Emmylou Harris’ 1978 masterpiece was reengineered in 2004, providing it with a cleaner sound and three additional tracks. A must hear for the holiday season.
Bob Dylan’s latest finds the cultural icon giving some of the most famous holiday carols his uniquely introspective treatment. Oddly enough, O' Little Town Of Bethlehem sounds as honest and as bewildering as Dylan’s most experimental work. Well worth a play thru at your holiday party.
The Chairman of the Board croons his way through all the standards on this album. Nothing enhances a festive holiday evening at home more than a good martini and Mr. Sinatra’s version of Silent Night. A sure way to put even the most un-festive in a cheerful spirit.
The Vince Guaraldi Trio turns in a history making performance on this essential holiday album. Listen to it straight through and you will recall all those times in your childhood you watched with wonder as Charlie Brown and the gang made the saddest looking Christmas tree seem like a thing of sheer beauty.
Bing Crosby. White Christmas. 
White Christmas. What more can you say? Probably the most famous and definitive of any holiday recording. The other entries on this collection aren’t too shabby either. Listen while you put up the tree and you’ll experience a complete holiday immersion.
White Christmas. What more can you say? Probably the most famous and definitive of any holiday recording. The other entries on this collection aren’t too shabby either. Listen while you put up the tree and you’ll experience a complete holiday immersion.
Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas deserves a listen as well. Carey was noted in the New Yorker magazine as having written “one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon, the charming “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
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