"The Perfect Christmas Collection" Disc 3-Homemade

[SAT-I need more room!!]

Ok, here is disc 3! Got one more after this. Then I hope to make discs 5 & 6!

1. Welcome Christmas from How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2. Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart-Leann Rimes
3. (I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree-Beach Boys
4. Adeste Fideles-Connie Francis
5. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)-Elvis
6. Man With the Bag-Lee Ann Womack
7. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)-U2
8. Father Christmas-Kinks
9. Silver and Gold-Burl Ives
10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Live)-Martina McBride
11. Sleigh Ride-America
12. Santa Claus is Coming to Town-Jackson Five
13. White Christmas-Darlene Love
14. Only You Can Bring Me Cheer (Gentleman's Lady)-Alison Krauss
15. Merry Christmas, Baby-Beach Boys
16. Heat Miser from The Year Without a Santa Claus
17. Silver Bells-Supremes
18. The Wonderful World of Christmas-Elvis
19. The is My Prayer For You-Reba McEntire
20. A Wonderful Christmastime-Paul McCartney
21. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing-Peanuts
22. Jingle Bells-Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers
23. Christmas in California-America
24. O Holy Night-Martina McBride
25. Silent Night-Elvis

Whattya think?

[Dawn]

A great collection of songs, Adam. Wonderful Christmastime has always been a big fave of mine, and having grown up listening to Elvis' Christmas Album, those songs hold fond memories for me also. Martina's version of O Holy Night is absolutely amazng, the best I've ever heard.

[KittyKat - RIP Luciano]

This is my favorite so far of the mixes you've made.

[Ken]

I like this very much! The U2 and Kinks tracks are two big faves.

I was just listening to Martina's Xmas CD on Tuesday and her version of O' Holy Night knocks me out.The Beach Boys' Merry Christmas Baby is a great Christmas rocker.

[SAT-I need more room!!]

Bumping this one up!

[55dodger]

Favorites from the disc
1. Hark! The Hearld Angel Sing - Peanuts
2. Wonderful Christmastime - Sir Paul
3. Silver Bells - Supremes

[H2IZCOOL]

I guess I never answered thiis either.

I just want to comment on one song: The Jackson 5 version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Other than the "standard" way of singing this song, I know of only two other forms. One was the Four Seasons version that was adapted to their signature style ('you better not cry-ya-ya-ya-y, baby') and the other was the Jackson 5 version. Definitely contains more R&B/soul than the standard and is quite pleasing on the ear. A couple of weeks ago I was in a restaurant - oddly enough a Chinese restaurant - and they had Christmas music going on their sound system (strange enough in itself.) They played a version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town that used the exact same form as the Jackson 5 version -but it was by someone else. I don't know who, but it was one single man. I thought it interesting in that here was someone covering not the well-worn standard, but a unique arrangement. Kinda cool, actually.

[happygirl]

These are some of my favorites:

Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart-Leann Rimes
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)-U2
Man With the Bag-Lee Ann Womack
Only You Can Bring Me Cheer (Gentleman's Lady)-Alison Krauss
A Wonderful Christmastime-Paul McCartney

I had forgotten about the Kinks "Father Christmas". I have that on an old cassette somewhere.

Heat Miser from The Year Without a Santa Claus-
I assume this is the version directly from the special... Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has a version of this called "Mr. Heatmeiser" that is great!

And, yes, of course Martina's O'Holy Night is the best version there is!