favorite xmas album?
 

I love good Christmas music... not necessarily 90% of the crap they play on the radio though.

One of my current favorites is The Three Tenors Christmas

Other pretty good ones:
A Real Irish Christmas
Canadian Brass: Noel
BB King: A Christmas Celebration of Hope
Westminster Cathedral Christmas
Nat King Cole: Christmas Favorites
etc etc

Also neat is this collection of recordings from Wax Cylinders. Amazingly different despite only being 80-90 years old. Also free mp3s since they are so old:
http://paulfucito.blogspot.com/2007/...revisited.html

anyone else have any favorites?

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Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas album is good IMHO.

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Mojo Nixon :tu

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Phil Spector Christmas Album
Elvis Presley Christmas Album
Ivan Rebroff Christmas Album

All you need. :ss

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Burl Ives-The Very Best of Burl Ives

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The new ATHF- Have Yourself A Meaty Little Christmas :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XqO2...8F07D9&index=4

Maybe NSFW!

This one is safe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGvEF...8F07D9&index=6

Frankly, I can't stand Christmas music anymore. Working in radio and hearing it 9-10 hours a day everyday for a month and a half, for over a dozen years, really turned me off to it

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Love listening to Burl Ives at Christmastime. :)

My favorite is Gladys Knight and the Pips Xmas album....imagine an angel singing "Ave Maria".

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Stars and Promises Live, by Peter Mayer. Christmas Island, by Jimmy Buffett

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I was just popping into this thread to post this!

"Little Drum Machine Boy" = :r

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxVGg6f2_lI <-- should be safe for work. Bonus for Van Halen references!

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Also the two Fab Four (Beatles tribute band) Christmas albums are exceptional, if you can find them.

A Fab Four Christmas: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute, Vol. 1

and

Have Yourself a FAB-ulous Little Christmas.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BoJcUQOfw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb8FB...94F2AB&index=1

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Two favorites.

A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

A Charlie Brown Christmas

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Christmas Island by Leon Redbone.

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Christmas on Death Row
http://about.pricegrabber.com/search...ode=about_rap&


1st two Manheim Steamroller Christmas albums.

Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjtni...om=PL&index=25

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I like the "old school" Xmas crooners.
Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, to name just a few.

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Bing's White Christmas is golden, Peter.:tu

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No. It's White! ;)

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http://www.fototime.com/8266C62C49A7A75/orig.jpg


Yule Be Miserable
1. Christmas Blues
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Ramsey Lewis
2. 'Zat You Santa Claus
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
3. Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
4. Blue Christmas
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Eckstine
5. My Birthday Comes On Christmas
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Spike Jones
6. Merry Christmas Baby
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, B.B. King
7. Please Come Home For Christmas
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Aaron Neville Lyrics
8. Stormy Blues
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday Lyrics
9. Good Morning Blues
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie
10. Baby It's Cold Outside
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
11. Nuttin' For Christmas
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Spike Jones
12. Christmas Blues
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Reed

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My favorite Christmas Album:
Kathy Mattea - 'Good News'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcb6B9dAZ88

My favorite version of "Mary, Did You Know?"

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I don't have a favorite album, but some favorite artists are Bing, Frank, and Dean. Ill throw Nat in there as well.

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I'm a fan of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra myself. For more traditional, it's hard to go wrong with Johnny Mathis's Christmas.

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I will listen to just about anything for Christmas music, but nothing brings back the memories such as this album: http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Merry_C..._Sesame_Street

I listened to it just about every single Christmas Eve.

Only thing is that it was never released on CD so I am going to have to get it converted since I do not have anything to play vinyl.

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Muppet Christmas is good too. I grew up with that one.


Harry Connick Jr. has some good Christmas stuff as well.

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Mariah Carey anyone?

anyone?

:r

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just got
Sting - If On a Winter's Night
I like it, it's different...

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Harry is definitely good. Lou Rawls and the Kings Singers are my other favorites.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqpyfa2EmzQ
Nuff said;)

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Another favorite of mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErmmJ8py3JE

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Definitely different, but the guy plays a sweet horn. Try Chris Botti's December (2002) when you need to slow down and reflect a little.

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Christmas Comedy Classics

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg