Christmas Music

[HC515]

Do you enjoy listening to Christmas Music?  It's my favorite genre of music and I've been listening to it nightly for over a monthl now and probably will until January.  My wife is getting tired of it already.  Here are some of my favorite Christmas albums.  I don't particularly like listening to the boy bands music but I really like their Christmas albums.

 

98 Degrees - This Christmas

98 Degrees - Let It Snow

Nsync - Home for Christmas

Martina McBride - White Christmas

Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas

Kenny G - Miracles The Holiday Album

Linda Ronstadt - A Merry Little Christmas

The Wynford Big Band - Big Band Christmas

John Tesh - Big Band Christmas

John Tesh - Grand Piano Christmas

The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait

Alabama (Christmas in Dixie solo)

 

[Jeff_N]

I have A Charlie Brown Christmas, by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, which a lot of audiophiles and jazz fans have, and A Jolly Christmas by Frank Sinatra. My parents played that one when I was a kid. Both bring back lots of memories.

 

 

[Musicophile]

I've written quite a bit about my favourite Christmas music on my blog, though more in the classical and jazz genres:

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/category/music/seasonal-music/christmas-music/

 

 

[Teresa]

My favorites from my collection:

 

[Musicophile]

And here's my latest addition to the topic, reviewing a brand new Nutcracker and Messiah. 

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/11/23/two-beautiful-new-albums-for-the-christmas-season-from-jordi-savall-and-vladimir-jurowski-the-messiah-and-the-nutcracker/

 

Spoiler alert, both are very very good. 

[rando]

For those who wish to ease into seasonal listening.  🌲

 

 

[Norton]

 

[Nikhil]

 

 

TIDAL Link: https://tidal.com/browse/album/67006224

 

 

 

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[Nikhil]

 

TIDAL Link: https://tidal.com/browse/album/104572676

 

 

 

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[Nikhil]

 

 

 

TIDAL Link: https://tidal.com/browse/album/121023743

 

 

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[tmtomh]

My input might not be terribly valuable as I am not Christian and generally don't care much for Christmas music.

 

But I do have some favorites, so for what it's worth:

 

Big Star (really just Alex Chilton by that time) has a beautifully disarming Christmas song called, simply, "Jesus Christ." The full version and the acoustic demo are both lovely IMHO.

 

The demo:

 

The full version has a goofy intro; the main melody comes in at the 0:19 mark:

 

 

[tmtomh]

And if you're in a certain age range, The Waitresses' 1981 "Christmas Wrapping" is a must-have in the rotation:

 

[tmtomh]

Finally, I've always liked "Little Drummer Boy" because of parts of the message of it, and Joan Jett does a great version:

 

[christopher3393]

 

 

[Nikhil]

 

 

TIDAL: https://tidal.com/browse/album/95059880

 

 

 

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[christopher3393]

A slightly different take on "The Christmas Song" immortalized by Nat King Cole:

 

 

[sphinxsix]

Yet another slightly different take on "The Christmas Song". 

A very subjective one.. (I hope Eric Idle won't hurt anybody's feelings )

 

 

[Iving]

Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee (recorded 1958 at 13 years of age!)

 

[Iving]

The Christmas Boogie – Toni Price (‘The Price Is Right’, 2012)

 

[Iving]

Every Single Christmas – JD McPherson (‘Socks’, 2018)

 

[Iving]

Christmas Stocking – Roger LaVern & The Microns (1963)

 

[Iving]

Veni Veni Emmanuel – Hayley Westenra (‘Winter Magic’, 2009)

 

[Iving]

O Holy Night – Jussis Bjorling (1959)

 

[ASRMichael]

[AudioDoctor]

Roon says these are all my holiday albums.