Award Winning Actress and Singer - A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas - Available October 14, 2008 NEW YORK, Aug. 21

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ — On October 14, 2008 Sony BMG Masterworks
will release KRISTIN CHENOWETH’s new Christmas CD A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND
CHRISTMAS. For her third album, Chenoweth covers a wide range of Christmas
songs from “Christmas Island,” popularized by The Andrews Sisters to Kristin’s
personal favorite “Come On Ring Those Bells.”

Recorded at Capitol Recording Studio’s legendary Studios A & B where
Sinatra, Judy Garland and Nat King Cole all etched their Christmas standards,
A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas is an eclectic combination of full orchestral
arrangements, along with big band, a bit of tropical island flavor, pop and
country.

In addition to well-known Christmas classics such as “Silver Bells” and
“I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” Chenoweth reinterprets Louis Armstrong’s modern
standard “What A Wonderful World” and children’s favorite “Sing,” (originally
written for Sesame Street’s loveable Big Bird) into a Christmas songs with the
help of acclaimed producer Robbie Buchanan (Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler,
Barry Manilow) and Executive Producer Jay Landers (Streisand, Midler, Manilow,
Celine Dion and Josh Groban).

The album also features new compositions of “Home On Christmas Day,”
co-written by Grammy Award winning producer Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey,
Celine Dion) and Jay Landers and “Born On Christmas Day,” with lyrics by
Grammy winning pop/soul singing legend Peabo Bryson.

On choosing to record a Christmas album Chenoweth says, “From the minute I
signed with Sony Classical eight years ago, I wanted to record a Christmas
album. I grew up listening to Barbra Streisand’s Christmas album, and that was
such an inspiration to me. Christmas is my favorite holiday and I am blessed
and excited to be able to do my own Christmas album.”

This fall Kristin will be featured in a new comedy Four Christmases
directed by Seth Gordon and starring alongside Reese Witherspoon and Vince
Vaughn.  She also continues her role in ABC’s Pushing Daisies for which she
was recently nominated for an Emmy.  Kristin can also be heard as the voice of
the fairy, Rosetta, in Walt Disney Picture’s Tinkerbell this fall and she just
wrapped filming the independent film, Into Temptation, directed by Sundance
filmmaker Patrick Coyle opposite Jeremy Sisto.

Track Listing:
 1  I'll Be Home For Christmas
 2  Christmas Island
 3  The Christmas Waltz
 4  Do You Hear What I Hear?
 5  Marshmallow Ride / Sleigh Ride
 6  Sing
 7  Silver Bells
 8  Come On Ring Those Bells
 9  What Child Is This?
10  Home On Christmas Day
11  Born On Christmas Day
12  Sleep Well Little Children / What A Wonderful World

SOURCE  Sony BMG Masterworks