The Partridge Family “A Partridge Family Christmas Card” 1971. Two quick notes: while I really love Christmas (and go all-out with decorations, cookie and gingerbread house baking, etc) I generally do not care for Christmas music; also  VinylfromtheVault’s tagline is in part “old, older, classic, new, good, bad, subjective, autobiographical” and this album falls into at least a couple of those categories (hint: neither new nor good). That said, this is the first of a few Christmas record sprinkles this season mainly because yesterday was Partridge Family actress Susan Day’s birthday (b. 1952) and actor/singer David Cassidy died just weeks ago. Cassidy is the primary singer on A Partridge Family Christmas Card – in fact, Partridge mom Shirley Jones leads on only one track, “The Christmas Song.” I don’t think any other cast members appear at all. The holiday album has just one new composition, “My Christmas Card to You,” the rest are standards done in a saccharine-sweet 70′s smooth AM-gold style, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” the biggest offender with “Winter Wonderland” a very close second. “Frosty the Snowman” is just painful, a usually upbeat child-pleaser is slowed down and strives to become a fireside romantic ballad complete with jazzy piano and backing vocal crooning. Ugh. “Blue Christmas” isn’t too bad but that’s about the best I can do for praise.