children's video & dvd review
baby songs christmas
Rating: 
Ages: infant-6 years Subject: Music Publisher:
Backyard Productions
Review Sections: Product Overview
Dollar Value
Product Overview
Baby Songs is a video series aimed at babies,
toddlers, and preschoolers. This Christmas edition features holiday sing-alongs
with live-action scenes of children and puppets enjoying the season's celebrations.
All of the Baby Songs videos are totally mesmerizing for young kids.
But they go beyond mesmerizing — they are interactive. The Baby Songs
series is superb.
This video is 28 minutes long and is live-action featuring real children and
puppets, as well as short animations in between the song videos. Baby Songs
Christmas differs from the other Baby Songs videos we have reviewed at The
Review Corner — Baby Songs: ABC, 123, Colors, and Shapes (see
our review), and Baby Songs Baby's Busy Day (see
our review) — in that the songs are not all sung by Hap Palmer. This
was somewhat disappointing, as we have found his songs to be almost magical,
but the songs featured on this video are nonetheless fun and relaxing. In The
Twelve Days of Christmas, kids watch as a teacher tries to organize a
school play based on the song, with some often humorous results. Children riding
toboggans, making a snowman, riding horses, and more are featured in the upbeat
Jingle Bell Rock. We Wish You a Merry Christmas features real
kids decorating a tree and eating Christmas cookies, interspersed with singing
and dancing Christmas ornaments and gingerbread cookies!
Kid testers were feeling the spirit of Christmas and humming such favorites
as Deck the Halls and Up on the Rooftop hours later.
Dollar Value
This video sells for $12.98 US.
The Bottom Line
This Christmas video is filled with the spirit of
the season and successfully combines live-action scenes of children, puppets,
as well as animation to keep children interested.
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