Holiday CD Worth The Wait For Faith Hill

Faith Hill took three years to record and produce her holiday CD, Joy To The World. Tours with husband Tim McGraw and family obligations delayed the release a couple years, but Hill told The Tennessean recently that she wanted to do it right."I was so proud that I didn't just record [it] in haste and then put it out because everyone wanted a Christmas album. I didn't ever want to do it that way, and I'm so glad that we all stuck to our long-term goals of making a Christmas album. When you are in the midst of working and you get pulled in different directions, you do things randomly, and I didn't want it to be that."What Faith wanted to do was to capture the true essence of the holiday season. "Christmas is a spiritual time," she said. "It's about the birth of Baby Jesus, and I wanted that message to be in this album. So when I was recording and singing it, I really felt His presence. I felt at peace. I felt grateful that so much time had been put into the making of this album."