Classically trained jazz guitarist/college professor Peter Curtis added an interesting twist to his first entry into the Christmas music genre. Christmas With Your Jewish Boyfriend features his renditions of a dozen Christmas standards composed by Jewish tunesmiths. Curtis stimulates rather than spoon-feeds the listener, displaying a nimble imagination, a controlled verve and an impeccable technique that allows ideas to flow around the well-known melodies of, to name three, “Winter Wonderland” (music by Felix Barnard), ”Christmas Time Is Here” (lyrics by Lee Mendelson) and “White Christmas” (music and lyrics by Irving Berlin). The album closes with Curtis gamely singing his own “Christmas With Your Jewish Boyfriend,” a gentle spoof reminiscent of comic Allan Sherman (1924–’73).