Best Christmas albums (favorite 3)

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  • heartystatue
    heartystatue Posts: 329
    edited December 2013
    What he said^^^^^^^^^^^^
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited December 2013
    Two of my favorites:

    Yo-Yo Ma, "Songs of Joy and Peace"

    Luciano Pavarotti, "O Holy Night"

    One question: How do you guys get the album art imported into your posts?
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  • PreCd
    PreCd Posts: 786
    edited December 2013
    A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited December 2013
    bmbguy wrote: »
    Agreed headrott. I have the vinyl from back in the 80s when the album first came out -- from what I understand they mucked up the CD by inserting songs between some of the ones from the original vinyl. Adding songs is one thing, but changing the original 'feel' of the album isn't a great idea, IMO.

    The "Re-release" was mucked up. Thankfully, I bought the original Japanese CD back in 1990 and still own that one. It is definately worth having and sounds great (without any added songs where they shouldn't be). If you can get the Japanese CD, buy it. I wouldn't bother with the Re-release you brought up however.
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    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • bmbguy
    bmbguy Posts: 416
    edited December 2013
    And the 'updating' of Jon's head they did on the back cover looks pretty ridiculous!
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited December 2013
    The Piano Guys "A Family Christmas" is very good.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited December 2013
    One of my favorites, not the typical song choices.
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  • drummer86
    drummer86 Posts: 441
    edited December 2013
    Off the top of my head:
    Christmas with the Rat Pack
    Michael Buble - Christmas
    Vince Guaraldi- Charlie Brown Christmas
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited December 2013
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    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2013
    Nat King Cole - Christmas Song
    Kenny G - Christmas Wishes
    Christmas Crooners (Bing Crosby/Dean Martin/NatKK/many others) - Christmas
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2013
    decal wrote: »
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    Anger leads to high blood pressure, heart disease, and depression. Give yourself the gift of "get over it." Pessimism is easy, it's being optimistic that requires tenacity.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,018
    edited December 2013
    As much as I love him, Bob Dylan's Christmas album is gotta be the worst in the history of the human race
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2013
    I do NOT like modern takes on classic Christmas music. That's why they call them "classics."
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited December 2013
    I also like Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" Steve! Great choice!
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    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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