Perfect Candidates Week Fourteen

Here's a good sign - only two new additions to big list this week! And from a decent selection of albums too...

1. Good King Wenceslas - Mel Tormé
2. You Meet The Nicest People - Dinah Shore

Here are most of the albums I sampled this time out...

12 Saxophone Christmas Classics - Ace Cannon
60's Soul Christmas Party - Mark Baldwin
A Barbershop Christmas
A Caribbean Christmas - Tommy Beaumont
A Christmas Song - Russ Taff
A Drummer Boy's Christmas - Eric Darken
A Noteworthy Christmas
A Tapestry of Carols - Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band
Asi Es Nuestra Navidad - Gilberto Santa Rosa Y El Gran Combo
Christmas... It's a Love Story - Naturally 7
Christmas; Time For Song - Thurlow Spurr And The Spurrlows
Christmas Dreams - Liona Boyd
Christmas Memories = Barbra Streisand
Christmas Party - The Three Suns
Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch - Mitch Miller
Christmas Sing Song - Woody the Woodchuck
Christmas from around the World
Cool Jazz Christmas
Country Jul
December - Chris Botti
Faith of Our Fathers Christmas - John McCormack And Frank Patterson
Following Yonder Star - Scott Williamson
Funky Christmas
Gifts - Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
Greatest Christmas Songs of our Land - Vic Jordan
Guitars at Christmas - Guitars, Inc.
Holiday - Russ Freeman
Holiday For Teens - Paul and Paula
Home For Christmas - The Irish Tenors
In The Swing of Christmas - Brett Wales
Irish Tenors Christmas
It's Christmas Day - CBC TV's Singalong Jubilee Singers
It's Christmas Time In Holland
It's a Wonderful Life: Sax at the Movies for Christmas - Jazz at the Movies Band
Joyeux_Noel - Gisele_MacKenzie
Le Party Des Fêtes - La Famille Dion
Les Fans Chantent Noël - L'école Des Fans
Lil Wally Sings Polish Christmas Carols
Lynn_Anderson-The_Christmas_Album
Merry Christmas - Raymond LeFevre
Merry Christmas From Buck Owens & Susan Raye
Merry Christmas from Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Merry Monster Christmas
Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
Mrs. Santa Claus (OST)
Music And Mistletoe - Howard Lopez
My Christmas Favorites - John Davidson
Noël, parle-moi - Marie-Denise Pelletier
Noel! Noel! Noel! - Michala Petri
Noel - Derri Daugherty, Riki Michelle, Steve Hindalong
O Santa Where Art Thou
Pac-Man Christmas Album
Santa's Bag: An All-Star Jazzy Christmas
Sing Christmas and The Turn of The Year - Alan Lomax Collection
Sing Me Home - Lisa Leuschner
Songs Of Christmas - Alan Lomax Collection
The Season...A Family Christmas Celebration - Fred Penner
The Sounds Of Christmas - The Three Suns
The Three Suns Present Your Christmas Favorites
Tis The Season - Fred Koch
White Christmas - Rosemary Clooney

Perfect Candidates: Week Twelve

So, after the trauma of pulling 27 yracks off the master list here I am adding a bunch more righ back on it.

1. A Song And A Christmas Tree (The Twelve Days Of Christmas) - Andy Williams
2. Caroling Caroling - Lisa Ono
3. Frosty the Snowman/Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Henry Mancini
4. Give Love on Christmas Day - The Temptations
5. Jingle Bell Rock - Anita Kerr Singers
6. Jingle Bells/Sleigh Ride - Henry Mancini
7. Jingle Jangle - The Penguins
8. Let's Trim the Christmas Tree - Line Material
9. Medley: Pine Cones And Holly Berries (with It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas), We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Living Voices
10. Merry Christmas Polka - Freddy Martin w. Merv Griffin
11. O Holy Night - Andy Williams
12. The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - Anita Kerr Singers
13. The Kinds of Christmas - Line Material
14. The Little Drummer Boy - Anita Kerr Singers
15. The Little Drummer Boy - The Living Voices
16. The Sounds Of Christmas - Catherine McKinnon
17. Winter Wonderland - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

27 more down...

I feel such a Grinch. 27 terrific songs cut from the master list. They'll all be back on one of the various supplemental playlists I'll work up once The Perfect is done - but still I feel as if I'm betraying some old friends...

1. 2000 Miles - Pretenders
2. A Five Pound Box of Money - Pearl Bailey
3. A Winter's Tale - Mike Batt & David Essex
4. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
5. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Lionel Hampton
6. Breath of Heaven - Amy Grant
7. Christmas - Rachelle Ferrell
8. Christmas Is The Best Of All - Johnny Tillotson
9. Christmas Love - The Rotary Connection
10. Come On, Ring Those Bells - Evie (Tornquist)
11. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
12. Deck The Halls - Sandler & Young
13. I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You - Margo Guryan
14. I Love The Winter Weather - Tony Bennett
15. It's Clichéd to be Cynical at Xmas - Half Man Half Biscuit
16. Just Like Christmas - Low
17. Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming - Feist
18. Mary, Did You Know - Kathy Mattea
19. Merry Christmas Baby - Otis Redding
20. Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters
21. Merry Merry Christmas Baby -Dodie Stevens
22. Midnight Sleighride - Sauter-Finegan Orch.
23. Ring out solstice bells - Jethro Tull
24. Silent Night - Elvis Presley
25. Sleigh Ride - The Ventures
26. Sleigh Ride - Voices of Walter Schumann
27. What Child Is This - Julie Andrews

Week 12 : Albums

In order to shorten some of these posts I'm going to experiment with using separate entries for each round of candidate's songs and source albums. Here are most of the albums I listened to in order to come up with the newest collection of candidates for TPXMASM...

A Christmas Sampler - Westminster Hi Fi
A Jazz-a-Bye Christmas
A King Family Christmas
A Million Dollars Worth Of Christmas Doo-Wop
A Sesame Street Christmas
Boas Festas - Lisa Ono
Can't Stop Thinking About Christmas - Universal Honey
Christmas Album - Catherine McKinnon
Christmas Dancing - James Last
Christmas Kisses
Christmas Time Is Here - Dianne Reeves
Christmas With Donald And Debbie - Donald O'Connor & Debbie Reyonlds
Christmas With The Don Les Harmonicats
Christmas with Korla Pandit
Doo Wop Christmas
Everything You Want For Christmas - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Gifts Of Comfort & Joy - Medwyn Goodall
Give Love at Christmas - The Temptations
Glade Jul - Sissel Kyrkjebø
Greatest Christmas Songs - Henry Mancini
Happy Holi-dee - Lenny Dee
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Wayne King and His Orchestra
Irish Christmas - Craig Duncan
Joyeaux Noel - Les Djinns Singers
Laughing All The Way - Kitty Stallings
Merry From Lena - Lena Horne
Noel Des Anges - Laurence Jalbert
Pastorale des Noels de France - Le Petits Chanteurs de Chaillot
Pop Idols the Xmas Factor
Süßer Die Glocken Nie Klingen - Vicky Leandros
Snowfall - Jackie Gleason & His Orchestra
Spirit of Christmas - Medwyn Goodall
The Christmas Album - Mighty Blue Kings
The Little Drummer Boy - The Living Voices
The Magic Of Christmas - Giovanni
The Temptations Christmas Card - The Temptations
Too Many Santas! - The Bobs
Underground Oldies Christmas Album
When It Snows - The Blenders
Wonderland of Christmas - Andre Kostelanetz

I should have this week's songs up soon, plus I'll try to pull a few tunes off the master list in a feeble attempt to keep the tally under 200.

Jingle Bells Ring-Off

While Jingle Bells is an undisputed classic I doubt we need more than one version on the Perfect Mix. I've gathered up the current candidates...

1. Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra
2. Jingle Bells - Glenn Miller and His Orch.
3. Jingle Bells - Johnny Cole
4. Jingle Bells - Johnny Mercer
5. Jingle Bells - Sammy Davis, Jr
6. Jingle Bells - The Norman Luboff Choir
7. Jingle Bells/Mele Kalikimaka - Alfred Apaka And The Hawaiian Village Serenaders
8. Jingling Brass - Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
9. Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells - Andy Williams

...and now it's time to pick the best version
(in my humble opinion - your mileage may, and likely will, vary).

The Hawaiian version's long been a favorite but it's just can't cut it against this competition.

Sammy and Frank do great turns but I think they'll do just fine on a supplemental disc - plus both artists are still represented by other songs on the big list.

The Glenn Miller version's straight out of an old radio broadcast and suffers a bit in the audio department - plus the cigarette ad opening's less than ideal.

Johnny Cole's sounds classic on it's own but when placed in direct contrast against the rest it's clear it belongs on a supplemental.

Jingling Brass gets dropped since it's an instrumental version (not that there's anything wrong with that).

Andy Williams' take on Kay Thomson's Jingle Bells makes the cut since the song is enough of a variation that i don't consider it a duplication.

That leaves a pair of brilliant cuts - The Norman Luboff Choir and Johnny Mercer. Both tracks are in heavy rotation at Casa Kringle each holiday and it's hard t choose between the two. But, of the current crop, I'd have to say the Luboff version is so perfectly Christmas that it's starts snowing every time I play it.

So, I managed to drop 7 terrific , but just slightly less than perfect, songs from the master list. Thrilling, ain't it?

For more info on the song that sets the season visit Wikipedia.

karloff3 started a terrific Jingle Bells thread over at the Falalalala forums.

Do you have an absolute favorite vrsion of Jingle Bells I haven't covered yet?

14 down, 140 to go!

Well I've managed to drop 14 tracks (plus another duplicate) to reduce the candidate list down to 161. A mere 140 or so more than I need. No problem. Sure I'm likely to add a whole bunch more in the upcoming months but hey, how tough could it be?

The current over/under for supplemental volumes is 14 (including themed volumes I've been populating but not chronicling here on the blog (yet).

I guess it's time to have a couple of song showdowns - there's no point in carrying 10 variations on Jingle Bells or 4 Deck the Halls. Watch for them in the next few days.

Here are the 14 songs I reluctantly sent to the supplementals.

Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea
Driving Home For Christmas - Michael Ball
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Joyce
It's Clichéd to be Cynical at Xmas - Half Man Half Biscuit
Jingle Bells - Diana Krall
Let It Snow - Ray Brown Trio
Little Drummer Boy - Al Caiola and Riz Ortolani
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Three Suns
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Arthur Lyman
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) - Elvis Presley
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Bruce Springsteen
Twinkle Twinkle Little Me - Stevie Wonder
Vive le vent - Ginette Reno

Updated Master List - April 8

Holy Reindeer Droppings! I've let the list get a wee bit out of control. Nearly 200 songs! I guess I've got some serious pruning ahead of me.

Update: I found a few duplicates and dropped the total down to 176 -but still...176! And I've got more candidates waiting in the wings!

Updated Master List (April 8, 2008)

1. (There's No Place Like) Home For the Holidays - Perry Como
2. 2000 Miles - Pretenders
3. A Christmas Toast - Bing Crosby
4. A Five Pound Box of Money - Pearl Bailey
5. A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
6. A Marshmallow World - Johnny Mathis
7. A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's - The Andrew Sisters with Danny Kaye
8. A Time To Be Jolly - Bing Crosby
9. A Very Merry Christmas - Cliff Edwards
10. A Winter's Tale - Mike Batt & David Essex
11. All I Want for Christmas (is my Two Front Teeth) - Nat King Cole
12. And The Bells Rang - Bing Crosby
13. And The Bells Rang - The Modernaires
14. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr.
15. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Dean Martin
16. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
17. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Lionel Hampton
18. Breath of Heaven - Amy Grant
19. Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
20. Buon Natale - Al Caiola and Riz Ortolani
21. Caroling, Caroling - Nat King Cole
22. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
23. Christmas - Rachelle Ferrell
24. Christmas Can't Be Far Away - Burl Ives
25. Christmas Carols - Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music
26. Christmas Chimes - Andre Kostelanetz
27. Christmas Chopsticks--Bobby Vinton
28. Christmas Chopsticks - Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
29. Christmas Collage - Kathy Mattea
30. Christmas Is - Lou Rawls
31. Christmas Is - Percy Faith
32. Christmas Is The Best Of All - Johnny Tillotson
33. Christmas Love - The Rotary Connection
34. Christmas Rush - Vincent Lopez
35. Christmas Time All Over The World - Sammy Davis, Jr
36. Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) - Vince Guaraldi Trio
37. Christmas in Killarney - Bing Crosby
38. Come On, Ring Those Bells - Evie (Tornquist)
39. Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong
40. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
41. Deck The Halls - Sandler & Young
42. Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly/Wassail Song - Hugo Winterhalter
43. Deck the Halls - Nat King Cole
44. Deck the Halls - The Glad Singers
45. Ding Dong! Merrily on High - The King's Singers
46. Do You Hear What I Hear - Bing Crosby
47. Do You Hear What I Hear - The Gamble Folk
48. Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea
49. Driving Home For Christmas - Michael Ball
50. Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
51. First Snowfall Medley - The Carpenters
52. Frosty The Snowman - Jimmy Durante
53. Gee Whiz, It's Christmas - Carla Thomas
54. Gloria (Angels We Have Heard on High) - The Glad Singers
55. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Ray Conniff
56. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - The Glad Singers
57. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - The Mike Sammes Singers
58. Happy New Year - The Glad Singers
59. Happy Sleigh Ride - Ferrante And Teicher
60. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Julie Andrews
61. Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Andre Kostelanetz
62. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Joyce
63. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
64. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Elvis Presley
65. Here Comes Santa Claus - The Mills Brothers
66. Here We Come A-Caroling - Ray Conniff Singers
67. Holiday For Bells - Bert Kaempfert
68. Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
69. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Doris Day
70. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Joao Bosco
71. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Frank Sinatra
72. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Dean Martin
73. I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You - Claudine Longet
74. I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You - Margo Guryan
75. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Burl Ives
76. I Love The Winter Weather - Tony Bennett
77. I Saw Three Ships - Nat King Cole
78. I Wouldn't Trade Christmas - The Sinatra Family
79. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby
80. It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas - Perry Cuomo
81. It's Clichéd to be Cynical at Xmas - Half Man Half Biscuit
82. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams
83. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Johnny Mathis
84. It Happened In Sun Valley - The Original Glenn Miller Singers
85. Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling - Wayne King and His Orchestra
86. Jing Jing A Ling - Honey And The Bees
87. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
88. Jingle Bells - Diana Krall
89. Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra
90. Jingle Bells - Glenn Miller and His Orch.
91. Jingle Bells - Johnny Cole
92. Jingle Bells - Johnny Mercer
93. Jingle Bells - Sammy Davis, Jr
94. Jingle Bells - The Norman Luboff Choir
95. Jingle Bells/Mele Kalikimaka - Alfred Apaka And The Hawaiian Village Serenaders
96. Jingling Brass - Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
97. Just Like Christmas - Low
98. Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells - Andy Williams
99. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Andre Kostelanetz
100. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Dean Martin
101. Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Randy Van Horne Singers
102. Let It Snow - Ray Brown Trio
103. Little Drummer Boy - Al Caiola and Riz Ortolani
104. Little Drummer Boy-Peace On Earth -Bing Crosby & David Bowie
105. Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming - Feist
106. Mary, Did You Know - Kathy Mattea
107. Medley: a. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, b. Deck the Halls, c. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing - Henry Mancini
108. Merry Christmas Baby - Otis Redding
109. Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters
110. Merry Merry Christmas Baby -Dodie Stevens
111. Midnight Sleighride - Sauter-Finegan Orch.
112. Mistletoe & Holly - Jack Jones
113. Mistletoe And Holly - Frank Sinatra
114. My Favorite Things - Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass
115. O' Bambino - Harry Simeone Chorale
116. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Domenico Savino And His Orchestra
117. Oh Come, All ye Faithful - Elvis Presley
118. Oiche Chiún (Silent Night) - Enya
119. Pretty Snowflakes - Patti Page
120. Ring out solstice bells - Jethro Tull
121. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
122. Round and Round The Christmas Tree - Bing Crosby
123. Rudolf, The Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo - Billy May
124. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Tex Beneke, Ray Eberle And The Modernaires
125. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Three Suns
126. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
127. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Arthur Lyman
128. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
129. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) - Elvis Presley
130. Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Elvis Presley
131. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Bruce Springsteen
132. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Peppermint Kandy Kids
133. Schlittenfahrt Zum Weihnachtma - James Last
134. Silent Night - Elvis Presley
135. Silent Night - The Norman Luboff Choir
136. Skating - Vince Guaraldi Trio
137. Sleigh Ride - Al Cailoa & Riz Ortolani
138. Sleigh Ride - Arthur Fiedler
139. Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald
140. Sleigh Ride - The Ventures
141. Sleigh Ride - Voices of Walter Schumann
142. Snow - Claudine Longet
143. Snowfall - Enoch Light
144. Song of the Sleigh Bells - June Hutton
145. The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - Burt Bacharach
146. The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
147. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
148. The Christmas Waltz - Frank Sinatra
149. The Christmas Waltz - Peggy Lee
150. The First Noel - Domenico Savino And His Orchestra
151. The Holly And The Ivy - The Norman Luboff Choir
152. The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
153. The Little Drummer Boy - Henry Mancini
154. The Man with the Bag - Kay Starr
155. The Merriest - June Christy
156. The Secret of Christmas - Julie Andrews
157. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Andrews Sisters w/ Bing Crosby
158. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Mantovani
159. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Ray Conniff & Singers
160. Twas The Night Before Christmas - Fred Waring
161. Twas The Night Before Christmas - Jo Stafford
162. Twinkle Twinkle Little Me - Stevie Wonder
163. Vive le vent - Ginette Reno
164. Wassail Song O Christmas Tree I Saw Three Ships - Arthur Fiedler & the Boston
165. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Kingston Trio
166. We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Jingle Bells/Where Did My Snowman Go - Gunter Kallmann Choir
167. We Wish You The Merriest - The Original Glenn Miller Singers
168. Welcome Christmas - The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
169. What Child Is This - Julie Andrews
170. What Child is This - Vince Guaraldi Trio
171. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
172. Winter Weather - Jo Stafford
173. Winter Wonderland - Bing Crosby
174. Winter Wonderland - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
175. Winter Wonderland - The Three Suns

Perfect Candidates Week Eleven

I know, I know! I've already got waaay too many songs to choose from and I haven't even included nine out of your own personal (and flawless) top ten. How can I keep adding candidates?

This week's newcomers...

1. And The Bells Rang - The Original Glenn Miller Singers
2. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr.
3. Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
4. Buon Natale - Al Caiola and Riz Ortolani
5. Christmas - Rachelle Ferrell
6. Christmas Can't Be Far Away - Burl Ives
7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - The Mike Sammes Singers With Organ And Chimes
8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Joyce
9. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Joao Bosco
10. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Burl Ives
11. It Happened In Sun Valley - The Original Glenn Miller Singers
12. Jingle Bells - Johnny Mercer
13. Jingle Bells - The Norman Luboff Choir
14. Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Randy Van Horne Singers
15. Little Drummer Boy - Al Caiola and Riz Ortolani
16. O' Bambino - Harry Simeone Chorale
17. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
18. Silent Night - The Norman Luboff Choir
19. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Mantovani
20. We Wish You The Merriest - The Original Glenn Miller Singers
21. Winter Weather - Jo Stafford

Great, didn't I just struggle over getting rid of a couple of "Jingle Bells" and here I am adding two more. And couldn't I have at least made up my mind between the two "Buon Natale's"? Apparently not.

Quitw a few terrific albums this week - I really enjoyed revisiting some of these.

A Celtic Celebration - The Night Heron Consort
A Christmas Carol - David Austin
A Christmas Carol- Jordan Rudess
A Gift Of Song - Mason Williams
A Goodfellas Christmas
A Johnny Mathis Christmas
A Personal Christmas Collection - Robert Goulet
A Romantic Christmas - Richard Clayderman
A Smooth Jazz Christmas - Dave Koz & Friends
A Very Nostalgic Christmas
Beyond The Season - Garth Brooks
Christmas Carol - James Galway
Christmas In The Stars - Star Wars Christmas Album
Christmas Serenade in the Glenn Miller Style - The Original Glenn Miller Singers
Christmas Sky - Jordan Rudess
Christmas Songs - Mel Torme
Christmas Songs - Wayne Newton
Christmas Time Down South - Charlie Daniels
Christmas Variations - Rick Wakeman
Christmas With Patti Page
Christmas With The Platters
Christmas With the Norman Luboff Choir
Christmastime - David Benoit
December - Kenny Loggins
Enchanted Christmas - Anna Maria Mendieta
Ghosts of Christmas Past
Go Tell it on the Mountain - Blind Boys of Alabama
Hallmark presents Christmas With Tony Bennett
Happy Holidays-I Love The Winter Weather - Jo Stafford
Happy Holidays - The Lemon 5
Have A Merry Little Christmas -Al Hirt
Have Yourself A Souful Little Christmas - Kenny Burrell
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
Heavenly Christmas
Holiday Pops - Boston Pops Orchestra
Holly & Ivy - Natalie Cole
Home for the Holidays - Schooner Fare
Iceland - All About Eve
It Feels Like Christmas - Lettermen
Its A Cool Cool Christmas
Joy - Avalon
Mambo Christmas
Mantovani's Christmas Favorites
Merry Christmas - Brenda Lee
Merry Christmas - Joe Scruggs
My Christmas Dream - Sonny James
Original Big Band Christmas
Personal Christmas Collection - Doris Day
Poets & Angels - Ottmar Liebert
Remembering Christmas - Danny Wright
Sharing the Season, Vol. 4 - Lorie Line & Her Pop Chamber Orchestra
Snow the Get Easy Christmas Collection
Songs Of The Season - Peter White
Sound of Christmas - Al Caiola and Riz Ortolani
The Christmas Album - David Foster
The Christmas Song - Lawrence Welk
The Christmas Song - Roger Whittaker
The Greatest Hits Of Christmas - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The Presence of Christmas
The Spirit of Christmas
The Star Carol - Tennessee Ernie Ford
UltraLounge - Christmas Cocktails 1-3
Vintervisor / WinterSongs - Triakel
What A Wonderful Christmas - Anne Murray
White Christmas - The Mike Sammes Singers With Organ And Chimes
Winter Magic - Hilary Stagg
Winter Wishes
Winter in Scotland, a Highland Christmas - Steve McDonald & Hollie Smith
Wurlitzer Christmas Carousel - Tom Meijer

Coming up in the next couple of weeks - another poll, another week's worth of candidates and the updated master list (with some new trims hopefully).