Walt Disney Records presents Phineas and Ferb: Holiday Favorites on a translucent emerald green vinyl, featuring songs from and inspired by the hit Disney TV series.

For those unknowing, Phineas and Ferb Holiday Favorites is a children’s Christmas album, starring the characters from Phineas and Ferb and was originally released on September 21st, 2010. It features the songs from the special Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!, plus versions of classic Christmas songs sung by the characters.

Side A:
1. Winter Vacation (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Bowling For Soup
2. What Does He Want? (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Candace
3. That Christmas Feeling (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Olivia Olson
4. I Really Don’t Hate Christmas (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Dr. Doofenshmirtz
5. Where Did We Go Wrong? (From Phineas and Ferb)
6. Danville for Niceness (From Phineas and Ferb)
7. Christmas Is Starting Now (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
8. Thank You Santa (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Mitchel Musso
9. The Twelve Days of Christmas (From Phineas and Ferb)

Side B:
1. Good King Wenceslas (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Baljeet and Buford
2. Frosty the Snowman (Recorded as Perry Saves Christmas) (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Major Monogram and Carl the Intern
3. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Isabella
4. Run Rudolph Run (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Phineas
5. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Vanessa
6. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (From Phineas and Ferb) - Performed by Love Händel
7. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (From Phineas and Ferb)

For anyone who hasn’t heard of this album - that was originally released back in 2010 - it contains all of their best known songs, including ones from their Christmas Vacation special (including the What Does He Want song which wasn’t on the original special’s soundtrack) as well as a bunch of covers and rewritten versions of some traditional Christmas songs (three of which would later appear on A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas).

Putting the vinyl on the turntable, Side A opens on Winter Vacation (performed by Bowling For Soup), a track that I think is made even cooler due to the fact that they redid the intro song for the Christmas Vacation special. It kinda feels like a self-parody now and that works in its favor. Then we get What Does He Want? (performed by Candace) which was the first, but unfortunately not the last of Candace songs to be cut due to time. Thankfully in the extended version of the special this song was included, so Candace at least got compensation this one time!

Up next is That Christmas Feeling (performed by Olivia Olson) and for me it is a really solid original Christmas song. First of all, we have Olivia singing which already scores major points, but the lyrics to this song are so festive and fits the holiday spirit very well. Then comes I Really Don’t Hate Christmas (performed by Dr. Doofenshmirtz) where, in truth, when you compare Doofenshmirtz singing My Goody Two-Shoes Brother from the first season to him singing this song it’s a night and day improvement!

Up next is Where Did We Go Wrong? which for those of us know only really works within the context of the original special because it much more of a downer song the characters to sing as they feel defeated at that moment and that is backed by Danville for Niceness, a track that works fine when watching the special and I’m glad they included it on the album, but it’s still a middle of the road Phineas and Ferb song, in general.

The side rounds out on Christmas Is Starting Now (performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy) and being a sucker for big band jazz music this song does not disappoint! Big Bad Voodoo Daddy does a phenomenal job bringing this song to life with great instrumentation and good ol’ holly jolly singing and it is backed by Thank You Santa (performed by Mitchel Musso) which gives you the warm fuzzies after watching the Christmas special, closing on one of the tracks made specifically for the album; and we’re definitely starting on a high note with the brilliant The Twelve Days of Christmas.

Flipping the color vinyl over, Side B opens on the Good King Wenceslas (performed by Baljeet and Buford) and which here, and out of all the rewritten songs on the album, genuinely feels like it is the black sheep of this collection. Unlike the others this one mostly relies on its character interaction and dialogue rather than carrying out a beat. It ends up feeling more like a comedy bit rather than a song, which to each their own, of course. Then we get Frosty the Snowman (performed by Major Monogram and Carl the Intern) which, fun fact, is the only full song Major Monogram sings. All the other times Monogram sings in the show it’s always a short gag. The lyrics are just ridiculous, Doofenshmirtz crashes Santa’s sleigh and Perry helps Santa save Christmas like it’s just so silly I can’t but laugh at it!

Up next is Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow (performed by Isabella). Now, since this and the next few songs are covers there’s not as much to talk about as the other songs, but I’m just gonna cut to the chase with this one and say that I absolutely love this cover. Isabella’s sweet voice is the perfect choice for this song and Alyson Stoner knocks it out of the park with her singing. Then comes Run Rudolph Run (performed by Phineas) where Phineas’s singing is pretty good; but the true star of this song is the backing track. You gotta give mad props to Danny Jacob because the use of guitars and drums in this song are just amazing.

The side then rounds out on The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (performed by Vanessa) where, well, I mean, what other character would be better to sing this song than Vanessa? As I alluded to in That Christmas Feeling re: Olivia Olson, Vanessa is a phenomenal singer and this song is no exception, a spirited, albeit too sort rendition of Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (performed by Love Händel), closing the collection on a track where Phineas and Ferb put their own spin on a song to make it different from other versions, the fun-packed We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

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