# What Christmas albums do you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942 "2013-12-22T07:24:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/1 "2013-12-22T07:24:32Z")
Just what the thread title says. I’ll chime in with my own later. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/2 "2013-12-22T09:35:06Z")
I personally own Christmas albums by; - Twisted Sister - Bob Dylan - Taylor Swift - Justin Bieber (courtesy of **VogueVixen** , of course) - The Killers - The Fab Four ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/3 "2013-12-22T13:09:33Z")
Brian Setzer Orchestra - his stuff is ths best. He has several; I think ours is this one: > **[Brian Setzer Orchestra - Ultimate Christmas Collection - Amazon.com Music](https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Christmas-Collection-Setzer-Orchestra/dp/B001DZDTEK)** > > Surfdog Records presents the ultimate Brian Setzer Orchestra holiday package. The CD includes the brand new 'Best Of' collection featuring two previously unreleased tracks, and the DVD contains a full length BSO holiday concert filmed in December... ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/4 "2013-12-22T13:13:08Z")
Off the top of my head…Sarah McLaughlin, Bruce Coburn, Vince Guaraldi. The rest are choirs singing classics, Handel’s Messiah etc ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/5 "2013-12-22T13:39:50Z")
Some of the ones my wife and I own: - Brian Setzer Orchestra - Boogie Woogie Christmas - John Denver and the Muppets - A couple of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories - Virgil Fox Christmas album (organ) - Celtic Carols (violin and uileann pipes/bagpipes) - Alligator Records Christmas album (blues) - Harry Connick Jr (probably my wife’s favorite) A couple of my personal favorites: Hot Rod Holiday - a collection released by Hot Rod magazine with a bunch of Christmas songs by 50’s and 60’s artists (Beach Boys, Dion, The Ventures, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, etc.) Christmas Guitars - this may have been the first Christmas CD I ever bought. It was a benefit for the National Coalition for the Homeless and is instrumental versions of christmas songs by a wide variety of rock, blues and jazz guitarists. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/6 "2013-12-22T14:11:06Z")
Bad Religion - Christmas Songs Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked for the Holidays Christopher Lee - A Heavy Metal Christmas (2-song ‘EP’) Reverend Horton Heat - We Three Kings: Christmas Favorites Various - A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (Stephen Colbert, John Legend, Willie Nelson, Feist, Elvis Costello, Jon Stewart, etc.) Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas Edit: And I was sure I had the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s album, but I don’t see it in my list. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/7 "2013-12-22T14:33:03Z")
The [Phil Spector Christmas Album](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Gift_for_You_from_Phil_Spector) is all I need. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/8 "2013-12-22T14:34:47Z")
Merle Haggard’s Christmas Present LP Elvis original with all the pages inside LP ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/9 "2013-12-22T14:37:33Z")
[A Charlie Brown Christmas](http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Brown-Christmas-Television-Soundtrack/dp/B00FW63NFG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1387722923&sr=8-2&keywords=a+charlie+brown+christmas+cd) [The Most Fabulous Christmas Album Ever](http://www.amazon.com/Most-Fabulous-Christmas-Album-Ever/dp/B00001OHAL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387722875&sr=8-1&keywords=the+most+fabulous+christmas+album+ever) [The Sinatra Christmas Album](http://www.amazon.com/The-Sinatra-Christmas-Album-Frank/dp/B000002MU5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387722953&sr=8-1&keywords=frank+sinatra+christmas+album) And of course… [Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family](http://www.amazon.com/Quality-Street-Selection-Nick-Lowe/dp/B00DRGR142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387722995&sr=8-1&keywords=quality+street+a+seasonal+selection+for+all+the+family) UT~ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/10 "2013-12-22T14:40:04Z")
Most listened to Nat King Cole The Vandals SalSoul Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/11 "2013-12-22T14:41:35Z")
A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack A Christmas Together–John Denver And The Muppets Merry Christmas–Johnny Mathis White Christmas–Bing Crosby The Nutcracker The First Nowell–A chamber orchestra and chorus performing Old English carols, everything from better-known ones (O Little Town, God Rest Ye Merry) to more obscure stuff from England’s past (The Friendly Beasts, On Christmas Night) Two Chipmunk Christmas albums Rudolph, Frosty, and Friends (songs from Rankin/Bass shows) A Christmas Story–original Broadway cast from the musical (It’s really good!) A Canadian Brass Christmas album To say nothing of my playlist which is mostly stuff that doesn’t get a whole lot of airplay (Pavarotti’s rendition of Gesu Bambino, Peter, Paul and Mary’s “A-Soalin”.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/12 "2013-12-22T14:45:31Z")
I am gonna buy Rudolpf, Frosty And Friends right now! ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/13 "2013-12-22T14:56:08Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I am gonna buy Rudolpf, Frosty And Friends right now! It’s out of print, but you can get a used copy on Amazon for around the same price as a regular, new CD. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/14 "2013-12-22T14:58:57Z")
These are the ones I can think of; I may be forgetting some: Jon Anderson - Three Ships The Beatles - Christmas Album (counterfeit) Bob Dylan - Christmas in the Heart Keith Emerson - The Christmas Album Horslips - Drive the Cold Winter Away Jethro Tull - Christmas Album The Roches - We Three Kings Various - Blue Christmas Various - Christmas Guitars Music Box Christmas ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/15 "2013-12-22T15:23:57Z")
I have an album of Québécois Christmas music, and I have Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick’s “[One Christmas at a Time](http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Time-Jonathan-Coulton-Roderick/dp/B00AED2UMY).” All the other Christmas music I have is individual songs downloaded here and there. Mostly, though, I just put the radio to a Christmas station and listen to that when I want to get into the spirit. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/16 "2013-12-22T15:24:46Z")
Beatles Xmas Album The Fab Four: Hark! Nick Lowe’s Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Merry Axemas I Merry Axemas II The December People: Rattle and Humbug A John Waters Xmas Elvis’ Xmas Album The Ventures’ Xmas Album ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/17 "2013-12-22T15:52:37Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Beatles Xmas Album > The Fab Four: Hark! > Nick Lowe’s Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family > Merry Axemas I > Merry Axemas II > The December People: Rattle and Humbug > A John Waters Xmas > Elvis’ Xmas Album > The Ventures’ Xmas Album OK, I just had to look up [A John Waters Christmas](http://www.amazon.com/John-Waters-Christmas-Various-Artists/dp/B00065GHWE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387726844&sr=1-1&keywords=a+john+waters+christmas); it looks great, I think I’m going to order a copy. The only Christmas album I have is _Jingle All The Way_ by Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. It features a version of Jingle Bells with Tuvan throat singers and a version of The 12 Days of Christmas with each day performed in a different key and a different time signature- and they make it work. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/18 "2013-12-22T16:16:29Z")
Several of the hilarious KROQ ones, though I haven’t bought any since I moved away from L.A. These are the ones I have on iTunes: [ul][li]_Swallow My Eggnog[/li][li]A Family Christmas In Your Ass_[/ul][/li]_A Very Special Christmas_ volumes 1, 2, & 3. The Yobs _Christmas Album_ Fear, _Fuck Christmas_ The Vandals _Oi To The World_ ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/19 "2013-12-22T16:17:35Z")
I don’t own any. What I do have is a 28 hour long playlist on Rhapsody. Does that count for anything? Been adding to the list for years! So much new stuff comes out, I’d be in the poor house if I bought it all. My favorites in frequent play right now are Pentatonix, The Piano Guys, Annie Lennox, Erasure, and Jewel. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942/20 "2013-12-22T16:24:12Z")
Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra’s Christmas albums are my favorites. I love the traditional Christmas carols. Anne Murray Christmas Wishes A Christmas Celebration by Celtic Woman Emmylou Harris Light of the Stable [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-albums-do-you-own/676942.md?page=2)