Lists Yule Love: The Best Christmas Albums

By WYDaily Staff Friday, December 16, 2011

There is no better way to get in the Christmas spirit than by choosing some classic tunes to get you through the busyness of the season, not to mention the traffic. Here are our favorite Christmas albums - remember when they were called albums? If your choices are different, join the conversation and leave your favorites in the comments section.

1. Bing Crosby, "White Christmas" - Bing is the man! A beautiful baritone, all the jazz cats respected him, and he was the original King of All Media, a radio/movie/records god.

2. Harry Connick, Jr., "Harry for the Holidays" - "Frosty the Snowman" is swingin'!

3. The Gypsy Hombres, "Django Bells" - Christmas tunes in the style of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France.

4. Harry Simeone Chorale, "The Little Drummer Boy" - An all-time classic Christmas concept album. The Sgt. Pepper of Christmas records!

5. Dylan Thomas reads "A Child's Christmas in Wales" - Twenty minutes of the great Welsh poet reading his ode to Christmas. A great lsiten late on Christmas Eve.

6. Wynton Marsalis, "Christmas Jazz Jam" - Swing it, baby!

7. Elvis - all the Christmas songs, yes, every last one. Because he's the king.