In Recital(R) with Christmas Favorites, Book Five is designed to help teachers motivate students while also providing a perfect holiday treat. Triplet and sixteenth-note patterns as well as dotted rhythmic patterns and syncopated rhythms are used. Reinforces concepts like rubato, chords and their inversions, octave scale passages, arpeggios, blocked octaves, simple ornamentation, and playing two voices within the same hand. Contains beautiful arrangements of classics like: The Holly and the Ivy; Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Parade of the Wooden Soldiers; and more.