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Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $19.81 I picked the cassette up back in 1985 and still love it to this day. Sung almost entirely with a full children's choir, this is one of the most beautiful original holiday cd's I've ever heard! Think Jon Anderson meets Charoits of Fire with his best falsetto voice and full choir... it's over the top and "bombastically" beautiful. You'll understand what I mean when you hear it!
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 | Baby, It's Cold Outside by Holly Cole
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.95 Some of the greatest reinterpretation of holiday music ever. Check out "What Is This Lovely Fragrance", "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies) and a positively sizzeling version of "Santa Baby".
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 | Merry Christmas by Johnny Mathis
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $7.25 This is the classic Christmas album, full of standards backed by Percy Faith and his orchesta. "What Child Is This" still gives me goose-bumps when I hear the ending.
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 | Christmas Stays the Same by Linda Eder
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $3.81 Her "Do You Hear What I Here" sounds like it was produced for The Lion King... and that's a good thing! When I heard her "Ave Maria" I described it as tender with a beautiful piano intoduction, breaking into a Broadway meets Gospel chorus. You'll love this one. She bears an uncanny resemblence to Barbra Streisand in a couple of the tracks.
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 | December, Piano Solos: 20th Anniversary Edition by George Winston
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $6.47 My all time favorite holiday instrumental album. I pull this one out every year for Thanksgiving dinner, George's beautiful piano makes for a beautiful, elegant start to the holiday season.
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 | Acoustic Christmas by Various Artists
Buy used from: $2.98 A beautiful compilation highlighted by Art Garfunkel's "O Come All Ye Faithful".
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 | Winter, Fire & Snow: Songs For The Holiday Season
Buy used from: $14.95 Phoebe Snow (of "Poetry Man" fame) does an incredible version of "Merry Christmas, Baby" on this World Music inspired disc. It playes out wonderfully as a whole. Other highlights include B-Tribe's "Peace On Earth", Jane Siberry's "Are You Burning, Little Candle", Bel Canto's "Agnus Dei", Mary Karlzen's "(Not Just Until) The Season Ends" and Robbie Robertson's "Christmas Must Be Tonight".
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 | The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
Buy used from: $23.99 From the man whom most associate with the classic version of the title track... this is an incredible, albeit traditional cd of holiday favorites.
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 | Merry Christmas Have a Nice Life by Cyndi Lauper
Buy used from: $3.20 "Christmas Conga" is the silliest fun you'll have all year. I Pulled this one out at my Aunt's house this past Christmas and it got everyone going! Elsewhere, Cyndi is both silly and subdued. A Total mixed bag of holiday emotions... I love this disc!
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 | Christmas Portrait by Carpenters
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $7.90 We all know Karen Carpenter's "Merry CHristmas, Darling", but the Carpenters are so much more when yt comes to holiday music. Check out "Little Alter Boy", "Christ is Born" and "It's Christmas Time" to mention a few.
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 | A Very Special Christmas 3 by Various Artists
Buy new: $8.47 / Used from: $2.97 The best of the "Very Special Christmas" series, this one includes highlights like Smashing Pumpkins' "Christmas Time", Blues Traveler's "Christmas" and Chris Cornell (of Soundgarden) "Ave Maria". If you haven't heard these songs, give them a chance despite and preconcieved notions... you will be surprised!
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 | Christmas Spirit by Donna Summer
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.40 Her original "Christmas Is Here" is worth the price of admission. Add to it "Christmas Medley: What Child Is This?/Do You Hear What I Hear/Joy to the World", "Lamb of God" and a great remake of Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven" and you've got a perfect holiday collection.
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 | I Believe in Father Christmas by Lake & Palmer Emerson
Buy used from: $38.95 Greg Lake's "I Believe In Father Christmas" is my favorite all time Christmas song... so I had to include this one.
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 | A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra by Frank Sinatra
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.49 I only discovered this one last year. I had always been familiar with the track "Mistletoe & Holly", but thought Frank's style might play well into holiday music... and it does.
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 | Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Part One by Various Artists
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.99 Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians "Ring Those Christmas Bells" was my favorite track of last year... and it probably 60-70 years old. A Great collection of retro holiday tunes.
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 | First Christmas Morning by Dan Fogelberg
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.50 Mainly a collection of slightly obscure traditional songs... I love this one.
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 | December by Kenny Loggins
Buy used from: $1.97 Light, airy, beautiful music inspired more so by the winter season first and Christmas second.
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 | December by The Moody Blues
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.25 A few classics and a lot of original material worth a listen.
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 | Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.97 I absolutely love Sarah's arrangements on these songs... her original "Wintersong" is gorgeous!
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 | Maybe This Christmas Tree by Various Artists
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Buy used from: $15.95 Cocteau Twins make childhood classics like "Frosty the Snowman" and "Winter Wonderland" poitively shimmer.
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 | Holiday Sounds of the Season 2001 by Various Artists
Buy used from: $0.01 Angie Aparo's reworking of "Silent Night", Dido's "Christmas Day" and Mary J. Blige's "Someday at Christmas" make this a cd worth picking up.
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 | Let's Share Christmas by John Pizzarelli
Buy used from: $2.87 Similar to Harry Connick Jr. is the only way to compare this disc. Sample it... you'll love it!
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 | When My Heart Finds Christmas by Harry Connick Jr.
Buy used from: $0.45 So old school and dramatic... it could make you weep...
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