Listeners are finally being offered a sampling of some of those Christmas songs Merrill has been writing these past 25 years. "New and Old Christmas Classics" combines seven of her best holiday originals with five favorite classics for an exuberant blend of beauty, laugh-out-loud humor and heart. A showgirl at heart, Merrill combines a love of characters, costumes, choreography and comedy with a gift for capturing and sharing moments of what it is to be human. Old and New Christmas Classics, Merrill’s thrid CD, is a mini Merrill cabaret, romping through multiple styles united by Merrill’s beautiful voice and the communicator behind it. The CD contains two of Merrill’s songwriting bests – "Every Year" and "I Love A Man In Uniform" - in addition to two rascally fun, and two hauntingly beautiful other originals, and classics made fresh with a personal flair. It is a gem of a CD that sounds like a “best of Christmas” classic.