That Christmas Feeling Reta Watkins

• 1 It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 03:27
• 2 Mary, Did You Know 03:07
• 3 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 05:57
• 4 Sleigh Ride 03:42
• 5 Christmas in Heaven 04:18
• 6 Wonderful Christmastime 03:13
• 7 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 03:24
• 8 Behold Emmanuel 04:37
• 9 The Christmas Song 03:45
• 10 White Christmas 03:18
• Total Runtime 38:48

Info for That Christmas Feeling

Presenting a sure fire, perennial classic! The debut Christmas album, by Reta Watkins, “That Christmas Feeling”, features big band orchestration and fresh, hypnotic arrangements of holiday standards and original songs.

Reta Watkins is a lifelong Suburban Philadelphia girl, the youngest of five children and only daughter in a house full of musicians. When asked how long she’s being singing, she states, “I think I came out of the womb, singing!” She recorded her first 45 record at the age of 6. Her personal musical journey has taken many turns…Churches, performances on US & Canadian TV, Christian radio, national high school vocal competitions, national tours with her college vocal group, worship leading, vocal coaching for aspiring young artists and session work on various projects in Philly, Dallas, Mississippi & Nashville.

From her early childhood years, the journey began with her family traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and overseas.

‘music missionaries’, performing in a diversity of venues.

The family band was lead by Reta’s father who was an outstanding tenor born in 1932 during the jazz/big band era. These musical influences instilled in her, a deep passion for this genre of music. So why a Christmas record? Here’s Reta in her own words: “Christmas was a big deal in our house”. “Growing up with Northeast we experienced a lot of white Christmases, with Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole, provided the soundtracks for that magical season. The joys & family traditions of the season…that Christmas feeling has always remained deep in my heart.”

“I recorded many songs and albums with my family through the years and my dad and I had always toyed with the idea of doing a holiday record together. Since his passing 10 years ago, the longing to record that quintessential classic Christmas record as a tribute to him, became the driving factor to see this dream come to fruition.”

The essence of Christmas of that all of history focuses on the Incarnation..God became flesh..Behold Emmanuel. The hope that Jesus alone brings to every person in the world is timeless. This new release, “That Christmas Feeling”, is undoubtedly a cheerful nod to the popular seasonal favorites. No detail has been overlooked with this flawlessly executed project.

Nashville’s crème de la crème are present in a record which exudes an explosion of the timeless orchestral sounds of the season, providing Christmas ear candy you’ll want to hear year after year!

Reta Watkins, vocals

Reta Watkins
Worship leader, vocalist and recording artist Reta Watkins was just six years old when she recorded her first single. Growing up the youngest of five children in a family of musical missionaries, Reta remembers life was an adventure.

“We lived by faith,” she muses. “We slept in a camper or in people’s homes. We received love offerings and sold records and tapes to support the ministry. Everyone in the family played an instrument. I gravitated toward percussion, but mostly, I was a singer. I wouldn’t take any of it back.”

Reta shared tag-team vocals with her brother, singer/songwriter Steve Garrett, in the Christian pop/rock band Pilgrim’s Progress, and has honed her skills as a vocal stylist for more than 30 years. It doesn’t take more than a cursory listen to realize that her debut solo album, the holiday themed project, That Christmas Feeling, was well worth the wait.

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