SINGLE REVIEW: JENN BOSTIC & BRIAN SUTHERLAND - ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU

There is probably nothing that signals the oncoming festive season more than Mariah Carey's wonderfully over the top "All I Want For Christmas Is You". If though after a long days Christmas shopping you perchance could bear to hear it again, however would prefer a more relaxed version then Jenn Bostic and Brian Sutherland have just the thing for you with a version so laid back, it is almost horizontal.

All that is required is one acoustic guitar and the wonderfully complimentary voices of Jenn and Brian. Mariah's version is so wonderfully over the top that most of the time the lyrics have just passed us by apart from the key couple of lines yet here they are in all their magnificent glory.

It is Jenn who sings the first verse and all of a sudden it becomes a heartfelt expression of feelings

"I don't want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents

Under the Christmas tree

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you"

Brian takes the second verse continuing the vibe with his melodic timbre

"I don't need to hang my stocking

There upon the fireplace

Santa won't make me happy

With a toy on Christmas Day

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you"

From thereon in they either trade lines or sing as a divine duo.

"Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas

I won't even wish for snow

I'm just gonna keep on waiting

Underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it

To the North Pole for Saint Nick

I won't even stay awake to

Hear those magic reindeer click"

Jenn manages to raise the temperature to all but melt the snow as she asks

"Won't you please bring my baby to me?"

and then virtually pops the thermometer in the way she suggestively requests

"I just wanna see my baby

Standing right outside my door"

If you're having a party, then maybe to get things going you may wish to stay with Mariah's version however if you want a quiet night in, then this is the version that needs to filling the room with Christmas cheer.