Tring to make a chrismas comp but need mor ideas...so far...

Do they Know it's Christmas - Band Aid
Last CHristmas - Wham
Feliz Navidad
Xmas at ground Zero
Grandma Got run over by a raindeer
Santa Baby - Madonna
Put a little love in your heart - Al Green/Annie Lennox
Nutcracker theme
12 Days of Chrismas - Muppets
Charlie Brown's Xmas theme
SO it's Christmas - John Lennon
White Christmas - The Carpenters

Limiting it to one compilation is impossible for me, but here are a few to consider:

Christmas Waltz - Doris Day (The Carpenters' version is good, too)
(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag - Kay Starr
Christmas Is - Percy Faith
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Nancy Wilson

The Christmas Cocktails series is very good, as is Verve's Christmas for Lovers (cheesy title, great jazz versions of holiday standards).

Man, I agree, I could'nt just have one compilation. But they would include stuff like this:


The Most Wonderful Time of The Year - The Blenders
Snowfall - Tony Bennett
Skating - Vince Guraldi
Christmas Is - Percy Faith
This Christmas - Donny Hathaway
Happy Holidays To You - The Whispers
Snowflakes of Love (instrumental)- Toni Braxton with Clare and Brent Fischer
Jesu Parvule - Singers Unlimited
Trois Angels Sont Venus - Paul Mauriat
I Love The Winter Weather - Tony Bennett
Baby It's Cold Outside - Vanessa Williams and Bobby Caldwell
The Christmas Song - The Blenders
Merry Christmas All - Salsoul Orchestra
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Stevie Wonder with Take 6
The Gift - Larry Carlton
William The Angel - Rob Mathes
Silent Night - The Blenders
Silent Night - Take 6
Some Children See Him - Dave Gruisin
Rise Up Shepherds And Follow - GLAD
Christmas Time Is Here - M-Pact (The Carol Comission)
Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Take 6
Good Night - Manhattan Transfer
Away In a Manger - Percy Faith
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel
Away In A Manger - David Darling
Travels - Pat Metheny Group
Star Bright - Vanessa Williams
What Are The Signs - Singers Unlimited
Geoprge Shearing (w/Robert Farnon) - How Beautiful Is Night
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guraldi
Stille Nacht - Manaheim Steamroller




Now for laughs, I would have:


Daddy's Christmas - Albert Brooks
Be-Bop Santa - Babs Gonzalez
Santa's Old Lady - Cheech and Chong
Kung Fu Christmas - National Lampoon ( Christopher Guest Gilda Radner, Paul Shaffer, etc.)
O Holy Night - Eric Cartman - South Park
Peace at Least Once A Year - Rotary Connection
Green Christmas - Stan Freberg
You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft TV Soundtrack "How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
Put One Foot In Front Of The Other - Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn TV Soundtrack "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
Have A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives - TV Soundtrack "Roudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"




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[Edited 12/6/05 7:02am]

One Christmas Catalogue by Captain Sensible is a must.

Give Love on Christmas Day by the Jackson 5 also kicks ass.

I have a mix - my favorite (and little known) song is The Closing Of The Year, bu Wendy and Lisa featuring Seal - from the Toys soundtrack. Great stuff!

cheech and chong - santa claus and his old lady
kurtis blow - christmas rappin'
wham! - last christmas
the vindictives - nuttin' for christmas
donny hathaway - this christmas
run dmc - christmas in hollis
crass - merry crassmas & is it big hands?

paligap said:

I need to add the Grinch Christmas theme

Every year I rotate among these:


Excelsis: A Dark Noel Vols 1-3


Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Christmas


Punk Rock Christmas

try these:
Cocteau Twins - Frosty the Snowman/Winter Wonderland
Mew - She came home fore christmas
Pearl Jam have a nice rendition of Someday at Christmas..
Kate Bush - Home For Christmas
Joni Mitchell - River
White Stripes - Candy Cane Children
Ed Harcourt - In the Bleak Midwinter

Superb album, Christmas or not!

Ella Fitzgerald - Jingle bells
Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas
Sinead O`Connor - Silent night
Nat King Cole - The christmas song
Anita Baker - Have yourself a merry little christmas
Mahalia Jackson - Silent night
Frank Sinatra - White christmas
Dionne Warwick - It`s beginning to look a lot like christmas
Mel & Kim - Rockin` around the christmas tree
Lena Horne - Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Jackson 5 - Santa claus is coming to town
Dolly Parton - Winter wonderland
Gladys Knight and the pips - Do you hear what i hear
Eartha Kitt - Santa baby
Randy Crawford - The christmas song
Kate Bush - December will be magic again
Tony Bennett - My favorite things
Johnny Mathis - It's the most wonderful time of the year

[Edited 12/5/05 16:25pm]

I made one last year so I don't have to keep changing CDs when I have company over during the holidays. Here are the tracks:

Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man For Christmas) - The Weather Girls
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Jackson 5
Santa Claus Is A Black Man - Akim and the Teddy Vann Production Company
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
Jingle Bells - Booker T and the MGs
Christmas Rappin' - Kurtis Blow
Up On The Rooftop - The Jackson 5
This Christmas - Donny Hathaway
What Christmas Means To Me - Stevie Wonder
Gee Whiz It's Christmas - Carla Thomas
What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas - The Emotions
Another Lonely Christmas (12 Inch) - Prince
It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas In My Heart - The Jets
Silent Night - The Temptations
Christmas Time Is Near - Grover Washington, Jr.
Give Love On Christmas Day - The Jackson 5
When We All Get Home For Christmas This Year - Gladys Knight and the Pips
Christmas Gift - Margie Joseph
The Christmas Song - Nat "King" Cole
I'll Be Home For Christmas - Al Green

Not a huge fan of Christmas music, but I do plan on playing the following as Christmas nears:

Wham! - Last Christmas
The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Prince - Another Lonely Christmas
U2 - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?


..and, erm... Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas is You

vainandy said:

I haven`t heard of that song before, what album is it from?

Mixed from several albums:

What Child Is This? -- Vince Guaraldi Trio

The Christmas Waltz -- Nancy Wilson

Silent Night -- The Temptations

Greensleeves -- John Coltrane

Sleigh Ride -- Ella Fitzgerald

The Christmas Song -- Nat "King" Cole

White Christmas -- Diana Ross and the Supremes

Noel Nouvelet -- The George Shearing Quintet

'Twas The Night Before Christmas -- Wynton Marsalis

Another Lonely Christmas -- Prince and the Revolution

No Room In The Inn -- Mahalia Jackson

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town -- Dave Brubeck, The Jackson Five

My Favorite Things -- Diana Ross and the Supremes, John Coltrane

Winter Wonderland -- Shirley Horn

What Christmas Means To Me -- Stevie Wonder

Christmas In Hollis -- Run-DMC

among many others from these albums:






[Edited 12/7/05 10:05am]

I'm just gonna cheat I have so many Christmas albums that making a single compilation would be impossible. Here are my favorite Christmas albums.

I have no idea. That particular song, I recorded off the radio one year and burned it onto CD. I'm sure it's probably available on some compilation though because I know the radio station was not playing vinyl.