# Greatest Christmas Albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-christmas-albums/520501 "2009-12-08T20:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-christmas-albums/520501/61 "2009-12-13T09:47:24Z")
My current favorites are the [Reindeer Room](http://www.amazon.com/Reindeer-Room-Christmas-Chillout/dp/B00006JY97) series of CDs. Downtempo versions of the classics. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-christmas-albums/520501/62 "2009-12-13T10:41:29Z")
And then, there’s _this_ one, incorporating those cute chipmunks. Trust me! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b4Y4ep-Caq4/hqdefault.jpg "Canned Heat - Future Blues - 14 - The Chipmunk Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Y4ep-Caq4) Wait for it! Q ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-christmas-albums/520501/63 "2009-12-13T16:20:45Z")
If, like me, you think that traditional carols sound awesome when coming from a brass ensemble, you’ll like **A Festival of Carols in Brass** , by the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble. (The only flaw in this album was including 12 Days of Christmas. The only thing more boring and repetitive than a vocal arrangement of 12 Days, is an _instrumental_ arrangement of 12 Days.) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-christmas-albums/520501/64 "2009-12-13T17:43:18Z")
> [@porcupine](#): > > Yep. This is also my pick. I love seeing Darlene Love on Letterman every year singing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”. Another vote for Spector’s Christmas gift! Between Hal Blain’s drumming on “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and Leon Russell’s piano on “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (listen to Russell’s crescendo toward the end of the song. Spector ran from the control room and gave Leon a $100 bonus on the spot!), I NEVER get tired of this album. Sure, he turned creepy (or creepier) later, but at the time this record was made, Spector was at the top of his game, and the “Wall of Sound” was never better! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-christmas-albums/520501/65 "2009-12-13T18:47:56Z")
I like how Spector’s arrangement of Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town has become the de facto rock arrangment (eg, Bruce Springsteen). ba-da-boom ba-da-boom… SAN-ta claus is comin’ to town…ba-da-boom ba-da-boom ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-christmas-albums/520501/66 "2009-12-13T18:52:13Z")
[Broadway Christmas](http://www.amazon.com/Broadway-Christmas-Various-Artists/dp/B000002Q7F). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-christmas-albums/520501.md?page=3)