Christmas music the holiday in some way. Many tunes adopted into the Christmas canon fall into the generic Winter classification, as they carry no Christmas connotation at all. Others were written to celebrate other holidays and gradually came to cover the Christmas season. Borrowing from the title of the Robert Burns standard "Auld Lang Syne," Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" (1980) tells a Christmas Eve story and is now frequently played during the holiday season. Perry Como famously sang Franz Schubert's setting of "Ave Maria" in his televised Christmas special each year, including the song on "The Perry Como Christmas Album"
Faith: A Holiday Album copies that year. As of November 2014, the album has sold 2,750,000 copies in the U.S. according to SoundScan. On November 5, 2002, "Faith: A Holiday Album" was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of three million copies in the U.S. Kenny G's rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" featured guest musicians Yanni on piano and keyboards as well as Charlie Adams on drums. "Auld Lang Syne: The Millennium Mix" consisted of Kenny G playing the song on the saxophone while historical sound clips were played over the recording. The clips followed a rough chronological