Snowflakes

1	Hoiliday Celebrate 3:59
2	Christmas in Jamaica / Shaggy 4:22
3	Snowflakes of Love 4:24
4	Christmas Time Is Here 4:11
5	Santa Please 4:32
6	Pretty Please (Interlude) 1:00
7	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 4:34
8	This Time Next Year 4:22
9	The Christmas Song (Bonus Track) Bonus Track 3:23
10	Snowflakes of Love (Brent Fischer Instrumental) Brent Fischer Instrumental 4:36
11	Christmas in Jamaica (Remix) / Shaggy Remix 3:38

Barnes & Noble

For her first holiday recording, R&B diva Toni Braxton celebrates the season to be jolly with the romantic Snowflakes -- a disc filled with standards such as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and original recordings such as "Christmas in Jamaica." Collaborating with her husband, Keri Lewis, as executive producer, Braxton sets a jubilant mood for her favorite time of year -- a time when family and friends express and share their love.

All Music Guide

Snowflakes is hardly a traditional Christmas record. Of its nine proper songs (the two final songs are instrumental and remix variations of two cuts that came before), there are only two standards -- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "The Christmas Song" -- unless you want to count Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here," familiar through Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown. The rest has been co-written by Braxton and a variety of collaborators, then polished by her, Keri Lewis, and Antonio "L.A." Reid. Not surprisingly, the end result is something that's very similar to a proper Toni Braxton record, only with an appropriately hushed tone and the sultriness replacing the overt sexiness. Some of the originals are pretty good -- particularly the two opening cuts, "Holiday Celebrate" and the Shaggy duet "Christmas in Jamaica" (it's always a good idea to front-load holiday records) -- and the rest that don't make much of an impact are nevertheless pleasant and add to the mood. And that pretty much summarizes the record -- it's not remarkable, but it's nice, providing a nice, romantic soundtrack for an evening of cuddling in front of the tree and a roaring fire. Which is all that you could ask for, really. Stephen Thomas Erlewine