I have eclectic tastes. Some days I like Frank. Some days I like The Monkees. Some days I like Eminem. Some days I listen to science fiction movie soundtracks. Some days I listen to musicals. I've never been beholden to any one type of music, because I find that incredibly restrictive.
The same goes for Christmas music. I have yet to find a single Christmas CD wherein I love every single track on it. So, every year or two I mix my own. A little of this, a little of that, and suddenly I have a CD that I can play over and over in my car, filling me with the holiday spirit, as illustrated below.
This year, admittedly, I may have gone a tad overboard. I've got 50 tracks, but each one is solid gold.
Lacking anything better to write about tonight, I present the track listing for the greatest Christmas collection of all time. The links provided will either send you to Amazon or iTunes, where you can purchase them, or to...other destinations... if they're not available for purchase.
- John Denver and the Muppets: The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Barenaked Ladies: I Saw Three Ships
- Royal Guardsmen: Snoopy's Christmas
- Council Rock High School South: Sleigh Ride
- Bing Crosby: Meli Kelikimaka
- Gene Autry: Up On The Housetop
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Christmas/Sarajevo 12/24 (Carol of the Bells)
- Louis Armstrong: 'Zat You, Santa Claus?
- CeeLo Green: Mary Did You Know?
- Boyz II Men: Silent Night
- Death Cab for Cutie: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- The Monkees: Christmas is My Time of Year
- Bing Crosby: Christmas in Killarney
- Frank Sinatra: I'll Be Home For Christmas
- Dean Martin: Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Maurice Chevalier: Jolly Old St. Nicholas
- Mitch Miller & The Gang: It Must Be Santa
- Straight No Chaser: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
- Fiona Apple: Frosty the Snowman
- Perry Como: Do You Hear What I Hear?
- David Bowie and Bing Crosby: Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth
- Dan Fogelberg: Same Old Lang Syne
- Peter Tork: I Remember Christmas (mislabeled on Amazon as Angels We Have Heard on High)
- John Lennon: Happy Xmas (War is Over)
- Micky Dolenz: My Favorite Things
- Vince Guaraldi Trio: O Tannenbaum
- Michael Crawford: O Holy Night
- Al Martino: What Child is This?
- Sixpence None The Richer: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
- Stevie Wonder: Ave Maria
- Michael Stipe, Mandy Patinkin and Stephen Colbert: Good King Wenceslas
- Micky Dolenz: O Little Town of Bethlehem
- The Monkees: Riu Chiu
- Davy Jones: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- The Beach Boys: We Three Kings of Orient Are
- Vince Guaraldi Trio: Christmas Time is Here
- She & Him: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Frank Sinatra & Cyndi Lauper: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- Gene Autry: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Dean Martin: Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
- Rosemary Clooney: Suzy Snowflake
- Tony Bennett: Winter Wonderland
- Bing Crosby: White Christmas
- Gene Autry: Here Comes Santa Claus
- Lou Monte: Dominick the Donkey
- Perry Como: Home for the Holidays
- Dean Martin: Silver Bells
- Nat King Cole: The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
- Annie (30th Anniversary Production): A New Deal for Christmas
- Weezer: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Disagree with some of my choices? Did I forget something? Let me know. (And if any of you says "Christmas Shoes", you're off my friend list. Permanently.)
My favorite - Andy Williams - It's the most wonderful time of the year :)
ReplyDeleteI used to like that one, but now every time I hear it I picture the Staples back-to-school commercial.
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