CHRISTMAS EVE & OTHER STORIES is a unique Christmas album, blending such influences as Iron Maiden, Journey, Meatloaf, Shooting Star, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Uriah Heep, Cecile Chaminade, Boston, Stravinsky, Jimmy Buffett,  Metallica, and Kansas to create an interesting sound that is unique in rock & roll. The album includes, in addition to the story of an angel sent by G-d to bring out the good in the holiday season, a story of a father and daughter who have not seen each other in years, and they miss each other terribly, until the angel, finding the daughter outside a bar, asks the bartender to come up with the cash so that she can afford to go home. In the end, they are reunited on Christmas Day. Even though I don't celebrate Christmas and feel it's more important to watch what I eat than to go to a lot of holiday parties, I'm still deeply moved by this album, and I give it 5 stars, even though it reminds me of fattening treats and other holiday stressors.