OnTheBrink Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 My all time favorite Christmas cd is the one by Jewel called "A Holiday Collection." I think she has such a beautiful voice. Others I like are The King's Brass Christmas cd's (they have several) and *sheepishly* I love the Glee Christmas cd's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Christmas with the Rat Pack, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Classic Christmas Carols are my very favorites. I also love anything Boston Pops, Nat King Cole, and Bing Crosby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I like Celine Dion's Christmas album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryJen Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Mel Torme's Christmas Album is my hands down favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKitty Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Bing Crosby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamzanne Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Amy Grant's original two Christmas cds. Even if you're not into Christian music (which I am not), these two are classics. There's another Christian group whose Christmas CD I love: Selah. I think it is called Rose of Bethlehem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Will you still like me if I admit how much I like Bob Rivers and John Denver? I also like Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti's Greatest Christmas Album on Earth so I'm not a rainbow-puppy-unicorn hater, but I lost one of the CDs. I did replace my Raffi cassette with a Raffi CD when little ds was conceived. This year we're trying a Reggae Christmas album and a Punk Rock Christmas album, but they were used so i can just toss them or give them away if they flop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I like the Elf soundtrack and a couple of Harry Connick Jr albums. I also have a Frank Sinatra CD I really like. He sounds so angry singing Christmas carols that it cracks me up :lol:! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I am quite fond of the Mannheim Steamroller albums, as well as Transiberian Orchestra. And - for contrast - the Christmas albums by Alabama and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Bing Crosby. Nat King Cole. Casting Crowns Christmas CD. The Christmas CD with the music from Home Alone (yes, the Macauley Culkin movie--the music is awesome!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readwithem Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Windham Hill and Mannheim Steamroller.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Manheim Steamroller, Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the King's Singers, Bing Crosby. (and Phineas and Ferb... :blushing: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I'm not big on Christmas music, and I only own one holiday CD: The Bells of Dublin by the Chieftains. My dad is Irish and I grew up on the Chieftains; I couldn't hate them if I tried, even when they're singing holiday music! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Straight No Chaser, been listening to that since the day after Halloween Charlie Brown Christmas Phineas and Ferb Christmas- new one this year, big hit with the kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 A Charlie Brown Christmas is classic, and I also love Snow Angels by Over the Rhine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I like anything that doesn't have the Little Drummer boy song/Parumpapumpum and Do You Hear What I Hear. :) We love A Toolbox Christmas - so creative and not annoying at all. I happen to love the cd my brother made for me of the Bare Naked Ladies Xmas songs. We laugh so hard and never tire of hearing it, even when it's not Xmas. I'm a bit unconventional when it comes to Xmas music. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Let it snow baby...let it reindeer by Relient K is my all time favorite! Best version of 12 days of Christmas ever! 12 days of Christmas is rowdy but it also has some very beautiful songs too! youtube of 12 days: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Twisted Sister's verwsion of O Come All Ye Faithful is amazing! http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Christmas-Sister/dp/B003U8G62U any of Brian Setzer Orchestra's Christmas CDs http://www.briansetzer.com/discography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Twisted Sister's verwsion of O Come All Ye Faithful is amazing! http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Christmas-Sister/dp/B003U8G62U any of Brian Setzer Orchestra's Christmas CDs http://www.briansetzer.com/discography The Twisted Sister Christmas CD is awesome! I love their version of the Heavy Metal 12 Days of Christmas. Other favorites are Celtic Thunder Christmas and Nox Arcana's Winter's Eve (not remotely traditional). I like Trans-Siberian Orchestra, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Two of our favorites are Burl Ives: Holly Jolly Christmas & Martina McBride: White Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Here are some of our favorites: The Revels (any and all) Michael Crawford's A Christmas AlbumAnd Winter Came by Enya Judy Collins' Come Rejoice Windham Hill's A Celtic Christmas Celebration Narada's The Christmas Collection Paul Horn's The Peace Album Bing Crosby's White Christmas Here's a link to an older thread on the same topic with lots of great suggestions. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Celtic Thunder Christmas Alabama Christmas Kenny and Dolly Christmas Bing Crosby Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Our favorites: -Nat King Cole The Christmas Album (this one has an amazing calming effect on my disabled dd, so it's on my iphone and in the car and gets played year round) -Diana Krall's Christmas album (same dd is listening to it right now) -GRP Christmas Collection volumes I,II, and III (jazzy instrumentals) -A Winter's Solstice III by Windham Hill (I'm sure I and II are good too but we only have III) -Roger Whitaker's Christmas album is a sentimental favorite from my childhood (my dad looked like the cover photo of Roger in the 70s), but my immediate family tends to mock me a bit. I think I have to buy Josh Grogan's Christmas album--my dd's aide has been playing it for her at school and apparently there's a song on there that they use for calming her much as I use Nat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Nat and Bing, of course. Tim Minchin's makes me cry every time I hear it. And somewhere around here is a CD of family members in Scotland with their bagpipes playing something yadayada. I just like the sound of the bagpipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I like TransSiberian Orchestra. Also a Peppermint Kids cd ds had when he was small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Christmas Saxophone. Love this one! http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Saxophone-Instrumental-Various-Artists/dp/B0002WZSXK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385601745&sr=8-1&keywords=christmas+saxophone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Someone here recommended Sting's If on a Winter's Night. I bought it and all three of us love it! Of course, I should admit that I am a bit of a Christmas music junkie, but we also enjoy: Barenaked for the Holidays- Barenaked Ladies What's it Gonna Be, Santa?- Chicago All I Want For Christmas- Straight No Chaser At Christmas- James Taylor December- Kenny Loggins Christmas Carol-James Galway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Dan Folgelberg's Christmas Album First Christmas Morning - hands down favorite! Several of the pieces are absolutely lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Barbara Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, and John Denver with the Muppets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Thanks, enablers. I just got: The Chieftains bells of Dublin Straight, no Chaser holiday spirits Nitty gritty dirt band Christmas Bare naked holidays Jewel : joy, holiday celebration Phineas and Ferb holiday favorites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Others I like that might not have been mentioned: Time life treasury of Christmas and Home for the Holidays The first few Very Special Christmas albums Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan KT Tunstall holiday collection Shawn Colvin holiday songs and lullabys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Still by Nathan Clark George December by George Winston Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas A self-made collection by the King's College Choir A GRP Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Kenny and Dolly Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 John Fahey's Christmas albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajudy Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 The John Rutter Christmas Album with the Cambridge Singers. Anything by John Rutter is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Only hymns, no jazzy stuff, real choirs. Kings college Cambridge is a good example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Liz Story Bill Tobin Vienna Boys' Choir Mormon Tabernacle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamzanne Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I forgot to mention Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Josh Groban, Enya, Time Life Treasury of Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photo Ninja Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Alabama Christmas albums The Piano Guys Christmas album (mostly instrumental) Mannheim Steamroller Straight No Chaser - I like the humorous songs! Steven Curtis Chapman Brad Paisley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I love the Mariah Christmas songs so much that I listen to three of her songs all year long. Her O Come All Ye Faithful is amazing. Thanks for the Bells of Ireland suggestion! Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlsDon'tEatTheDaisies Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I'm currently into the New York Voices new Christmas album called let it snow. If you like vocal jazz, you should check them out....they are amazing! Other favorites around here are: Harry Connick Jr. Ella and Louis Mel Torme Anything Nat and Natalie Cole Crystal Lewis acoustic jazz Christmas album An Evening in December volumes 1 and 2 Diana Krall Take 6 He is Christmas Christmas with Yolanda Adams And, even thought it's not really a Christmas album, I always pull out Whitney Houston's Preacher's Wife soundtrack....amazing singing on that one :) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspasia Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 We love Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald for Christmas music. The Bing Crosby Holiday station on Pandora is our favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 No one mentioned my all time favorite... Sufjan Stevens's Songs for Christmas is so, so, so good. We put it on today and I was in heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Nobody has mentioned Pink Martini's Joy to the World. Nice mix of holiday songs and when I'm by myself in the car I don't feel at all ridiculous singing along with the Ukranian, Japanese and Italian songs. “Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure … if the UnitedNations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.†– ThomasLauderdale, bandleader/pianist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 No one mentioned my all time favorite... Sufjan Stevens's Songs for Christmas is so, so, so good. We put it on today and I was in heaven. Shanzanne did (post 38) but it's nice to know it's well liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 DS9 and I both love Chanukah Fever by Mama Doni:http://www.amazon.com/Chanukah-Fever-Mama-Doni/dp/B002WV2THC/ref=zg_bs_tab_pd_tr_2 I also love Sarah Mclachlan's Wintersong, and anything with Oh Holy Night in it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 OH! I forgot John Denver and the Muppets "a Christmas Together" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Future of Forestry (that's the name of the group) has two Christmas EPs that I really like. I like their sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Shanzanne did (post 38) but it's nice to know it's well liked. Oops. Missed it! It is well liked. :) More people should know it. And Sufjan Stevens's weird Christian baroque pop thing in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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