I love Hard Candy Christmas! Growing up, it was tradition to play Dolly and Kenny's Christmas album while opening presents on Christmas morning (my mom owns it on cassette tape, lol), but I'd never heard Hard Candy Christmas before. The first year I didn't go back to my hometown for Christmas, I downloaded the album, and whoever made the torrent had added Hard Candy Christmas to the song line-up. It ended up being my favorite of the whole track list.

I also prefer Dolly's version of I Will Always Love You. Whitney had an incredible voice, but that particular vocal style isn't really my thing. I really vibe with the tremulous vulnerability of Dolly's voice. I love how Dolly's voice can have such a bright, clear quality and yet sound fragile and sad at the same time.