The Full-Throated Warbler

This sounds like your (very earnest) Aunt Tessie backed by the church choir.

The Discogs listing

01. Jingle Bells (1:38)
02. Silent Night (3:32)
03. Joy to the World (1:33)
04. What Child Is This? (2:33)
05. Jolly Ol' St Nicholas (0:35)
06. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (0:59)
07. Good King Wenceslas (1:06)
08. Angels We Have Heard on High (1:36)
09. Away in a Manger (2:07)
10. The 12 Days of Christmas (4:58)
11. Deck the Halls (1:26)
12. The First Noel (1:43)
13. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (0:45)

I have observed that, for ladies with vibrato, the distance up-and-down in their vibrato grows as the ladies age.  In other words, their voice oscillates more and more above-and-below the note.  

This lead singer was likely great shakes before "warbling vibrato" syndrome set in.  Now, in my opinion, it's cringe-inducing.  What do you think?

Semi-Silent Night

See you on Monday, or see you next year, whichever comes later!

Many thanks for sharing

part of your 2020

with me!

  

Not a Good Sled

But for listening yourself into a thankful Christmastide, A Harp for Christmas is just the ticket!

It's a 1985 cassette.

01. Angels We Have Heard on High (3:35)
02. O Holy Night (4:35)
03. Go Tell It on the Mountain (2:24)
04. Concerto in B♭ (4:23)
05. Silent Night (4:23)
06. O Come All Ye Faithful (3:14)
07. Away in a Manger (4:13)
08. Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee (3:33)
09. Little Drummer Boy (4:03)
10. What Child Is This (4:45)

Have a Harpish Christmas!

See you on New Year's Eve for the last fling of 2020 Spocky Christmas!

  

You Sleigh Me!

01. Jingle Bells (3:50)
02. Little St. Nick (3:44)
03. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (3:36)
04. Frosty the Snowman (3:09)
05. Good King Wenceslas (2:51)
06. The Christmas Song (4:04)
07. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (3:52)
08. Winter Wonderland (3:21)
09. Blue Christmas (2:58)
10. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (2:55)
11. Silver Bells (2:49)

12. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (3:25) 

13. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (3:41)

14. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (4:37)

Swing Those Sleighs!

These are "smooth jazz"-type arrangements, perfect for background music as shoppers run home with their treasures.

Merry Christmas!  The maker of all reached out to show his love for you.  Take him up on his offer!

See you on Monday!

   

Christmas in Cheeseland

This is a 1987 cassette.  Those can't be the Chipmunks ... must be adenoidal elves ...  other vocals, by suspiciously modulated voices, are supposedly cute little kids.

01. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:54)
02. Deck the Halls (2:26)
03. Frosty the Snowman (2:03)
04. Jingle Bells (2:19)
05. Joy to the World (2:11)
06. Gesu Bambino (5:04)
07. The First Noel (2:15)
08. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (2:44)
09. Jingle Bell Rock (2:38)
10. Silent Night (3:31)
11. O Little Town of Bethlehem (3:12)
12. We Three Kings (2:30)
13. Away in a Manger (2:52)
14. Up on the Housetop (1:57)

What do YOU think of the whole slab of gorgonzola?

Feel the Excitement of Christmas!

See you on Thursday, Christmas Eve, for something swingy!

  

Joseph Martin - A Christmas Tapestry

It's OK in a mulling-it-over type of way.

01. In the Bleak Midwinter (5:33)
02. The Holly and the Ivy (2:55)
03. Canon de Noël (5:04)
04. Good Christians All, Rejoice (2:58)
05. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (5:30)
06. Ukrainian Bell Carol (2:13)
07. Away in a Manger (3:27)
08. Joy to the World (3:28)
09. Fantasy on “O Come, Little Children” (4:23)
10. ’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (Huron Carol) (3:53)
11. I Saw Three Ships (2:12)
12. Coventry Carol (4:59)
13. Christmas Memories (2:38)

14. Children, Go Where I Send Thee / Go, Tell It on the Mountain (6:14) 

15. Still, Still, Still (A Christmas Berceuse) (4:05)

Not tempestuous

See you on Monday!

  

A Mantovani Christmas

Only you can decide if it's saccharine or *just right*.

01. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (0:56)
02. Canticle Noël (2:04)
03. Greensleeves (0:29)
04. Jesú, Joy of Man's Desiring (1:08)
05. O Tannenbaum (0:52)
06. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1:23)
07. The Little Drummer Boy (2:39)
08. Panis Angelicus (3:42)
09. The Holly And the Ivy (3:35)
10. Silent Night (4:36)
11. Sleeping Beauty - Waltz (5:07)

Hey Mr Mantovani!

See you on Thursday!

  

The Lord Alps Those ...

This 1991 cassette is titled Christmas in the Alps, so you'll have to indulge my punny attempt at humor in the post's title.

01. Opening - Tyrolean Church Bells & Alphorn Choir (1:09)

02. Am Weinachtsbaum (1:28)

03. Still, Still, Still (2:51)

04. Kommet Ihr Hirten (2:07)

05. Aba Heidschi Bum-Beidschi (3:36)

06. What Child Is This (2:32)

07. O Tannenbaum (4:00)

08. German Lullaby (2:56)

09. Leise Reiselt der Schnee (3:47)

10. Der Weinachts Jodler (3:06)

11. Ihr Kinderlein Kommet-Kling Glöckchen (3:23)

12. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (4:22)

13. Closing - Alphorn Choir & Tyrolean Church Bells (0:50)

Christmas in the Alps

Maybe you'll find the German children's singing especially Yulish. (Is that a word?)

See you Monday!
  

 

A Genuine Houserockin' Christmas -- corrected link

It's a fun and not necessarily decorous salute to the festive side of Christmas.

01. Koko Taylor - Have You Heard the News? (4:44)
02. Carey Bell - Christmas Train (3:37)
03. Michael Burks - Christmas Snow (4:00)
04. Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - Christmas Time (3:39)
05. Shemekia Copeland - Stay a Little Longer, Santa (4:23)
06. The Holmes Brothers - Back Door Santa (3:06)
07. WC Clark - Christmas Party (3:54)
08. CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band - Zydeco Christmas (3:25)
09. Cephas & Wiggins - Christmas Day Blues (3:10)
10. Marcia Ball - Christmas Fais Do Do (3:15)
11. Roomful of Blues - Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues? (3:24)
12. Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women - Really Been Good This Year (3:29)
13. Lonnie Brooks - All I Want for Christmas (4:56)
14. Coco Montoya - A Bluesman's Christmas (4:29)

15. Little Charlie & the Nightcats - It's Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend) (3:14) 

16. Dave Hole - Fattening Up the Turkey (3:42)

Genuine Houserockin’ Christmas

THIS IS THE CORRECTED LINK THANKS TO STEVO!

Be festive, baby!  See you on Thursday!

   

New Hope from DJ's Choice

It's a sort-of "Greatest Bits" version of The Messiah.  Don't ask me about "DJ's Choice," the record label.  Its Discogs listing doesn't say anything about GF Handel.

01. Overture (2:22)
02. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (3:15)
03. And The Glory of the Lord (2:26)
04. And He Shall Purify (2:31)
05. For Unto Us A Child Is Born (3:45)
06. He Shall Feed His Flock (5:19)
07. Lift Up Your Heads (2:57)
08. Hallelujah (3:26)
09. I Know My Redeemer Liveth (5:48)
10. The Trumpet Shall Sound (3:39) 11. Worthy Is The Lamb - Blessing And Honor - Amen (6:02)

New Hope Choir - Handel's Messiah

See you on Monday!