What Are Your Favorite Christmas Albums/Songs?

[tobefrank]

Mariah Carey “I don’t want a lot for Christmas” and Wham “Last Christmas” ?

 

[stogie37]

Albums:
John Denver - Rocky Mountain Christmas
Vince Guiraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Lincoln Brewster - Joy to the World
Relient K - Let it snow baby - Make it Rein Deer
Tony Bennett & the Count Basie Orchestra - A Swingin Christmas
Rebecca St. James - Christmas

 

[bnichols23]

Gosh, hard to narrow down. I'll try. Your mileage will probably vary.

Favorite songs:

Sleigh Ride (either Leroy Anderson or Arthur Fielder Boston Pops versions) -- my MOST favorite of all
The Holly & the Ivy (anybody's version, don't care -- I just love the song, period.
Do They Know It's Christmas (Band Aid)

Favorite albums:
A Christmas Cornucopia (Annie Lennox)
Winter's Dance (Golden Bough)


Bill

 

[bnichols23]

Natalie Cole - Holly & Ivy
Windham Hill Winter's Solstice albums
Various TSO albums
The Tenors - The Perfect Gift
Sugarland - Gold and Green

Triple Double-Plus Good on TSO! They're not my absolute fave, but a Christmas without them (OR Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales) just ain't Christmas for me.

One of the innumerable things I'm indebted to My Dear Old Dad for is the Dylan Thomas thing. A Christmas doesn't go by that I don't play it at LEAST 3-4 times.

Bill

 

[Elric]

Triple Double-Plus Good on TSO! They're not my absolute fave, but a Christmas without them (OR Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales) just ain't Christmas for me.

One of the innumerable things I'm indebted to My Dear Old Dad for is the Dylan Thomas thing. A Christmas doesn't go by that I don't play it at LEAST 3-4 times.

Bill

My son and I saw them in concert one year a week or so before Christmas. Somehow got 6th row seats. What a show!

 

[fightnhampster]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: The Power of Love

Never seen this one, it was like a 5 minute Christmas Movie ?

 

[fightnhampster]

I like the Vintage Chrismas playlist on Spotify and The Charlie Brown Christmas Album.

 

[kola]

 

[judcole]

My favorite song changes over time. Right now, it's probably "The Holly and the Ivy", of traditional songs. I tend to like it a capella.
Of secular songs, "All Alone on Christmas" by Darlene Love, and Lennon's "Happy Xmas".
Albums: The previously mentioned "Charlie Brown Christmas", and the Phil Spector Christmas album. I would also add

• A Holiday Celebration by Peter, Paul, and Mary
• The Joy of Christmas, Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• O Holy Night, Kurt Herbert Adler conducting the National Philharmonic with Luciano Pavarotti

Those last two are long time favorites, but not ones I listen to more then once a year. Charlie Brown and PPM are good for repeating during the season. Darlene Love is just good old fashioned R&B that is worth a listen almost any time.

 

[aquadoc]

I've been listening to the Classical Christmas station on Pandora. Lots of good orchestral and piano Christmas songs. Nice background music for this time of year.

LawDawg, are you a UGA grad?

Also, to answer the question, the Supremes Christmas album, any of the Rat Pack Christmas albums are on the turntable spinning at any given time,....

 

[aquadoc]

Phil Spectors "A Christmas Gift to You", best holiday album of all time. We saw Ronnie a few years back, she can still bring it!

Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift For You - 1963

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The Fairytale of NY - already mentioned

This one always chokes me up, who saw the Pretenders doing a traditional Christmas song?

This one as well, with a genuinely crazy video

This is my all time favorite single song, but hadn't ever seen the video until a few years ago. The Kinks released this before their 2nd resurgence (ahead of the Low Budget era).

These are great choices!

 

[shanez]

I'm not a big Christmas music person. Usually anything playing in the background is acceptable.

That being said, a good classic version of Silent Night is the absolute best.

 

[mso489]

For your smart speaker, the Leon Redbone holiday album I like so much is "Christmas Island."

 

[brian64]

 

[curl]

This is my all time favorite Christmas song.

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Wikipedia

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[hobie1dog]

hope to never hear another as I've been listening to the same songs over and over for 60 years.

 

[autumnfog]

Jussi Björling - O helga natt

 

[judcole]

 

[tomnernas2ndson]

Bing Crosby White Christmas. I like variety so I listen to the 24/7 Christmas music radio station.

 

[ssjones]

Almost forgot my favorite John Prine song!