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 :-)
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Phil Spector Christmas Album
Elvis Presley Christmas Album
Ivan Rebroff Christmas Album

All you need. :-)
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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 :-)

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" = :-)

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
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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.:-)
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No. It's White! :-)
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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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