Clay Aiken

Many artists do Christmas albums, but few voices are as suited to the classic holiday sound as Aiken's. He delivers powerful vocals on showstoppers ("O Come All Ye Faithful") and deep soul on intimate spiritual pieces ("Mary, Did You Know"). But the pop-inspired "Don't Save It All For Christmas" is this LP's "big gift."

America's favorite American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken takes his second full-length bow
with a collection of Christmas pop and religious standards. There's more of Aiken's intense
tenor that won fans over on the show, as he takes on "Mary, Did You Know," and "The
Christmas Song," at times cutting a path somewhere between Andy Williams and Josh
Groban. At others though, like on "Silent Night," things sound more akin to a live... More >