Prime Cuts: Welcome to Our World, Christmas at Home, The Christmas Song
Overall Grade: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
Eight years after It's Christmas introduced Logan Smith's youthful warmth and southern charm, It's Christmas Again finds the singer stepping into deeper emotional territory. Gone are the playful sparkles of early holiday excitement-what emerges instead is an artist comfortable in stillness, drawing from maturity, memory, and faith. The result is a collection that feels lived-in and tender, more fireside reflection than front-porch celebration.
With It's Christmas Again, Smith reaffirms what his listeners have long cherished: an unforced sincerity and a voice steeped in nostalgia and devotion. The seven-track EP blends beloved holiday standards with two heartfelt originals, all wrapped in Nashville's golden instrumentation and Smith's signature smooth tenor. It's the kind of record that feels both timeless and intimate-a gentle reminder that the truest gifts of Christmas are found not in grandeur, but in gratitude and grace.
From the first brass swell and sleigh-bell shimmer of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," Smith sets an elegant, orchestral tone that feels both classic and fresh. "The Christmas Song" and "Merry Christmas, Darling" find him leaning into his crooner instincts; his smooth phrasing and velvet tone evoke the golden age of radio without ever feeling like pastiche.
Chris Rice's "Welcome to Our World" anchors the set with its tender humility, guiding listeners to the manger with poetic simplicity rather than grandiosity. Yet it's in his original "Christmas at Home" that Smith's artistry shines brightest-a heartfelt ode to lights, laughter, prayer, and the sacredness of ordinary love. Faith here isn't declared; it's lived in the quiet moments.
The EP closes with the gentle benediction of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," leaving listeners with a sense of peace and presence. It's Christmas Again feels less like a performance and more like a gift-one wrapped in grace, memory, and the steady glow of enduring faith.
