Christmas in New England

Rating:
Summary: Avoid at all costs!!
Review: I bought this DVD with high expectations, and came out dissappointed. The video quality is horrible and the yule log is way too close and pixelated. I would love to recommened this DVD, but I can't. The people who I showed it too said I should return it for a refund. Sorry!

Rating:
Summary: Avoid at all costs!!
Review: I bought this DVD with high expectations, and came out dissappointed. The video quality is horrible and the yule log is way too close and pixelated. I would love to recommened this DVD, but I can't. The people who I showed it too said I should return it for a refund. Sorry!

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Summary: Festive fun for the holidays
Review: I enjoyed this "mood tape" much more than most of the other ones I've sampled. The music is fun and at times brilliant. The snow scenes are enchanting, but repetetive, so it's better used for atmosphere rather than close watching. The "Christmas Log" function, however, is boring. I guess you could use it for atmosphere, but it is a tape loop of the fire, rather than a real fire. Fires have lives -- I would love to have seen the producers film a real fire for 90 minutes with it slowly dying down, logs collapsing and embers glowing when it was done. Instead it seems more like a gimmick.

Still and all I enjoyed the snow and the music.

Rating:
Summary: Festive fun for the holidays
Review: I enjoyed this "mood tape" much more than most of the other ones I've sampled. The music is fun and at times brilliant. The snow scenes are enchanting, but repetetive, so it's better used for atmosphere rather than close watching. The "Christmas Log" function, however, is boring. I guess you could use it for atmosphere, but it is a tape loop of the fire, rather than a real fire. Fires have lives -- I would love to have seen the producers film a real fire for 90 minutes with it slowly dying down, logs collapsing and embers glowing when it was done. Instead it seems more like a gimmick.

Still and all I enjoyed the snow and the music.

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Summary: Wonderful New England Christmas Images.
Review: I loved this DVD! It is a wonderful mix of snowy New England landscapes as well as seascapes. The yule log is...well a yule log burning and not anything more but the video of New England quietly planketed in snow with festive holiday music playing is a perfect compliment to any holiday DVD collection. Perfect to sit at home and enjoy with a cup of mulled cider or as a background for a tree trimming party. I enjoyed every song and moment captured on this memorable holiday, musical feast.

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful New England Christmas Images.
Review: I loved this DVD! It is a wonderful mix of snowy New England landscapes as well as seascapes. The yule log is...well a yule log burning and not anything more but the video of New England quietly planketed in snow with festive holiday music playing is a perfect compliment to any holiday DVD collection. Perfect to sit at home and enjoy with a cup of mulled cider or as a background for a tree trimming party. I enjoyed every song and moment captured on this memorable holiday, musical feast.

Rating:
Summary: New England take-a-way.
Review: This is a very nice DVD. The first 90 minutes are of New England scenes of falling snow, the second 90 minutes is a video fireplace, and the third part is "90 minutes of instrumental Christmas music performed on original instruments of Colonial New England by the New England Christmastide Players." However, the first two parts -- the snow and the fireplace -- were what I really wanted and both come with a music score. The music score is excellent, but you can always turn off the volume and toss a favorite CD in your stereo as well.

What is the value of this DVD? Well, I am from New England and live overseas in Muscat, Oman. There is no snow over here and it's too hot a climate to have a fireplace. So, the DVD provides a nice festive edge, especially when we have company. Yeah...it's not the real thing, but it's the next best thing to being there.

I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a holiday DVD.