In this album of 22 songs, coming after 22 years since the release of CHRISTMAS IN OUR HEARTS, I have put my whole heart into it and had all these years to prepare every note and every word that went into the production of the CD. A labor of Love & Inspiration. There is a song for everyone in this collection. Joyful carols, songs for the families gathered together at Christmas, a nostalgic piece dedicated to our beloved OFWs, prayerful songs, romantic Yuletide ballads, instrumental mood music as background for your Holidays, a song for children, and even two songs in Pilipino that evoke the fiesta mood of PASKO. I collaborated with friends like Freddie Santos, Trina Belamide, Joel Trinidad, Pinky Valdes, Father Johnny Go, S.J., Jimmy Santiago, Loren Steele and Ogie Alcasid. Performed with my children Liza Chan-Parpan, Jojo Chan, Michael Chan, Franco Chan, granddaughter Ramona Isabel Buñag Chan, Moy Ortiz, the CompanY, Shiela Valderrama, Teenee Chan, Cris Villongco, Hanna Flores, Noelle Cassandra, Psalmo 47, the Hail Mary The Queen Children's Choir, Trina Belamide, Ayie Oppus-Remonte, Lindie Achacoso, Kitchy Molina, Deo Fortunato Cruz, Eugene Cailao, members of the Ateneo Glee Club, Cristina de Leon and Jerome Ventinilla. Some of the country's finest musical arrangers worked on my songs like Gerard Salonga, Louie Ocampo, Jun Latonio, Homer Flores, Rudy Lozano, Marvin Querido, Noel Mendez, Ferdie Borja, Robert Delgado, Antonio Go, Kahlil Refuerzo, Jude & Theresa Roldan, Yaron Gershovsky. It's my GIFT to all the music lovers that have embraced my songs these past 45 years of my career as a recording artist. Jose Mari The messages the songs convey: "Throw away the old & ring in the new" "Each day of the year can be Christmas if Love is the gift from you" "Giving & sharing is the real Christmas way" "Let the loving light in your heart shine through" "Go home to Christmas and to family where the Heart resides forevermore" "Don't look too far, for where you are there shines His Star" "May Love & Joy that come with Christmas Day remain all through the year" "When you're here and here to stay, everyday is Christmas Day" "Be a little child. Open wide all the doors to your heart. Love & kindness to ALL, with the eyes of a child" "When Christmas Time comes around I become a child again" "Forgive the hurts & disappointments of the past. Let us renew the ties with friends and make them last" "Love today everyday. That's the message to be found. Celebrate the Christmas Spirit all year round" "Christmas is family. That's how it will always be"