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#26

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/13/10 at 1:21pm

I second the votes for A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio).

And how about:

Must Own Holiday Albums

Is there a better song than Boney M's Mary's Boy Child?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxm1FlLSfe4

Coach Bob knew it all along: you've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. You have to keep passing the open windows. (John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire)

Updated On: 11/13/10 at 01:21 PM

#27

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/13/10 at 4:38pm

I love the score to Elf. It sounds adorable and cheery.

"I never think of the classic musicals as old-fashioned; I think of them as timeless."--Kate Baldwin

#29

Charlie Brown
Barbra Streisand (both)
The Carpenters (look for the double album 2 disc)
Muppets
Stevie Wonder
Mariah Carey
Bing Crosby
Ella Fitzgerald
Doc Severinson
Sarah McLachlan
Bette Midler
Celine Dion
Wilson Phillips--I have to get this one!

and Carols For a Cure Vol 12 cuz I'm on it!

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#30

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/13/10 at 8:40pm

You can laugh, but it's really one of my all-time favorites! I could go a whole Christmas season only listening to this CD, Vince Guaraldi, and Sufjan Stevens' five (really) Christmas albums.

"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont

My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.

#31

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/13/10 at 8:51pm

This remains one of my favorites:

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

#32

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/13/10 at 11:09pm

Mister Matt, The first song I play for Christmas is Nat's "The Christmas Song" on Thanksgiving night after dinner. For me, it ushers in the holiday.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

#33

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/13/10 at 11:51pm

(my personal favorite. if you're into classical/women's choral music, this is your CD.)

Must Own Holiday Albums

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

Updated On: 11/13/10 at 11:51 PM

#34

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 1:51am

You absolutely must get Cyndi Lauper's "Merry Christmas...Have A Nice Life!" She has such a variety of songs.

She's great on the old songs: "In the Bleak Midwinter" "Three Ships". And she gives us some great upbeat songs: "Minnie and Santa" "Feels Like Christmas" "Rockin" Around The Christmas Tree".

But a warning: If you listen to "Minnie and Santa" you will never be able to get it out of your head. You'll be sitting on a beach in the middle of July and all of a sudden you'll start singing "Minnie and Santa".

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#35

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 2:35pm

(Brian also has three more Christmas albums)

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

Updated On: 11/15/10 at 02:35 PM

#36

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 3:05pm

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

#37

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 3:10pm

This is not really good, but it sorta developed into a guilty pleasure last year. Also pretty endearing. It helps to be under the influence while listening.

#38

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 3:54pm

I wanted to like it, I tried to like it, but I just can't get past what Bob's done to "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing".

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

#39

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 3:59pm

It definitely had a Forbidden Broadway element to it, that's for sure, and that song is Exhibit A.

#40

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 4:00pm

Any one with:

Eder
Nat King
Sinatra
Neil Diamond

I want some of the odder known titles to come out on CD. There is a song (and I believe a CD of the same name of) "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"

I think Alessandri should do one with his take on Christmas

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#41

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 4:04pm

My favorites are: Mariah Carey, Sarah Brightman's A Winter Symphony and Jessica Simpson's Christmas Album.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

#42

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 5:16pm

I forgot two:

Must Own Holiday Albums

#43

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/14/10 at 7:26pm

All the Burl Ives albums...What the hell is a "Holly Jolly Christmas" anyway?

#44

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/15/10 at 11:17am

A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU from Phil Spector.

Darlene Love, The Ronettes, The Crystals. It's truly the greatest.

As for individual songs for your collection...there are too many to name. But you've got to include FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK by The Pogues and Kirsty Maccoll and CHRISTMAS WRAPPING by The Waitresses!

Updated On: 11/15/10 at 11:17 AM

#45

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/15/10 at 12:05pm

This is this year's must have for me:

http://www.3dicd.com/Annie-Lennox/A-Christmas-Cornucopia/

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#46

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/15/10 at 12:34pm

Most of my favorites have been mentioned above except for Sandi Patty's O Holy Night, and Jewel's Joy: A Holiday Album.

#47

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/15/10 at 12:45pm

uncageg - That very same song is our family tradition as the official start of Christmas morning. When we were little, my brother and I were not allowed in the living room Christmas morning until we heard that song playing on the giant stereo console (I think I was about 7 years old when I figured out why). You know, the huge wooden piece of furniture that contained a turntable and radio in one side and a place to store your LPs on the other hidden under sliding wooden panels. I wish I still had that thing.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#48

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/15/10 at 11:25pm

Of course, if this event has a specified ending time you'll want to have a copy of Christmas Shoes to clear the room!

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

#49

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/16/10 at 12:48pm

For me its not Christmas if I don't listen to my Michael Ball Christmas cd, Josh Groban christmas cd, and any Christmas records with Ed Ames on it, he is my all time favorite singer ever!!!

I have RSD...but it doesn't have me!!!!

Updated On: 11/19/10 at 12:48 PM

#50

Must Own Holiday Albums

Posted: 11/16/10 at 12:52pm

I just ordered the Peninsula Women's Chorus CD that givesmevoice recommended. (OK, and while I was at it, I got their very first CD, too.) I can't wait for them to arrive. Thanks for the recommendation...I'd have never discovered them on my own.

You're welcome! Any time I participate in a Christmas music sharing meme or recommendation thread, I have to mention them. I really hope you like the CDs.

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