Favorite Christmas Albums

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The Rosemary Clooney Christmas Album is pretty cool as is Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas. My fave is the Phil Spector Christmas Album. I recall that this was an album that almost never made it. It was introduced the week after President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, so the mood of the country was anything but celebratory. Also around the beginning of December of that year in a snowstorm, a passenger jet on approach to LaGuardia Airport crashed into several blocks of Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, killing a number of people on the plane and on the ground and wiped out blocks of homes. It took a few years for that album to catch on, but it has that great "wall of sound" and all those great artists. It is bright and upbeat without being smarmy. I still have the LP in vinyl as well as the CD. Funny thing about the CD, it seems like you are not getting the "full sound" and some nuances are not there.

Two other faves are "Merry Christmas" by Johnny Mathis and "Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis". Somewhat more traditional and I don;t necessarily love every song, but solid overall.

And finally, the Carpenters' Christmas Album is enjoyable as well.
 
Goodness, how did I manage to forget the Carpenters? It's such a Christmasy Christmas album.

Terry, great minds think alike!

Mickey, I'm with you on the 24/7 Christmas music station. One of our local "elevator music" stations does that every year and it's a nice change from the usual broadcast stuff.

Only one problem, though: is anyone else as sick as I am of that damn song about the Christmas shoes?

veg
 
it's....

....a dreadful song about a boy that has to buy his dying mother a pair of shoes for Christmas. He get's them home just in time to put them on her and then she dies. Can't think of a more dreadful Christmas song. Comes complete with children's choir, etc.... The ENTIRE meaning of Christmas is lost in this song. UGH... Mark
 
One of the many problems with this song is that the melody is quite nice and therefore sticks in one's head. Of course, the lyrics go right along for the ride...

"Sir, I want to buy these shoes
for my Mama, please.
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size.
Could you hurry, Sir?
Daddy says there's not much time.
She's been sick for quite a while.
I know these shoes will make her smile.
Want her to look beautiful
If Mama meets Jesus tonight..."

Whoops! Just threw up a little.

Yes, dreadful. And it's been turned into a novel and a movie.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think it's a wee bit strange for a little boy to know his mother's shoe size?

veg
 
Celine Dion

'These are the Special Times'

Someone made a video of one of the songs on the ablum while they were decorating their Xmas tree.

'The Magic of Christmas Day' & 'Ave Maria' are nice on this CD.

 
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Christmas Memories

For me growing up I had "Christmas with the Chipmunks Vol. 1 & 2"
Couldn't get enough of David Seville yelling at Alvin during "The Chipmunk Song"!

Of course there's Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" album.

Also loved Jesse Crawford's "Organ & Chimes for Christmas" - still have that original vinyl LP.

On the Diplomat label I still have this "Christmas Sing-A-Long" album that I've had since I was a kid.

For the newer stuff Cyndi Lauper's "Christmas Conga" is excellent! Enya's & Stevie Nick's versions of "Silent Night" are great too. Eurythmics "Winter Wonderland" from "A Very Special Christmas" is a treat too.

Mike
 
I was intrigued by the topic and have to add my favorite Christmas recording: Julie Andrews's rendition of "Sleigh Ride" from her "Sounds of Christmas" album done for Hallmark in the early 1990s. It's four minutes and eleven seconds long, and I love every second of it. She hits a note near the end that gives me goose bumps just about every time I listen to it. I never tire of it, either. I live on the central coast of California where the climate is temperate. Sometimes I'll put this on the outdoor speakers while I'm watering plants. It's magical.
 
Very Classic

My favorite Album has to be Christmas Is...By Percy Faith
We had this LP growing up and played it every Christmas until it was so scratched up. Just purchased it several years ago on CD. Just bring back so many memories.
 
Hmmm....

We have a Christmas tree picture thread and a cute pet picture thread.

Maybe we should take a few snaps of these albums and post 'em? Just a thought.

veg
 
My picks

I grew up with Sing Along with Mitch Miller and the Ray Conniff Christmas Albums. Also on my list are the Supremes Christmas album and The Phil Spector album. I just LOVE Darlene Love!!!

Favorite songs are The Little Drummer Boy and O Holy Night. Any rendition.
 

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