. Posted on 12/04/2011 7:29:46 PM PST by martin_fierro
What are FReepers listening to this Christmas season? I'm always on the lookout for good Christmas tunes.
Below is my playlist.
Oh, and Amazon is giving away one free Christmas song each day through Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Don't say I never gave ya nuffin'.
| Name | Artist | Album | |
| Suite from The Polar Express | Alan Silvestri | The Polar Express | |
| Santa's Gonna Kick Your Ass | The Arrogant Worms | Christmas Turkey | |
| What Child Is This? | Barlowgirl | Home For Christmas | |
| Christ Is Come | Big Daddy Weave | Christ Is Come | |
| O Earth, O Earth, Return | Bill Douglas | Deep Peace | |
| I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas | Bing Crosby | White Christmas | |
| Last Month of the Year | The Blind Boys of Alabama | Go Tell It On A Mountain | |
| Sled Zeppelin | Bob Rivers | More Twisted Christmas | |
| Jingle Bells | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Boogie Woogie Christmas | |
| Santa Claus Is Back In Town | Brian Setzer Orchestra | Boogie Woogie Christmas | |
| The Man With The Bag | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Boogie Woogie Christmas | |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Dig That Crazy Christmas | |
| My Favorite Things | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Dig That Crazy Christmas | |
| A Holly Jolly Christmas | Burl Ives | Have a Holly Jolly Christmas | |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Carpenters | Christmas Portrait | |
| Merry Christmas Darling | Carpenters | Christmas Portrait | |
| Home For The Holidays | Carpenters | Christmas Portrait | |
| I'll Be Home For Christmas | Carpenters | Christmas Portrait | |
| The Prayer | Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli | These Are Special Times | |
| Ding Dong Merrily on High | Celtic Woman | A Christmas Celebration | |
| Christmas Pipes | Celtic Woman | A Christmas Celebration | |
| Panis Angelicus | Celtic Woman | A Christmas Celebration | |
| Don OÃche Úd I mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem) | Celtic Woman | A Christmas Celebration | |
| O Come All Ye Faithful | Celtic Woman | A Christmas Celebration | |
| The Wexford Carol | Celtic Woman | A Christmas Celebration | |
| My Lord, What a Mornin' | Charlie Haden & Hank Jones | Steal Away | |
| Last Christmas | The Cheetah Girls | Cheetah-licious Christmas | |
| Merry Christmas Baby | Chuck Berry |
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| Run Rudolph Run | Chuck Berry |
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| Away in a Manger | David Huntsinger | Christmas Classics on Piano Volume I | |
| The Holly and the Ivy | David Huntsinger | Christmas Classics on Piano Volume I | |
| Deck the Halls | David Huntsinger | Christmas Classics on Piano Volume I | |
| The First Noel | David Huntsinger | Christmas Classics on Piano Volume I | |
| We Three Kings | David Huntsinger | Christmas Classics on Piano Volume I | |
| Silent Night | David Phelps | O Holy Night... A Live Christmas Celebration | |
| Santa Baby | Eartha Kitt | Eartha Kitt Revisited | |
| Where Are You Christmas | Faith Hill |
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| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | Frank Sinatra | Christmas Songs By Sinatra | |
| Merry Christmas Wherever You Are | George Strait | Merry Christmas Wherever You Are | |
| I'll Be Home For Christmas | Giovanna Imbesi | A Windham Hill Christmas - I'll Be Home For Christmas | |
| Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) | Gloria Estefan | Christmas Through Your Eyes | |
| O Holy Night | Jackie Evancho | O Holy Night | |
| Pie Jesu | Jackie Evancho | O Holy Night | |
| Jesus Christ the Apple Tree | James Galway | James Galway's Christmas Carol | |
| Christmas, Why Can't I Find You? | James Horner (Vocals By Taylor Momsen) | How The Grinch Stole Christmas |
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| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Joe Williams | That Holiday Feeling | |
| O Holy Night | Josh Groban | Josh Groban in Concert | |
| Mary Did You Know | Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd | The Gift | |
| Once in Royal David's City | King's College Choir | Christmas from King's | |
| O Come, O Come, Emmanuel! | King's College Choir | Christmas from King's | |
| Es Ist Ein Ros Ensprungen | The King's Singers | A Little Christmas Music | |
| The Wexford Carol | The King's Singers | A Little Christmas Music | |
| Zat You, Santa Claus? | Louis Armstrong With The Commanders |
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| Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) | Luciano Pavarotti / National Philharmonic Orchestra | O Holy Night | |
| Deck the Halls | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas | |
| Good King Wencelas | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas | |
| White Christmas | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas Extraordinaire | |
| Away In A Manger | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas Extraordinaire | |
| Do You Hear What I Hear | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas Extraordinaire | |
| The First Noel | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas Extraordinaire | |
| Fum, Fum, Fum | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas Extraordinaire | |
| Auld Lang Syne | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas Extraordinaire | |
| Herbei, Oh Ihr Glaubigen (O Come All Ye Faithful) | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas In The Aire | |
| Kling, Glockchen | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas In The Aire | |
| Jingle Bells | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas In The Aire | |
| Carol of the Bells | Mannheim Steamroller | A Fresh Aire Christmas | |
| All I Want For Christmas is You | Mariah Carey | Merry Christmas | |
| Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | Mariah Carey | Merry Christmas | |
| Maoz Zur | Matan Ariel | Hanukkah Songs - Songs in Hebrew for Children & Toddlers | |
| Hark the Herald Angels Sing (with He Is Born, the Child Divine | Michael Chertock | Christmas Break: A Relaxing Classical Mix | |
| Il Est Né (He Is Born) | Michael Gettel | Narada Christmas Collection, Vol. 2 | |
| Gloria | Michael W. Smith | Christmas | |
| Must Be Santa | Mitch Miller | Holiday Sing Along With Mitch Miller | |
| Hallelujah Chorus | Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Silent Night | |
| Christmas Processional- Gloria in Excelsis Deo! | Mormon Tabernacle Choir | The Wonder of Christmas | |
| Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (with Richard Elliott, organ) | Mormon Tabernacle Choir | The Wonder of Christmas | |
| What Shall We Give to the Babe in the Manger? | Mormon Tabernacle Choir | The Wonder of Christmas | |
| Carol of the Bells | Peter Fletcher | The Art of Classical Guitar | |
| We Wish You A Merry Christmas | Philadelphia Brass Ensemble | A Festival of Carols In Brass | |
| Winter Wonderland | Philippe Saisse | A Windham Hill Christmas - I'll Be Home For Christmas | |
| I Wonder As I Wander | The Raleigh Ringers | Impressions of the Season | |
| O Christmas Tree | Russell Malone | Jingle Bell Swing | |
| Christmas Time Is Here | Sean Harkness | A Windham Hill Christmas - I'll Be Home For Christmas | |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Southwestern Seminary Oratorio Chorus & The Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra | Christmas Tidings | |
| In The Bleak Mid-Winter | St. Paul's Cathedral Choir | Love Came Down at Christmas - Carols from St. Paul's Cathedral Choir | |
| Baby It's Cold Outside | Steve Tyrell & Jane Monheit | Standard Time | |
| Hey Santa! | Straight No Chaser | Christmas Cheers | |
| Who Spiked The Eggnog? | Straight No Chaser | Christmas Cheers | |
| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Angels We Have Heard On High | Straight No Chaser | Holiday Spirits | |
| Lady December | The Sweptaways | A Christmas Party With The Sweptaways & Friends | |
| Joy To The World | Symphony Brass of Chicago | Christmas With The Symphony Brass Of Chicago | |
| You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch | Thurl Ravenscroft | How The Grinch Stole Christmas | |
| I'll Be Home For Christmas | Tony Bennett | A Swingin' Christmas | |
| All I Want For Christmas Is You | Tony Bennett | A Swingin' Christmas | |
| Christmas Time Is Here | Tony Bennett | A Swingin' Christmas | |
| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | Tony Bennett | A Swingin' Christmas | |
| I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | Tony Bennett | A Swingin' Christmas | |
| The Christmas Waltz | Tony Bennett | A Swingin' Christmas | |
| O Tannenbaum | Trio West | Trio West Plays Holiday Songs | |
| Christmas In San Francisco | Vic Damone | The Best of Vic Damone Live | |
| In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones) | Vienna Choir Boys/Wiener Sängerknaben | Frohe Weihnacht / Merry Christmas | |
| Theme to Grace | Vince Guaraldi | The Grace Cathedral Concert | |
| O Tannenbaum | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| What Child is This | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| My Little Drum | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| Christmas Time Is Here | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| Skating | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| Christmas Is Coming | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| The Christmas Song | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | |
| Ave Maria |
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They Don’t Make Jews Like Jesus Any More - Kinky Friedman.
I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus – Kip Adotta
I’m A Christmas Tree – Wild Man Fischer
Mennonite A Cappella Christmas
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Little Drummer Boy...Jimi Hendrix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLwYAzNAndI
Everything by the TranSiberan Orchestra, the Elvis Christmas album and every old standard religious Christmas song/hymm (Angels we have Heard on High, etc.) I can find that are rarely, if ever, heard on the radio these days.
I hate to be a scrooge, but I’m already sick of most Christmas music. It’s been playing in all the stores and doctor’s offices since Nov. 15.
Sometime during the week before Christmas, I’ll treat myself to The Messiah and Bach’s Magnificat. Those are selections you will definitely not hear in public places.
I’ve found Pandora really very helpful in assembling music I like. You basically build your own online “radio” station, naming a few songs or artists you like, and then Pandora analyzes the music you like and makes suggestions for other recordings you may or may not have heard. You can train the program by clicking on a thumbs-up or thumbs-down symbol to indicate that you like or dislike a piece; you can switch the piece to another channel; you can edit things. After awhile you find yourself being presented with music you really like, with the option to buy it if you can’t live without it. Try it, you’ll like it.
For Christmas I have two Pandora channels, one for traditional Christmas carols and one for pre-baroque music, Gregorian chants, medieval music, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Hildegaard von Bingen, etc.
Add to my list Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols.
“Weird Al” Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy. Can’t go to the shopping without thinking of Mall Santa as a fat disgruntled yuletide Rambo.
The usual, Asylum Street Spankers, Twisted Sister, South Park. Found a punk rock Christmas album this year that’s pretty good.
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas- Burl Ives
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
Rocking around the Christmas Tree- Brenda Lee
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
Mele Kalikimaka- Bing Crosby
Any radio station that doesn’t play Christmas music 24/7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oOzszFIBcE
The parental units took me to DC...then Europe....then back to the USA...
My birthday is April 15 ... I won twice on Jeopardy...what do you expect but this?
Anything by the Trans Siberian Orchestra (Especially What Child is This from their Lost Christmas Eve album), Mannheim Steamroller, and the classics from guys like Crosby and Sinatra. I’ve also started watching the old Bob Hope Christmas specials from Vietnam. Nowadays it seems that the USO has to beg people just to go to Kuwait, much less the “front lines.”
Manhattan Strings-Holiday Sounds
Elvis Presley-Blue Christmas
Mannheim Steamroller-25th Anniversary Collection
I bought this lady’s Christmas album last year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vWlFzgtXy4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5YB2tvCy7I&feature=related
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