Ho, ho, ho — it’s another year of Taylor Family Christmas songs! As always, we had a lot of fun choosing and recording these tracks.

The kids did some fun songs this year, with a few hits made famous by Gene Autry, Julie Andrews, and Elvis Presley, as well as a favorite the kids sang in a children’s choir at church last year.

In addition to the typical guitar-driven tracks, we’ve got a family band member learning clarinet who was brave enough to try recording a classic song on short notice without much practice — with an assist from a couple eager bell-jingling siblings.

I bookended the collection with a couple recordings on my own — a folksy/bluegrassy instrumental (in keeping with this year’s very loose country/western theme) and a lovely song I was admittedly not very familiar with until this year but enjoyed learning.

As always, we hope you enjoy listening to the songs as much as we enjoyed making them. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Taylors!