Important Albums

• Y'All Come: Have a Country Christmas (Starday, 1960)
• Christmas Songs By These Famous Country Artists (King, 1962)
• Merry Christmas Country Style (Starday, 1963)
• Y'All Come (Starday, 1964)
• Country Christmas (Hollywood, 1988)
• Christmas Jamboree (Hollywood, 1988)

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Essential Songs

• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem (Stanley Brothers, 1964)
• Christmas Doll (Jim Eanes, 1958)
• Christmas In The Hills (Hylo Brown, 1963)
• Christmas Is Everywhere Except In My Heart (Jimmy Martin, 1980)
• Christmas Reunion (Reno & Smiley 1963)
• Christmas Time Is Near (Stanley Brothers, 1958)
• Christmas Time's A-Coming (Mac Wiseman, circa 1979)
• Droopy Little Christmas Tree (Benny Martin, 1963)
• Empty Christmas Stocking (Lulu Belle & Scotty, 1976)
• Hang Up The Baby's Stocking (Lulu Belle & Scotty, 1976)
• It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Jim Eanes, 1958)
• Old Fashioned Christmas (Jimmy Martin, 1980)
• Santa Claus Is From The South (Benny Martin, 1963)
• To Mother At Christmas (Jimmy Martin, 1980)

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Further Listening

• Light Of The Stable (Emmylou Harris, 1979)
• Christmas With The Louvin Brothers (Louvin Brothers, 1961)
• Hillbilly Holiday (various artists, 1988)

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