Seasons Greetings: A Jersey Boys Christmas, Jersey Boys (Rhino)

I went back and forth on whether to include this one in the Mistletunes rundown because, as I previously wrote on this site, what once was rock 'n roll now becomes adult contemporary. In this case, it became show tunes. Now I can't come down too hard on the various squads of Jersey Boys from different cities, Broadway and the national touring company because, as I noted when reviewing the original 4 Seasons Christmas Album, the group didn't really sound much like itself for the preponderance of that album either. So what I'll do here is note where the actors did honor the memory of the original group on this 2011 release. The "Santa Medley" features the actual 4 Seasons arrangement of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." "Joy To the World" quotes "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Come On Marianne," "White Christmas" is based on the Drifters' classic arrangement, "Auld Lang Syne" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" actually do sound like the 4 Seasons without any direct quotes, and "Jingle Bell Rock" is a fairly straight vintage rock reading. "Angels From the Realms of Glory" sounds like it belongs on a TSO collection, and the rest wavers from show tunes to adult contemporary. Should note that there's a 2006 version of "O Holy Night" by the Broadway cast, a different version than the one on this album, done for a benefit album for Broadway-based charities, but I haven't heard it.