This is the third time I've seen one of Michael W Smith's Christmas shows, and they have been better in the past. For starters one thing that was beyond his control was that the arena was only half full, which changes the ambience for the worse. The crowd was just not all that into making him and his band welcome, unfortunately. However, something that WAS in his control was the playlist. The evening was billed as a **Christmas** concert, but he played lots of songs (mostly instrumental ones) from his non-Christmas records. While I like all of his music, I was there for the Christmas music, so I found this disappointing and even a bit annoying. In years past, there has been more singing along with Christmas hymns as well, and this time there was only a bit....the crowd loved it, and came alive, which should have told Mr Smith something! All in all, for $60 it was ok but not amazing like I've seen before.