christmas – 27 Favorite Christmas Songs for Piano, Voice & Guitar

Fill the season with 27 Christmas songs that bring back memories. A Sentimental Christmas is a 128-page Piano/Vocal/Guitar songbook packed with beloved holiday favorites spanning classic Christmas standards, pop hits, movie music and modern seasonal favorites.

Play and sing songs including All I Want for Christmas Is You, Blue Christmas, Christmas Time Is Here, Grown-Up Christmas List, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Merry Christmas, Darling, Somewhere in My Memory, Tennessee Christmas, Where Are You Christmas?, White Christmas and many more.

With music arranged in Piano/Vocal/Guitar format, this collection is an excellent choice for pianists, singers and guitarists who want a substantial book of sentimental Christmas music to enjoy throughout the holiday season.

All 27 Songs Included in A Sentimental Christmas

The complete collection includes:

• All I Want for Christmas Is You
• Blue Christmas
• Christmas Lights
• The Christmas Shoes
• The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
• Christmas Time Is Here
• Christmases When You Were Mine
• Fairytale of New York
• Grown-Up Christmas List
• Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
• I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
• I Wish It Could Be Christmas All Year Long
• I'll Be Home for Christmas
• It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our First Christmas)
• Merry Christmas, Darling
• One Little Christmas Tree
• Please Come Home for Christmas
• Same Old Lang Syne
• Silver Bells
• Somewhere in My Memory
• Tennessee Christmas
• There's Still My Joy
• Where Are You Christmas?
• White Christmas
• You're All I Want for Christmas

Christmas Songs That Bring Back Memories

A Sentimental Christmas isn't built around one era or one style. Instead, it brings together Christmas songs with the kind of melodies and lyrics that have become attached to holiday memories.

You'll find enduring standards such as White Christmas, Silver Bells, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) and I'll Be Home for Christmas alongside later favorites such as All I Want for Christmas Is You, Grown-Up Christmas List, Christmas Lights and Where Are You Christmas?

The result is a Christmas songbook with plenty of variety—and plenty of songs people actually want to sit down and play or sing.

Piano/Vocal/Guitar Christmas Songbook

A Sentimental Christmas is published in Hal Leonard's Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook series.

P/V/G songbooks are designed to give musicians more than a simple melody line. They're especially useful for pianists who want to accompany singers, vocalists who want the melody and lyrics, and guitarists who want chord information for accompaniment.

That versatility makes this book a natural choice for Christmas gatherings where different musicians may want to play and sing together.

Classic Christmas Standards

For pianists and singers who love the classic sound of Christmas, the collection includes favorites such as:

• White Christmas
• Silver Bells
• The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
• I'll Be Home for Christmas
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
• Blue Christmas

These are songs that have remained part of the Christmas repertoire for generations and continue to work beautifully for holiday entertaining and family sing-alongs.

Modern & Pop Christmas Favorites

The book reaches well beyond older Christmas standards with popular favorites from later generations.

Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You, Coldplay's Christmas Lights, Taylor Swift's Christmases When You Were Mine, Grown-Up Christmas List, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Where Are You Christmas? and other selections give the collection a much broader musical range than a traditional Christmas carol book.

Christmas Music from Favorite Movies & Television

Several selections are strongly associated with beloved holiday films and television specials.

Christmas Time Is Here brings the unmistakable nostalgia of A Charlie Brown Christmas, while John Williams' Somewhere in My Memory has become inseparable from the Christmas classic Home Alone.

Where Are You Christmas? is another favorite closely associated with holiday film, giving movie-music fans even more to enjoy.

More Than the Usual Christmas Songbook

The deeper cuts are one of the things that make this collection especially interesting.

Along with the major Christmas standards, you'll find songs such as Same Old Lang Syne, Tennessee Christmas, There's Still My Joy, It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our First Christmas), One Little Christmas Tree and You're All I Want for Christmas.

For someone who already owns a basic book of Christmas carols, A Sentimental Christmas offers a very different collection of holiday repertoire.

Great for Christmas Gatherings & Holiday Performances

With 27 songs and Piano/Vocal/Guitar arrangements, this book can provide music for an entire Christmas season.

It's a great choice for:

• Playing Christmas music at home
• Family Christmas gatherings
• Holiday sing-alongs
• Pianists accompanying vocalists
• Singers looking for Christmas repertoire
• Guitarists accompanying Christmas songs
• Christmas parties
• Holiday recitals and performances
• Adult recreational pianists
• Musicians who prefer popular Christmas songs to traditional carols

A Sentimental Christmas Product Details

Title	A Sentimental Christmas Book
Series	Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook
Composer	Various
Instrumentation	Piano / Vocal / Guitar
Number of Songs	27
Format	Softcover
Pages	128
Publisher	Hal Leonard
Hal Leonard Number	HL 00236830
ISBN	9781495097034
UPC	888680696412
Size	9" × 12"

Frequently Asked Questions

How many songs are in A Sentimental Christmas?

A Sentimental Christmas contains 27 Christmas songs in a 128-page Piano/Vocal/Guitar songbook.

What songs are included in A Sentimental Christmas?

The 27 songs include All I Want for Christmas Is You, Blue Christmas, Christmas Lights, The Christmas Shoes, The Christmas Song, Christmas Time Is Here, Christmases When You Were Mine, Fairytale of New York, Grown-Up Christmas List, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Merry Christmas, Darling, Same Old Lang Syne, Silver Bells, Somewhere in My Memory, Tennessee Christmas, Where Are You Christmas?, White Christmas and more.

Does A Sentimental Christmas include All I Want for Christmas Is You?

Yes. All I Want for Christmas Is You is included among the 27 Christmas songs in the collection.

Is Christmas Time Is Here included?

Yes. Christmas Time Is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas is included.

Does the book include Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone?

Yes. John Williams' Somewhere in My Memory, famously associated with Home Alone, is included in the collection.

Is Grown-Up Christmas List included?

Yes. Grown-Up Christmas List is one of the 27 selections.

Does A Sentimental Christmas include Merry Christmas, Darling?

Yes. Merry Christmas, Darling is included along with other nostalgic Christmas favorites.

Is Tennessee Christmas included?

Yes. Tennessee Christmas is included in the collection.

Does the book have piano music or just lyrics and chords?

This is a Piano/Vocal/Guitar songbook, not simply a lyrics-and-chords collection. It is designed for piano, voice and guitar use.

Is this an Easy Piano Christmas book?

No. Hal Leonard classifies this edition as a Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook, not an Easy Piano Songbook. Pianists specifically looking for simplified easy-piano arrangements should choose an edition identified as Easy Piano.

Is this the same as Christmas Sentiments by Phillip Keveren?

No. A Sentimental Christmas is a 27-song Piano/Vocal/Guitar collection by various composers. Christmas Sentiments is a different collection featuring easy-piano arrangements by Phillip Keveren.

How many pages is A Sentimental Christmas?

The softcover print edition contains 128 pages.

Make the Songs You Remember Part of Christmas Again

Christmas music has a way of connecting a song to a particular person, place or memory. That's exactly the spirit behind A Sentimental Christmas.

With 27 favorites arranged for piano, voice and guitar, the collection moves from timeless standards such as White Christmas and I'll Be Home for Christmas to newer favorites including All I Want for Christmas Is You, Christmas Lights and Where Are You Christmas?

Put it on the piano, gather everyone around and make these favorite Christmas songs part of your own holiday memories.