For all the grief I give to pre-fab stuff like "American Idol" and other so-called reality show stuff, I have to give this young lady, a media management cube rat and a cast member of Yahoo's "Failure Club," serious props for this cool 2012 pop holiday EP. Five original tunes, all modern pop radio confections and all about Christmas, comprise this collection. Apparently writing a world famous Christmas song was her "Failure Club" assignment. "A Christmas Song" appears to be getting the buzz, a clever holiday ballad quoting famous carols that could very well be the fulfillment of her assignment. "Santa If You Would" is a request for the jolly elf to play eHarmony for the narrator, "Only On Christmas Time" is a synth-pop number, "Vixen" is one for the dance floor about "Santa's favorite girl," and it "Wouldn't Be a Merry Christmas" without a significant other, says the EP's closing ballad. Not for the unrepentant rockers among us, but considering the project's origins, a good final product. Click the cover to grab it from Amazon, it's also on iTunes. By the way, it appears the girl's got more up her sleeve, as her Tumblr page features videos of holiday songs that aren't part of the EP. UPDATE: For 2013, Elizabeth has expanded the EP to a full album titled Everyday Holidays. All of this EP is included, and additional songs include "Resolution," "Tis the Season," "Fa La La," "Try To Have a Merry Christmas," "Hey Santa," and a double additional dose of "A Christmas Song," one acoustic, one remixed. (If you download from Amazon, only the new songs from the album are offered; to get them all, download the EP too.) Here's the latter song in visual form:
I'm sorry, I have to disagree. This album isn't very likable to me. I listened to several of the songs via iTunes and Amazon.com and they all sound the same. A Christmas Song is very un-original and sounds fake and hurriedly written. I don't like that the song is primarily made up of lyrics from other Christmas songs. The only lyrics she really wrote were "whenever I hear a Christmas song, you're always in my heart." The rest is the work of Christmas writing legends, not Chan.
I don't think it's impressive that she has written 200 Christmas songs. I think it shows that she's only focused on writing a hit, or, she gives up easily. One can't dedicate very much attention to 200 songs. She should focus on a few and make sure they are excellent before moving on.
The one song that I find rather nice is 'Santa if You Would', however I don't like it enough to buy it or even listen to it more than a few times.
It's safe to say I'm not a fan of this album. I'll continue to listen to the classics this Christmas. This one just isn't worth a second listen to.