 | Jingle Bell Jam: Jazz Christmas Classics by Various Artists
Buy used from: $4.98 My favorite Jazz Christmas album, a well chosen variety that flows beautifully
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 | Three Suites
Buy used from: $29.95 His arrangement of The Nutcracker Suite brings out a new spectrum of color
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 | A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Original Sound Track Recording Of The CBS Television Special by Vince Guaraldi Trio
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.33 Perfectly captures all the paradoxical mix of joy, melancholy, celebration, and pensive introspection that goes with the season
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 | The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
Buy used from: $19.95 Has his '46 and '61 recordings of the title song, plus a posthumously made duet w/ Natalie, but the whole record goes down like hot butter rum
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 | A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $3.29 Ring-a-ding-ding, Merry Christmas, pally
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 | Making Spirits Bright by Dean Martin
Buy used from: $9.30 Back at ya, chicky baby
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 | Have a Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $1.45 My grandpa isn't one who would sit by the tree and lead sing-a-longs, but with Burl Ives I sort of feel like I have one who does
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 | The Little Drummer Boy
Buy new: $8.47 / Used from: $4.79 A choir of angels
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 | White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $1.90 A little short, but how do you go through the season without Bing singing "White Christmas"? Get 'Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics' for a strong Vol. 2
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 | Christmas in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong and Pete Fountain
Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Fats Domino, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, even Duke's "Jingle Bells"
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 | Lifetime Intimate Portraits: Christmas Belles by Various Artists
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.99 Dinah Washington singing "Ole Santa" and Brenda Lee's take of "Papa Noel" are a must, but it's all great
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 | Merry Christmas by Johnny Mathis
Buy used from: $0.52 One cup of hot butter rum deserves another
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 | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.99 An excellent compilation of famous classics
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 | Verve Presents: Very Best of Christmas Jazz by Various Artists
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $9.57 A new compilation of classic Jazz Christmas tunes, every number is a winner, and no overlap with #1 on the list
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 | Greatest Christmas Songs by Perry Como
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.50 There's no place like home for the holidays....
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 | Happy Holidays-I Love the Winter Weather by Jo Stafford
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $13.95 A reissue of her 'Ski Trails' and 'Happy Holiday' albums from the '50s
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 | To Wish You a Merry Christmas by Harry Belafonte
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.88 More devotional than I had expected from the singer of "Day-O," but, you know, his voice is perfect for this material
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 | Christmas Portrait by Carpenters
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $6.99 Like Guaraldi's piano, Karen's voice is both light & melancholy at the same time, and I like that in holiday music
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 | The Andy Williams Christmas Album by Andy Williams
Buy used from: $5.87 It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: this is all about a warm hearth, warm kitchen, lights on the tree, music in the air, and being home with loved ones on the happiest day of the year
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 | The Story of Christmas by The Swingle Singers
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $13.62 Their blend of voices is like nothing else
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 | Christmas with Mahalia by Mahalia Jackson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.47 Mahalia is sure to bring you closer to the Reason for the Season
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 | Santamental Journey: Pop Vocal Christmas Classics { Various Artists }
Buy used from: $5.61 Compilation of traditional pop vocals: Crosby, Como, Durante, Clooney, Doris Day, the Drifters...
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 | Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Part One by Various Artists
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.98 Christmas for Swingers, not as kitschy as the packaging concept suggests
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 | Jingle Bell Jazz by Various Artists
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.99 CBS unfortunately substituted out some choice cuts from the original, like Chico Hamilton's "Winter Wonderland," but still a solid favorite
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 | White Christmas by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $2.95 Packages his '57 classic 'Christmas Album' with his 1971 'Elvis Sings: The Wonderful World of Christmas'. Good one, Tiny E.
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