Decius wrote:
Our family owns three of these and we have preferred them to the usual holiday crap for many years.
I might have to try that Ella Fitzgerald album. Of those listed, I have A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Winter's Solstice: Windham Hill Artists, and Christmas with the Rat Pack. I have several others not on that list including jazz, swing, blues, as well as the traditional "holiday crap." lol My favorite album for the past several years has been Blue Yule. As far as I'm concerned, there's no other Christmas album that's that good all the way through. I especially like Sonny Boy Williamson's "Santa Claus." Growing up, I had only one Christmas album, which has been out of print for decades, and was never released on CD. Although I still have the phonograph disc, it's in horrible condition. Over the years, though, I've managed to collect most of those recording on other releases, but I've had no success finding anything by Anna Maria Alberghetti on CD. Anyway, it might not seem like much now, but in the mid 60s & early 70s, it was pretty cool. Great Songs of Christmas By Great Artists of Our Time
Collector's Album Limited Edition - Album Five
Columbia Special Projects by Columbia Records
Exclusively for Goodyear
CSP 238 S (1965 - Stereo Phonograph LP, 33-1/3 rpm) Side One (XSV 105228) 1. O Holy Night - Andy Williams
2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - André Kostelanetz
3. Caroling, Caroling - Anna Maria Alberghetti
4. Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Maurice Chevalier
5. Little Drummer Boy - Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
6. Star Carol - Anna Maria Alberghetti
7. We Three Kings of Orient Are - Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Angels We Have Heard on High - André Kostelanetz
9. Silent Night - Maurice Chevalier
10. The Lord's Prayer - Richard Tucker Side Two (XSV 105229) 11. Sleigh Ride - Steve Lawrence / Eydie Gorme
12. The Twelve Days of Christmas - Dinah Shore
13. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Richard Tucker
14. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Diahann Carroll
15. Some Children See Him - Diahann Carroll
16. O Come All Ye Faithful / The First Noel - Danny Kaye
17. Silver Bells - Doris Day
18. Jingle Bells - Sammy Davis Jr.
19. It's Christmas Time All Over the World - Sammy Davis Jr. | 
