These guys stopped me dead in my tracks about 2 weeks ago when I heard a cut from this CD on Minnesota Public Radio's "The Morning Program".  WOW!  What incredible harmonies, balance, technique and emotion, all rolled into a Christmas song, of all things.  I am  huge fan of accapella singing and have always considered Take 6 to be the standard by which all other groups must be judged.  The Blenders get an A+ from me for this effort.  The chord progressions and voicings are unbelievably hip, the melodic and harmonic lines they weave are mesmerizing,,, and their voices are balanced perfectly.  The phrasing is second to none.  As if that weren't enough, they pack each track with such powerful emotion and feeling.  The group obviously didn't not toss this CD off as the obligatory "Holiday CD", a crass attempt to cash in on their talents and make an easy buck like so many performers seem to to with holiday offerings these days.  This was a labor of love from day 1, and it shows.  I will listen to this hundreds of times, not only at Christmas time, but year around, trying to figure out the harmonies and vocal lines; and just to listen to musical perfection.  What a joy to hear such beautiful, emotional music that is also brilliantly intelligent and masterfully constructed. p.s.-  If you really want to knock your socks off, listen to this with headphones! You will be transported to another world.  This is by far the best collection of Christmas music I have ever heard.