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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 12, 2024 14:36:01 GMT
I very much enjoy Christmas music. Every year I treat myself to a new album (CD) or two. Some of my favorite Christmas albums are by artists that I don't even listen to their regular music but their Christmas albums are amazing. I've looked at the offerings for this Christmas and other than maybe the new one by Dan & Shay (which after listening on Spotify, I'm lukewarm on), I'm not seeing anything releasing for this Christmas that I've just gotta have. It is also possible I've missed a new release too so don't be afraid to suggest something that is new for this year.
So, I'm curious, what is your favorite Christmas album from the past and are you looking forward to something new this Christmas?
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Post by melanell on Nov 12, 2024 14:39:02 GMT
I have several that I really love, but if I could only listen to one album all season long, the very first answer that came to mind was the 1978 "Christmas Portrait" album by the Carpenters.
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Post by needmysanity on Nov 12, 2024 14:41:41 GMT
Ben Folds released one a few weeks ago. I haven't heard it yet but I'm looking forward to it.
Clay Akin is releasing one at the end of November.
My favorites are always from Pentatonix. King and Country Christmas live is a solid one as well.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 12, 2024 14:42:29 GMT
I have several that I really love, but if I could only listen to one album all season long, the very first answer that came to mind was the 1978 "Christmas Portrait" album by the Carpenters. I'm going to see if I can pull up some tunes on Spotify. Thank you! |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 12, 2024 14:44:59 GMT
Ben Folds released one a few weeks ago. I haven't heard it yet but I'm looking forward to it. I just pulled this one up to listen to on Spotify.  I hadn't heard about this one. |
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Post by Laurie on Nov 12, 2024 14:45:24 GMT
I can remember as a kid always listening to Gene Autry's Christmas record when I was at my grandparents. Eventually they told me to take it home with me. I still have that album with all my writing on it as a child. For me Christmas season hasn't started until I hear Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry.
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Post by lbp on Nov 12, 2024 14:45:25 GMT
My 1970 something Andy Williams album followed closely by an album called a Very Merry Christmas put out by Grants store with various artists that is also from the middle 1970's
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Post by Merge on Nov 12, 2024 14:45:53 GMT
Sarah McLachlan Wintersong is still my favorite.
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Post by anaterra on Nov 12, 2024 14:48:38 GMT
I dont know about albums.. but I really really love baby its cold outside.. and I hate that it is now considered a stalking, controlling he drugged up the woman song... i dont care which couple sings it.. i really like!!
I also really like Mary did you know.. and I am not at all religious... pretty agnostic... but its a pretty song and if it was about my child.. i would be in tears!!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 12, 2024 14:48:48 GMT
I can remember as a kid always listening to Gene Autry's Christmas record when I was at my grandparents. Eventually they told me to take it home with me. I still have that album with all my writing on it as a child. For me Christmas season hasn't started until I hear Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry. This would remind me of my grandfather too. What a treasure you have. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 12, 2024 14:49:14 GMT
Sarah McLachlan Wintersong is still my favorite. This is one of my favorites too. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 12, 2024 14:51:25 GMT
I also really like Mary did you know.. and I am not at all religious... pretty agnostic... but its a pretty song and if it was about my child.. i would be in tears!! I know exactly what you mean here. I'm a liquid mess when I hear a good rendition of O Holy Night. My favorites are by Pavarotti and Josh Groban. |
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Post by lesley on Nov 12, 2024 14:53:51 GMT
I adore all the classics like White Christmas, I’ll Be Home For Christmas etc so Michael Bublé’s Christmas is right up there, but my single favourite album is We Three Kings by The Roches. I love their harmonies, the twist they give certain songs (Deck The Halls has a calypso feel), and that there are 24 tracks on the album! 😁
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Post by micheley on Nov 12, 2024 14:56:32 GMT
My all time sentimental favorite album is Christmas With Conniff. Not a huge fan of contemporary Christmas songs/singers, but I don’t mind Buble, Straight No Chaser and some Pentatonix. |
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Post by scrapcat on Nov 12, 2024 15:01:17 GMT
I have several that I really love, but if I could only listen to one album all season long, the very first answer that came to mind was the 1978 "Christmas Portrait" album by the Carpenters. This is my fav too. A lot of nostalgia hearing it as a kid.
I have a 5-disc cd changer for christmas album purposes mostly, and even though we have streaming, we try to buy a new album each year to add to the collection.
Other favs are Polar Express soundtrack, Bing Crosby, and Indina Menzel. Kelly Clarkson has a good Christmas album too.
Others from streaming Ingrid Michaelson and Kacey Musgraves.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Nov 12, 2024 15:08:29 GMT
For current music, I prefer to listen to a wide range of artists/songs so I don't have a specific favorite album. From my childhood though, it wasn't Christmas until Christmas With The Chipmunks was playing on the stereo! When we went through my parents things, that was the only LP that I kept. My sisters thought I'd lost my mind!   |
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Post by padresfan619 on Nov 12, 2024 15:09:48 GMT
Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis. Reminds me of my childhood. We had this spinning cd tower full of cds and one section was only Christmas albums and it never felt like Christmas until that one was put on.
I am looking forward to Sabrina Carpenter’s Netflix holiday special this year.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 12, 2024 15:09:58 GMT
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 12, 2024 15:13:03 GMT
For current music, I prefer to listen to a wide range of artists/songs so I don't have a specific favorite album. From my childhood though, it wasn't Christmas until Christmas With The Chipmunks was playing on the stereo! When we went through my parents things, that was the only LP that I kept. My sisters thought I'd lost my mind!  LOL, this was my childhood too. I’m pretty sure we played that record so much it made my mom’s ears bleed. That was another one that I had on cassette tape, and later on into adulthood my brother gave me that album on CD! 🤣 |
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Post by melanell on Nov 12, 2024 15:27:06 GMT
Oh my gosh, one of my younger siblings was given "A Chipmunk Christmas" in 1981, and they played that thing endlessly. I imagine if I had the record on now, I could still recite most of it along with the record, right down to the last line on side 1 where it told you that it was time to flip the record over, LOL!
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Post by Merge on Nov 12, 2024 15:27:30 GMT
Came back to add - I can also tell you what my mom's favorite Christmas albums were because they were how we knew it was Christmas. She had a Dolly Parton Christmas album that she loved and also a Kenny Rogers one. I should see if they're on Spotify. My husband actually inherited my dad's record collection because no one else wanted it, but I don't think the Christmas albums were with it.
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Post by melanell on Nov 12, 2024 15:27:43 GMT
Sarah McLachlan Wintersong is still my favorite. This one is really, really lovely, too. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 12, 2024 15:28:08 GMT
Oh my gosh, one of my younger siblings was given "A Chipmunk Christmas" in 1981, and they played that thing endlessly. I imagine if I had the record on now, I could still recite most of it along with the record, right down to the last line on side 1 where it told you that it was time to flip the record over, LOL! Yup, I got it on cassette around that time and listened to it endlessly. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 12, 2024 15:30:54 GMT
but my single favourite album is We Three Kings by The Roches. Let me see if I can stream that. |
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Post by chrissyc72 on Nov 12, 2024 15:36:50 GMT
Johnny Mathis Merry Christmas. The one with him skiing on the cover. Love it!!!
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Post by hutchfan on Nov 12, 2024 15:39:16 GMT
I listen to the same albums each year.
Elvis Presley Christmas he was my mom's favorite I grew up on listening to him each year. It wouldn't be Christmas without him.
Alan Jackson Christmas album.
Martina McBride Christmas and if you ever get a chance to attend her Christmas concerts it is so worth it.
My most recent favorite is Rob Thomas Christmas album.
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Post by naby64 on Nov 12, 2024 16:51:09 GMT
I don't usually buy season specific albums but I do mixes on Spotify or listen to the holiday stations on Sirius. I did save Leslie Odom Jr.'s album Simply Christmas. It is a few years old but I remember it being so soothing.
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Post by stormsts on Nov 12, 2024 16:59:12 GMT
I always listen to Amy Grant Home For Christmas.
for King & Country is good.
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Post by quinlove on Nov 12, 2024 17:14:18 GMT
Favorite Christmas Songs ~
Oh Holy Night
Mary Did You Know
Happy XMas ( War is Over )
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Post by peano on Nov 12, 2024 17:15:56 GMT
I tend to listen to the classic singers from the 40s and 50s like Nat King Cole, but I also love the album A Coventry Carol by Loreena McKennitt. It’s got a sort of Celtic/Middle Ages sensibility. And of course, Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas. If I’m feeling goofy, I like Asleep at the Wheel's Lone Star Christmas Night with my perennial favorite, Christmas In Jail.
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I hadn't heard about this one. 
