Worship artist Lincoln Brewster is here with his second holiday-themed endeavor, A Mostly Acoustic Christmas. Judging by the title, it's pretty easy to tell the musical direction he's taken with this project, and it works quite well. While some of the same songs from his first Christmas album are featured here (such as "Joy To The World", and "Little Drummer Boy"); Lincoln effortlessly changes them up just enough to create a fresh, stripped down sound for his new record. Highlights include the new rendition of "Miraculum," the peppy "Jingle Bells Medley," and the aforementioned "Joy To The World." If you're a fan of Brewster's previous efforts, or just looking for a unique spin on Christmas classics, this album is one you won't want to miss this holiday season...

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Offering a Christmas-themed grab bag of sorts, Parker kicks things off with "Mistletoe Meltdown," a light-hearted dance-pop ditty detailing his great-aunt Betty's attempts to corner him under said greenery. The equally humorous follow-on cut, "The 12 Days of Christmas," bears the parenthetical subtitle "How It Should be," and such is arguably the case. To be sure, it's hard to find too much fault with a track that trims the lengthy December chestnut down to a quick intro speech followed by the last of the song's twelve verses and a few concluding remarks - the sum total of which run a mere 38 seconds...

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If one didn't know better, they might assume that the folks at DREAM Records are following some sort of predetermined pattern when it comes to their holiday-themed anthologies. The label's first Christmas compilation featured thirteen tracks by eight different artists. By the time Volume 2 saw the light of day, the composition count was trimmed down to eight, making the sophomore offering more like two thirds of a full-fledged album. The third installment in the series found the DREAM team once again ramping up the total song number to twelve. Which brings us to the present where, this time around, fans are greeted with Christmas Vol. 4, a seven-cut extended player...

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