Track Listing

1. Old Fashioned Christmas Polka
2. Christmas Chimes
3. Up on the Housetop Schottische
4. Jingle Bells
5. Good King Wenceslas
6. Christmas Wish
7. Deck the Halls
8. Christmas in Europe
9. Christmas Is Coming
10. Old Time Christmas Memories
11. What Christmas Means to Me
12. Silent Night/Away in a Manger

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133071 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-12
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Thank you, Joey Miskulin!
The full title of this CD is "The World's Greatest Instrumental Christmas Polka Party". It is a prayer answered for those of us who wanted Joey Miskulin to step in where Frankie Yankovic left off when the latter died in 1998. It combines Joey's light, airy accordion with another instrument, the solovox, which until now had been exclusively Yankovic's among polka artists. The solovox, which sounds halfway between a mellow accordion and an electronic organ, makes its first appearance 30 seconds into the first track -- and what a welcome sound! On the third track, Miskulin harks back to the days of Whoopee John Wilfahrt and the Six Fat Dutchmen by including, of all things, a schottische. This CD can be played any time of the year, not just at Christmas. May there be many more!

WONDERFUL instrumentals for CHRISTMAS!! TERRIFIC!
We were so excited to receive this in early Dec. After accumulating dozens of CDs of Christmas music, it was hard to bite for yet another one. Still polka is polka and THIS DID NOT DISAPPOINT! We were surprised it was only instrumentals (we simply did not read carefully enough, I guess!), but WE ARE THOROUGHLY DELIGHTED with THIS CD.

THANK YOU, Cleveland-style polka artists heritage society -- and THANK YOU, Joey Miskulin!

#5 is our favorite: a very perky rendition and outstanding accordion-playing. The whole CD is a family favorite and perfect for having on much of the day since there are no distracting vocals. LOVELY, LOVELY music. ENJOY!