Various Artists. This section presents a selected discography of the best and/or most important various artist Christmas albums, organized by album name. Whenever possible, the listings are accompanied by links to the album art; to a place to buy the album (usually Amazon); and to my review of the album. Admittedly, the list skews heavily towards my preference for all things that rock, roll, swing, and twang. But, nothing's perfect - especially me and my crazy list. Please send additions, submissions, corrections, criticisms, and suggestions via email.

Title	Date	image	Buy	Review
Canadian Christmas - companion to O Canada: A Truly Canadian Musical Experience	2004	image	buy
Canadian Christmas 2	2005	image	buy
Canadian Christmas 3 - above three collections released by Universal Music Canada	2006	image	buy
Cashing In On Christmas - hardcore punk from Philadelphia indie label Black Hole; not to be confused with novelty single by Bad News	1998	image	buy
Casey Kasem Presents All Time Christmas Favorites - compiled by the American Top 40 radio personality	2004	image	buy
Celebrate The Season: T.J. Martell Christmas Album - adult contemporary music in service of charitable cause	1998	image	buy
Christmas Album - 20-track Columbia 2-LP set reissued as single CD in 1990; issued in 1987 in 11-track version for same list price	1972	image	buy
Christmas Angels - country-leaning women courtesy Capitol Records	2005	image	buy
Christmas At Luke's House - produced by Two Live Crew's Luther Campbell	1993	image	buy
Christmas At Luke's Sex Shop - explicit alternative to above, completely different track listing	1993	image	buy
Christmas At Mountain Stage - taken from the acoustic-oriented, syndicated radio show	1994	image	buy
Christmas At The Patti - contains just a few Christmas songs	1972	image	buy
Christmas Blues (Nocturne) - excellent 2-CD boxed set from French label Nocturne; companion to Christmas Jazz and Christmas Voices	2005	image	buy
Christmas Blues: The Savoy Jazz Christmas Album - original Japanese LP edition; vintage jazz, pop, and rhythm and blues 1944-1957	1985	image		review
Christmas Blues (Savoy) - CD reissue of above with amended cover	1994	image	buy	review
Christmas Blues (Savoy) - reissue of above with amended cover and liner notes, with expanded track listing	2003	image	buy	review
Christmas Calling - alternative-leaning compilation on Epic Records	2003	image	buy
Christmas Classics (Capitol) - jazz and easy listening	2004	image	buy
Christmas Classics (Rhino) - rock and rhythm & blues	1989	image	buy	review
Christmas Classics From The War Years: Christmas Jump & Jive	2001	image	buy
Christmas Classics From The War Years: I'll Be Home For Christmas - above two "V-disc" recordings from Armed Services radio; companions to Songs That Won The War: Remember Pearl Harbor	2001	image	buy
Christmas Collection - Original Jazz Classics from vaults of Prestige Records 1953-1970	1988	image	buy
Christmas Comedy Classics Vol. 1	1985	image	buy
Christmas Comedy Classics Vol. 2 - above two released through Priority Records	1993	image	buy
Christmas Cookies - mix of contemporary country and Christmas classics; includes tracks by the Mavericks and George Strait	2001	image	buy
Christmas Country - original recordings from contemporary Elektra Records artists	1981	image
Christmas Country Style - Sony 2-CD set sold through mail-order house Heartland Music	1986	image
Christmas Crooners (Green Hill) - Green Hill Records compilation of traditional male vocalists	2001	image	buy
Christmas Crooners (Koch) - Koch Records compilation of traditional male vocalists	2003	image	buy
Christmas For Lovers - vintage and modern jazz tracks from Verve Records	2003	image	buy
Christmas For The 90's Vol. 1	1990	image	buy	review
Christmas For The 90's Vol. 2	1990	image	buy	review
Christmas For The 90's Vol. 3 - above three contemporary country issued by Capitol/EMI; notable mainly for cuts by Lacy J. Dalton and Suzy Bogguss	1995	image	buy	review
Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records - produced by wunderkind Phil Spector in glorious mono; widely considered the greatest rock Christmas album of all time; reissued many times, including as Phil Spector's Christmas Album	1963	image		review
Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - digitally remastered CD reissue through Abkco Records; original cover and title slightly retooled for reissue; also included in the historic Back To Mono boxed set (1991)	1989	image	buy	review
Christmas Gift From Fortuna Pop	2000	image	buy
Christmas Gift From Fortuna Pop, Vol. 2 - above two alternative pop from UK indie label	2002	image	buy
Christmas Gift 'Rap - repackaging of 1968 LP Merry Christmas From Motown	1970	image		review
Christmas Gone Wrong - compilation on California punk label Drive-Thru	1997	image
Christmas Grass	2002	image	buy
Christmas Grass, Vol. 2	2004	image	buy
Christmas Grass, Vol. 3 - above three Koch Records presents 'A Celebration Of Christmas, Bluegrass Style'	2007	image	buy
Christmas Greetings From Nashville (Columbia) - vinyl LP of country from Columbia Records, 1940's through 1980's	1984	image
Christmas Greetings From Nashville (RCA) - vinyl LP drawn from rich country heritage of RCA Victor	1973	help!
Christmas Greetings From Studio One - companion volume to Reggae Christmas From Studio One (1992)	2002	image	buy	review
Christmas Guitars - instrumental collection on Green Linnet Records	1989	image	buy
Christmas Gumbo - original Christmas songs performed New Orleans style	2004	image	buy
Christmas Happening - budget rock/pop compilation from Sony Music Special Products	1994	image	buy
Christmas Hits - 12 solid tracks from the Universal vaults	1990	image	buy
Christmas In Heaven - Christian punk & alternative rock from Flying Tart Records	1996	image	buy
Christmas In New Orleans (LaserLight) - vintage recordings from budget label	1996	image	buy
Christmas In New Orleans (MArdi Gras) - new recordings; artists include Tommy Ridgely	1992	image	buy
Christmas In Soulsville - similar to Stax's It's Christmas Time Again (1982) plus bonus tracks; initially sold exclusively at Best Buy	2007	image	buy	review
Christmas In Stereo: A Holiday Treat From Kindercore Records - companion volume to Kindercore Christmas Two (1999) and Xmas 3: The War on Christmas! (2007)	1996	image	buy
Christmas In The City (Motown) - rare and unreleased Motown Christmas songs	1993	image	buy	review
Christmas In The City (Sony) - modern Latin pop from WTG and CBS Records	1990	image	buy
Christmas In The West - cowboy carols from Warner Western Records	1996	image	buy
Christmas Jamboree - 20 songs, many from the catalog of King Records	1988	image	buy
Christmas Jazz - excellent 2-CD boxed set from French label Nocturne; companion to Christmas Blues and Christmas Voices	2005	image	buy
Christmas Kisses: Christmas Classics From Capitol's Early Years - part of a loosely organized series of vintage lounge music	1990	image	buy	review
Christmas Memories... Are Made Of This - 2-CD 40's, 50's, and 60's pop collection from Virgin Records UK; companion to Memories Are Made Of This series	2004	image	buy
Christmas Message - contemporary gospel and R&B from Lexicon/Polygram	1990	image	buy
Christmas #1's - mixed bag of genuine classics	2007	image	buy
Christmas Of Hope - compilation benefiting City of Hope National Medical Center	1995	image	buy
Christmas On Death Row - from Suge Knight's notorious hip hop label; remastered 2001	1996	image	buy	review
Christmas On The Bandstand - from Columbia/Legacy's Best Of The Big Bands series	1994	image	buy
Christmas On The Range: Cowboy Classics From Capitol Records	1992	image	buy
Christmas On The Rocks - hard-to-find compilation of New Zealand rockers including the Datsuns and D4; not to be confused with similarly-titled Christian compilation	2001	image	buy
Christmas On The Town - 2-CD Time-Life compilation of pop and jazz classics	1996	image
Christmas Party - four-song, 7-inch vinyl EP on Norton Records	1990	image	buy
Christmas Party With Eddie G. - legendary record collector Eddie Gorodetsky opens his treasure chest	1990	image	buy	review
Christmas Past - subtitled 'Seasons Greetings From The Roulette Family Of Labels' including End, Jubilee, Colpix, Dimension, Rama, and Gone	1998	image	buy	review
Christmas Present 1992	1992	image	buy
Christmas Present Vol. 2	1993	image	buy
Christmas Present Vol. 3 - above three released by Atlanta-based rock label Sister Ruby	1995	image	buy
Christmas Present For You From Zero Hour - a nod to Phil Spector from New York-based alternative indie label	1995	image	buy
Christmas Present From Motown, Vol 1	2001	image	buy
Christmas Present From Motown, Vol 2 - above two UK 18-track compilations from Tamla/Motown catalog	2001	image	buy
Christmas Rap - Profile Records compilation later reissued through BMG	1987	image	buy	review
Christmas Record - dance & new wave on Ze Records, recorded 1981-1982; expanded on CD as Ze Xmas Record Reloaded (2004)	1982	image	buy	review
Christmas Regrooved - electronic dance artists transform holiday classics	2004	image	buy
Christmas Remixed: Holiday Classics Re-Grooved	2003	image	buy
Christmas Remixed 2 - turntable jockeys juice up the classics for Six Degrees Records	2005	image	buy
Christmas Rock - Christmas tree-shaped, green vinyl, 4-track EP on Rhino Records	1982	image
Christmas Rock Album - 10-song Priority Records compilation weighted towards classic rock	1986	image
Christmas Rocks (BMG) - budget compilation featuring several hard-to-find tracks	2002	image	buy
Christmas Rocks (Sony) - varied 10-track budget compilation from the Columbia/Epic vaults	1998	image	buy
Christmas Selection - UK 3-CD set comprising Christmas nostalgia, carols, party hits	2003	image	buy
Christmas Songs (Milestone) - classic jazz from Orrin Keepnews' Fantasy-distributed label	1988	image	buy
Christmas Songs (Nettwerk) - predecessor to Nettwork Records' Maybe This Christmas series	2000	image	buy
Christmas Songs By These Famous Country Artists - LP from legendary Cincinatti-based indie label King Records	1962	image
Christmas Soul Special - 60's soul singers sing Christmas standards in a 60's soul style	1982	image	buy	review
Christmas Stars Of The 70's - 60's and 70's British stars sing Christmas songs; reissue of 1994 album Thommy's Christmas Party; produced by German TV personality, Thomas Gottschalk	1999	image	buy
Christmas Time - country stars presented by Decca subsidiary Vocalion Records	1966	help!
Christmas Time again - vintage jazz & pop on UK indie Half Moon	2001	image	buy
Christmas To Remember - alternative compilation on Velvel Records	1998	image	buy
Christmas Tradition Vol. 1	1987	image
Christmas Tradition Vol. 2	1988	image	buy
Christmas Tradition Vol. 3 - above three contemporary country on Warner Brothers; Vol. 1 never issued on CD, Vol. 3 never issued on LP	1993	image	buy
Christmas Voices - excellent 2-CD boxed set from French label Nocturne; companion to Christmas Blues and Christmas Jazz	2006	image	buy
Christmas With The Rat Pack - companion album to Eee-O 11: Best Of The Rat Pack (2001); issued with at least five different covers (see below)	2002	image	buy
Christmas With The Rat Pack - same as above with new cover	2003	image	buy
Christmas With The Rat Pack - same as above with yet another cover	2004	image	buy
Christmas With The Rat Pack - same as above with variation of cover	2006	image	buy
Christmas With The Rat Pack - yet another cover variation	2007	image	buy
Classic Christmas - Sony 3-CD set of traditional pop and easy listening; companion to Today's Christmas (2004)	2004	image	buy
Classic Christmas Hits - all-things-to-all-people collection from Fuel 2000 Records	2004	image	buy
Classic Country Christmas - part of the Time-Life Classic Country series; 20-song version sold in stores, 30-song version sold by Time-Life	2003	image	buy
Classic Rock Christmas - new recordings by classic rock superstars on CMC International	2002	image	buy
Classic Rockin' Christmas - rock & roll Christmas songs compiled by Koch Records	2004	image	buy
Classic Soft Rock Christmas - holiday adjunct to Time-Life series	2007	image	buy
Classic Soul Ballads: Christmas - adjunct to Time-Life series	2006	image	buy
Colors OF Christmas - pop/soul melange from Windham Hill Records	1998	image	buy
Comedy For Christmas - budget collection of novelties with several hard-to-find songs	1998	image	buy
Coming Home For Christmas - mixed bag of pop, rock, and contemporary Christian from RCA	2005	image	buy
Concord Jazz Christmas	1994	image	buy
Concord Jazz Christmas 2 - above two compiled by California-based independent jazz label	1996	image	buy
Contemporary Jazz Christmas - smooth jazz collected from GRP Christmas Collection series; companion to Traditional Jazz Christmas (GRP, 1997)	1997	image	buy	review
Cooking Christmas - gourmet holiday cookbook with star-studded pop CD	1997	image	buy
Cool Christmas - Warner Music UK compilation of largely alternative artists	1993	image	buy
Cool Christmas - Canadian version of above, fewer songs, more Canadian artists	1995	image
Cool Yule (Castle) - UK 20-track collection of vintage jazz, swing, and pop	2003	image	buy
Cool Yule (Optional Art) - power pop compilation from Seattle-based indie label	1996	image	buy
Cool Yule (Rhino) Vol. 1	1986	image		review
Cool Yule (Rhino) Vol. 2 - highlights of above two LP's on Best Of Cool Yule CD (1988)	1988	image		review
Cool Yule: Swinging Sound Of Christmas - oddball pop circa 1960's compiled by UK label Invisible College	2004	image	buy
Coolest Christmas - classic & modern Christmas records from Oglio Records	1994	image	buy	review
Coolest Yule Ever...Yet - solid lounge-leaning UK compilation	2007	image	buy
Count Your Blessings - 1993 live recording of five top Canadian female vocalists	1994	image	buy
Country Christmas (Capitol) - run-of-the-mill catalog from Capitol	2007	image	buy
Country Christmas (Decca) - star-studded effort features Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce, more	1963	image
Country Christmas (Hollywood) - 20-song budget compilation, some from King Records catalog	1988	image
Country Christmas (Monument) - artists include Henson Cargill and Billy Joe Walker	1969	image
Country Christmas (Reader's Digest) - 3-CD set sold through magazine mail-order	1988	image
Country Christmas (Time-Life) - first edition, 2-CD set with 50 tracks	1988	image
Country Christmas (Time-Life) - second edition, 2-CD set with 40 tracks	1997	image
Country Christmas Collection - vintage country from the vaults of Mercury Records	1991	image	buy
Country Christmas Hits (Big Eye) - 20-track collection of 70's & 80's recordings from Big Eye Records	2002	image	buy
Country Christmas Hits (Fuel 2000) - 15-track collection pulled mainly from Capitol/EMI vaults	2004	image	buy
Country Christmas Traditions - variety of modern country artists collected by Koch Records	2004	image	buy
Country Holidays - 16-song sampler from Sony Music spanning 1960's to 1980's	1996	image	buy
Country Superstar Christmas Vol. 1	1997	image	buy
Country Superstar Christmas Vol. 2	1998	image	buy
Country Superstar Christmas Vol. 3	2000	image	buy
Country Superstar Christmas Vol. 4 - above four contemporary country from Universal's Hip-O Records	2001	image	buy
Cowboy Christmas - western-themed 12-song anthology on Scotti Brothers Records	1997	image	buy
Creole Christmas - produced by John Wonderling for Epic/Renegade Records	1990	image	buy
Croon & Swoon: A Classic Christmas Vol. 1	1998	image	buy	review
Croon & Swoon: A Classic Christmas Vol. 2 - above two easy listening compiled by Repeat/Relativity Records	1999	image	buy	review