Here is my list of Christmas cd’s. It is a good variety, and I enjoy them very much. If you are looking for a new cd for your collection, try one of these:

Josh Groban - Noel – Really, he has one of the most perfect voices around. I enjoy most of the songs (I skip over the duet with Faith Hill though…I am not a Faith fan) even though there are some that unfamiliar to me. This just came out this year, and I am disappointed that it doesn’t have “O Holy Night” on it.

Anne Murray – What a Wonderful Christmas (2 discs) – She has such a pleasant voice and there is a nice variety of fun and hymn-like songs.

George Strait – Fresh Cut Christmas - From Hallmark last year. I bought the three cards…I don’t think that I ever used them, but I definitely got my moneys worth with listening to this cd. The perfect amount of “country” for me.

Holiday Traditions – Christmas Piano - I picked this up at ShopKo a few years ago for just a couple of dollars. It is sooo good. It is so relaxing. It is just the piano, which as I get older, I realize that I could listen to the piano being played all day. I should have kept taking lessons. This disc has the only version of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” that I like.

Johnny Mathis – Christmas Is… - Really, is Christmas really Christmas with out hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Ava Maria” or “Sleighride”? I don’t think so. This is a good cd. It is one that my mom always played when we were growing up so it is one of the first that I put in after Thanksgiving.

Mormon Hymn Classics – Christmas Classics with the London Philharmonic Orchestra - We got this cd for free when we bought our Living Scripture DVD’s, and it is very beautiful and very relaxing.

Bar J Wranglers – Home for Christmas - One of my favorite songs is on this cd. I even used it in my Christmas lesson for Young Women’s last year. The song is “Mary, Did you Know?” and no one does it better than them. It is a fun, upbeat disc.

Kurt Bestor – Happy Holidays - A gift from a childhood friend a couple of years ago and not in my top five but it is a nice, relaxing collection of songs.

Michael Crawford – A Christmas Album - I got this from my mom (he sings for the Phantom of the Opera) and it is good, if you are in the right mood. Some of the songs are kind of hokey though.

Cherie Call – Gifts – She is an LDS artist and she writes a lot of her own songs. This album has a few traditional songs that she does a wonderful job on (“The First Noel,” “Silent Night,” and “I Wonder as I Wander”), but the others are songs that she wrote. A few are kind of strange, but a few are sooo wonderful. I love “Behind the Scenes” a song written from the perspective of Joseph, and “I Just Knew” from the perspective of Mary and “One Star”. She has an amazing voice, and is very talented.

And last but not least a couple of variety discs:

Now That’s What I Call Christmas (2 discs) - Let me tell you this right now: If you buy this collection, throw away disc 2 right away. It is awful, but disc one? Love it. Don’t let anyone touch it but you so that it will last for years.

All Time Christmas Favorites – I got this at ShopKo too, and it has a nice variety of songs including “Silver Bells” and “Do You Hear What I Hear” which you don’t hear a lot.