Favourite Christmas CDs

[Santa's Helper]

What are some of your favourite Christmas CDs? I find it hard to get a Christmas CD you can listen to in its entirety.

I LOVE the Time Life Treasury of Christmas. That is my all time favourite. I had it from about 1988, and looked high & low for it in the 90s, finally finding it again. I am sure it's easier these days to get a hold of. It is truly a must have for anyone who appreciates the classics (Elvis, Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, etc).

Another good one is the Muppet's Christmas Carol CD. Overall, it's a very lively, catchy sort of non-traditional type Christmas CD.

What are some of your favourites? :mrgreen:

[Pam]

I love the classics too (ie Bing etc) but also enjoy great harmonies of the Osmonds!

[sdkluger]

We also have the Time-Life treasuries volumes 1 & 2. Another group of CDs that we have that we love are Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas CDs. If you ever get to see them, do it. They're a trip to watch.

Tim

[Tara]

I have to listen to Elvis Christmas Cd every year. And I love Mariah Carey's Christmas cd

[sdkluger]

There's also Miracles and Faith by Kenny G. The Statler Brothers Christmas Card and Christmas Present are favorites, too, and...

Carpenters - Christmas Portrait
John Denver and the Muppets - Christmas Together
Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus - Christmas Is & Christmas Melodies
Reader's Digest - That Christmas Feeling

Shall I list the rest of my cd collection? :lol:

Tim

[Jinglebelle]

I've never heard of most of those, please do post more!

[Santa's Helper]

John Denver & The Muppets is a great one!! :) How could I forget? LOL
We have that one too...

Another album I don't actually have but LOVE is Boney M's Christmas CD.

[scooterbugs25]

Growing up we did not have a television.. we would listen to things on the radio..

Every Christmas, We listened to a old record of how the grinch stole christmas, I have to hear that a few times!
Then I Have the old record of a walt disney Christmas, It has mickey and minnie pluto and donald singing Christmas songs and telling stories.
Then I have the Walton Family Christmas, ITs full of them telling stories and singing.. It would not be Christmas with out these in our home. I do have each of them in CD form now thanks to limewire! lol

As far as music, Its oldies for me..anything from years past is wonderful, Nothing like "I'll be home for Christmas" !

[tank1976]

What are some of your favourite Christmas CDs? I find it hard to get a Christmas CD you can listen to in its entirety.

I LOVE the Time Life Treasury of Christmas. That is my all time favourite. I had it from about 1988, and looked high & low for it in the 90s, finally finding it again. I am sure it's easier these days to get a hold of. It is truly a must have for anyone who appreciates the classics (Elvis, Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, etc).

Another good one is the Muppet's Christmas Carol CD. Overall, it's a very lively, catchy sort of non-traditional type Christmas CD.

What are some of your favourites? :mrgreen:

I have the time life cds. Theya re great - the best!!!!!

[Marshmallow World]

Some of my favorites are:

It's The Thought by Twila Paris
http://www.twilaparis.com/index.php?content=album&album=33664

Christine's Christmas by Christine
http://www.daughtersofpromise.org/store/product.asp?productid=7

Come On, Ring Those Bells by Evie

White Christmas by Bing Crosby
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1105628/a/White+Christmas.htm

Jingle Bell Rock by Brenda Lee
http://www.amazon.com/Jingle-Bell-Rock-Brenda-Lee/dp/B000002QJQ/ref=pd_sim_m_1/105-0694299-1479638

Brenda Lee sings "It's a Marshmallow World!" :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/Idnam/Christmas/snowflakebar.gif

[sdkluger]

I've never heard of most of those, please do post more!

Ok. I finally got a list of what I've got.

Humbug! Christmas Songs for Scrooge
Humbug GOLD! Christmas Songs for Scrooge
Disney Presents A Family Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas - Disney
A Very Veggie Christmas
Christmas...A Time for Peace - Dino
Miracles The Holiday Album - Kenny G
Winter Wonderland - 101 Strings
A Canadian Brass Christmas
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - John Williams and the Boston Pops
Joy To The World - Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Christmas - Mannhiem Steamroller
A Fresh Aire Christmas - Mannhiem Steamroller
Christmas In The Aire - Mannhiem Steamroller
Christmas Extrodinaire - Mannhiem Steamroller
Merry Christmas - Bing Crosby
Christmas with Conniff - Ray Conniff
Christmas Melodies - Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus
Christmas Is - Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus
Merry Christmas - The Brothers Four
a Perry Como Christmas album
A Personal Christmas Collection - Jim Nabors
Heaven's Child - The Florida Boys
Christmas Cookies - The Oak Ridge Boys
Christmas Card - The Statler Brothers
Christmas Present - The Statler Brothers
Christmas Portrait - Carpenters
Coming Home for Christmas - various artists
a Burl Ives Christmas album
50 All Time Christmas favorites - set of 2 cds
Time Life Christmas Treasury volumes 1 and 2
WCBS FM101 The Ultimate Christmas Album vol 3
That Christmas Feeling - Reader's Digest
Merry Christmas - Giovanni (set of 3 cds)

I also transfered my Christmas LPs to cd. Some of them are:
Merry Twismas - Conway Twitty
a Lorne Greene Christmas album
other albums by Mitch Miller, Chet Atkins, Dennis Day and Jack Benny.

Tim

[Marshmallow World]

My favorite ever in all the world is called Everlasting Light, but I can't find it anywhere online.

[Marshmallow World]

Tim, those are great. I have at least one of the Mannheim Steamroller CDs.

[gameshowguy2000]

The Disney ones are my favorites, but other than that, my Top 3 favorites are:

Platinum Christmas (2000)
Ultimate Christmas 2 (2001)
Now That's What I Call Christmas! (2004)

And, each of those 3 have my favorite song "My Only Wish This Year" by Britney Spears.

[scooterbugs25]

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is another Favorite Christmas Cd's

[Jinglebelle]

The only Christmas CD's that I own are all compilations with various artists... like Perry Como, Eartha Kitt... I like the oldies. Oh, I DO have my favorite 2 CD's one is the Nutcracker Suite, and another is all classical type Christmas melodies.

Actually I love Classical music, be it Christmassy or not!

I do have tons of Christmas music on my pc -- I use limewire a lot to search for songs. I had never heard Brenda Lee's Marshmallow World, so I got it off limewire the night before last... :D I loved it BTW!!

[tank1976]

Marshmallow World I had not heard that song in several yrs.

I know we sang it in C-mas programs in grade school.

The more I think about it, we had a really great music teacher at my school.

[sdkluger]

Tim, those are great. I have at least one of the Mannheim Steamroller CDs.

My family liked them so much we had to get them off of ebay so we'd have them for Christmas. We also got their DVD called The Christmas Angel, a must for anyone who like Mannheim Steamroller and figure skating. Have you ever seen them perform? I saw them on TV (I think on a PBS station) about a year or two ago. It was awesome.

Tim

[Marshmallow World]

Tim, those are great. I have at least one of the Mannheim Steamroller CDs.

My family liked them so much we had to get them off of ebay so we'd have them for Christmas. We also got their DVD called The Christmas Angel, a must for anyone who like Mannheim Steamroller and figure skating. Have you ever seen them perform? I saw them on TV (I think on a PBS station) about a year or two ago. It was awesome.

Tim

No, I've never seen them perform.

Most of my Christmas CDs have been misplaced. ARGH! I buy myself a CD player. Other people take over using it. They take my CDs out and after a while there's a stack of them beside the player. Later, I look in the stack for what is supposed to be there and no one knows where it is. I bought another CD player so I'd have my own. Now I have two that people have taken over and lots of my CDs are missing. Only my husband and I live here. He is as guilty as the next person. The kids come to visit and they can't leave my CDs alone either. I want to know where my Christmas CDs are! I can't find Jingle Bell Rock by Brenda Lee, Mannheim Steamroller, or lots of others. All I can find are the following:

Impressions of Christmas(Solo Accoustic Piano with Nature)
James Taylor A Christmas Album
Christmas with the Chipmunks
Together at Christmas Perry Como and Roger Whitaker

I hope that's not all I get to listen to this Christmas. :(

[gameshowguy2000]

Yay for the Nutcracker. Though very few know that the Ballet and Suite are not one and the same (I thought it was).

[Euan Buchan]

I have The Best Christmas Album in the world cd. I also have a christmas cd which I put all my fav songs on.

[WintersElf]

lets see i only have a few c.d's the rest are cassette...

wendy and carnie wilson -HEY SANTA
jessica simpson-REJOYCE THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
HOME ALONE CHRISTMAS-from the movie
burl ives-HAVE A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS
CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

[Tara]

Today I listened to Harry Connick jr Harry for the Holidays. Not something I would usually pick, but I quite enjoyed it! :D

[ElfinErv]

Andy Williams - The Christmas Album

Burl Ives - Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

Charlotte Church - Dream A Dream

Bing - White Christmas

Jim Brickman - Christmas Romance

Frank Sinatra - A Christmas Collection

[CherryRed]

I just got this compilation recently of Metallica tracks done Xmas style. its really bizarre. but strangely entertaining.

[ElfinErv]

ok I'll be searching for this



I just got this compilation recently of Metallica tracks done Xmas style. its really bizarre. but strangely entertaining.

[WintersElf]

i got for christmas last year the new Josh Groban NOEL c.d its awesome.
he has an amazing voice..

[ElfinErv]

an amazing cd...think I'll listen to it now :)



i got for christmas last year the new Josh Groban NOEL c.d its awesome.
he has an amazing voice..

[ElfinErv]

Lately one of my favorite cds has been Wintersong ~ Sarah McLachlan, can't seem to hear it enough

[whitney37354]

Time Life set is definately my favorite. I love the Carpenters too. Once Upon a Christmas by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers is another fav. I stopped buying Christmas cd's for myself about four years ago. Now I can have DH get them from iTunes for me instead of buying a cd when all I want are a couple of tracks from it.

[RadioJonD]

Listen to MCR and you'll always hear cuts from my favorite CDs! Most will be tunes you have probably never heard or different versions of familiar ones. :cool:

[Frosty's Friend]

Mine is the one with Kenny Rogers and Dolly Partain, I used too have the record when I was alittle girl (Even though Im only 26) and now they have it on cd but my lovely hubby downloaded it for me, It's on my cell's mp3 player right now.I love too listion too it all the time...On of the best!!:ginger006: Ruth

[ChasNole]

time life treasury vol 1 and 2, all the classics

[Santaames]

Anything by Trans Siberian Orchestra. Play my cd's all the time

[Christy Carol]

I think my all time fave is the Rat Pack Christmas cd. But just I listen to it all but favor the classics.

[ChasNole]

Anything by Trans Siberian Orchestra. Play my cd's all the time


They are awesome! Ever seen them in concert?

[ChasNole]

Popped in the Ray Conniff singers Christmas on the way to work this morning. Still one of my favorites.

[Santaames]

No I haven't seen TSO in concert

[ChasNole]

No I haven't seen TSO in concert

Me neither...I had a chance last November and I blew it!:oops:Maybe this year.:D

[Santaames]

worked with a gal last season whose husband had played with the band

[MarthaK]

typing w-1 hand on bus so plz pardon...

along with the Percy Faith Christmas cds (I have 3), I love Pops Christmas party----Boston Pops w-Arthur Fiedler. That has the classic recording of Sleigh Ride on it as well as the Nutcracker.

The Sinatra Christmas Album

home Alone movie soundtrack
Little Women movie soundtrack
Miracle on 34th St movie soundtrack

I also love Mel Torme, the Mills
bros., Nat King Cole,and more I can't begin to list while still on the bus.

[AMoodyChristmas]

My aunt gave me Vols. One and Two of the Time Life Treasury of Christmas one year for my birthday one year and it is one of the best gifts I have ever received. Nat King Cole's Christmas collection is also a must. The Happy Christmas collections from Tooth and Nail Records are also a fav because I like alternative/punk music. Any Christmas music from the 40 & 50's and big band I also enjoy as well.

[MarthaK]

Oh! And all three of Michael W Smith's Christmas CDs.

[Christy Carol]

I have one of his but not sure which one. But it is a goody.

[caninemom3]

You guys are going to get sick of this I know but I just LOVE this one by Third Day............It is called "Jesus Light Of The World" From The Christmas Offerings CD !


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD7ie8XkLEk