Christmas Song Book (Mina album)

Christmas Song Book is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 19 November 2013 by GSU.

Overview
In the album, Mina covers twelve Christmas songs, written between 1818 ("Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht", original version of "Silent Night") and 1973 ("Old Fashion Christmas"). Among the others, she sings four Bing Crosby hits ("The Secret of Christmas", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "How Lovely Is Christmas" and "White Christmas"). The song "Baby, It's Cold Outside", always performed in a duo, has been recorded with Italian comedian and TV presenter Fiorello.

Two songs were previously released: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (for the 2012 album, 12 (American Song Book)) and "Silent Night" (for the 2010 movie, The Santa Claus Gang by Italian comedians Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and published in the EP Piccola strenna).

During the design of the album, drawings in the style of "Disney" were used, specially painted by Giorgio Cavazzano, Mina herself appeared in the image of Mina Duck; previously, a similar design was used for the 1998 album Mina Celentano. The album was released in three versions:


 * CD with a book containing 18 pages of illustrations, song descriptions and a letter from Mina to the listeners.
 * CD with a book containing 248 pages of Disney Christmas stories.
 * LP (limited edition), including, in addition to a color vinyl record, 12 illustrations by Cavazzano in large format.

The album reached number 6 on the Italian Albums chart and was certified platinum by Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.