Classic Christmas [Sony 3 CD] (2004)

About this title: Sony's three-disc Classic Christmas set collects 40 Christmas favorites from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, including Frank Sinatra's "Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!," Julie Andrews' "The Secret of Christmas," Tony Bennett's "White Christmas," Mel Tormé's "The Christmas Song," and Gene Autry's "Frosty the Snowman." Other highlights include Burl Ives' "O Little Town of Bethlehem," the Lennon Sisters' "Silent Night," Roy Orbison's "Pretty Paper," and Aretha Franklin's "Winter Wonderland." Though there isn't much rhyme or reason governing the sequencing of the collection's tracks, the mood ... read more

Tracks:

1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! [Cahn/Styne]
2. The Star Carol [Burt/Hutson]
3. Snow [From White Christmas] [Berlin]
4. O Little Town of Bethlehem [Brooks/Redner]
5. O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter) [Capra/Velona]
6. Touch Hands on Christmas Morning [Shuman/Carr]
7. Winter Wonderland [Bernard/Smith]
8. Give Me Your Love for Christmas [Gold/Stohn]
9. A Marshmallow World [Sigman/DeRose]
10. Jingle Bells [Pierpont]
11. You're All I Want for Christmas [Moore/Ellis]
12. Here Comes Santa Claus [Autry/Handleman]
13. The Secret of Christmas [Cahn/VanHeusen]
14. White Christmas [Berlin]
15. We Wish You the Merriest [Brown]
16. Silent Night [Grüber/Mohr]
17. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus [Connor]
18. Christmas Bells [Filler/Schroeder]
19. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays [Allen/Stillman]
20. Baby, It's Cold Outside [Loesser]
21. Must Be Santa [Moore/Fredricks]
22. Three Wise Men, Wise Men Three [Shayne/Regney]
23. What Child Is This? [Dix]
24. The Bell That Couldn't Jingle [Kusik/Bacharach]
25. Mary's Little Boy Child [Hairston]
26. Sleigh Ride [Anderson]
27. The Christmas Song [Torme/Wells]
28. Frosty the Snowman [Nelson/Rollins]
29. Christmas in Carrick [McGrath]
30. Christmas Present [Robin]
31. Shake Hands With Santa Claus [Hilliard/DeLugg]
32. The Jingle Bell Polka [Dickinson]
33. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming [Traditional/Praetor]
34. Pretty Paper [Nelson]
35. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairies [Tchaikovsky]
36. All Around the Christmas Tree [Kaye/Skylar]
37. December Time [Grieve]
38. Do You Hear What I Hear? [Shayne/Regney]
39. We Need a Little Christmas [From Mame] [Herman]
40. Some Children See Him [Hutson/Burt]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.