Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the familiar Christmas carol "God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen" is the confusion surrounding the punctuation of its title. Is the song, which originated in England in the sixteenth or seventeenth century, properly "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen," "God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen," "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen," or some other permutation? Journalist/music critic Harold Schonberg devoted an entire article to the subject in 1971, tracing the work's history through a myriad of nineteenth-century editions. Citing an 1893 reprint (which itself might have introduced an error) of the earliest known source of the words, a broadsheet in the Roxburghe Collection of the British Museum, Schonberg determined that the original was "God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen" -- a title whose evocations of cheer and fellowship belie the traditionally somber associations of the work's aeolian (natural minor) modality.
~ All Music Guide
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2003 |
| 25 All Time Christmas Favorites |
2000 |
| 25 Christmas Favorites |
2000 |
| 50 Most Loved Christmas Carols |
2005 |
| A Canadian Brass Christmas |
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| A Celebration of Christmas Carols through the Ages |
1993 |
| A Cello Christmas |
1996 |
| A Cello Christmas [Hybrid SACD] |
2005 |
| A Choral Christmas |
2002 |
| A Choral Christmas |
2002 |
| A Christmas Album |
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| A Christmas Album |
2002 |
| A Christmas Carol: Carols & Readings for Christmas |
1998 |
| A Christmas Celebration |
2005 |
| A Christmas Collection |
2006 |
| A Christmas Concert |
2000 |
| A Christmas Delight |
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| A Christmas Fantasy |
1995 |
| A Christmas Fantasy |
2001 |
| A Christmas Festival |
1999 |
| A Christmas Flourish |
1997 |
| A Christmas Gift from Sundown Records |
1986 |
| A Christmas Potpourri |
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| A Christmas Traditional Treasury |
2002 |
| A Christmas Treasure |
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| A Christmas Tribute to Mannheim Steamroller |
2003 |
| A Classic Christmas Guitar |
2003 |
| A Classical Baroque Christmas |
1996 |
| A Classical Christmas |
1993 |
| A Classical Christmas |
1993 |
| A Classical Christmas with Helmut Lotti |
1999 |
| A Classical Guitar Christmas |
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| A Feast of Christmas Carols |
2000 |
| A Feast of Christmas Carols |
2000 |
| A Festival Of Carols In Brass |
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| A Festival of Carols |
1987 |
| A Festival of Christmas |
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| A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols |
1999 |
| A Gift of Sacred Music |
2006 |
| A Glorious Christmas |
1992 |
| A Holiday Tribute to Mannheim Steamroller |
2003 |
| A Majestic Christmas |
2003 |
| A Mantovani Christmas |
1999 |
| A Mantovani Christmas |
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| A Midnight Clear |
1996 |
| A New Century Christmas |
2000 |
| A Reader's Digest Christmas: The Joy of Christmas |
2003 |
| A Royal Christmas (Limited Edition Commemorative Album) |
2002 |
| A Royal Philharmonic Christmas |
1993 |
| A Special Christmas with Helmut Lotti |
2000 |
| A Tapestry of Carols |
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| A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection |
2006 |
| A Traditional Christmas Collection |
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| A Treasury of Christmas Classics |
1996 |
| A Winter Wonderland Christmas |
2002 |
| Adeste Fiddles [B&N Exclusive] |
2008 |
| All Time Christmas Favorites |
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| All Time Christmas Favorites (Box Set) |
1998 |
| American Gramaphone Sampler |
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| An American Christmas |
1988 |
| An American Christmas |
2008 |
| An Old Met Christmas |
1987 |
| An Olde English Christmas |
2007 |
| Ancient Ayres & Carols for Christmas |
2006 |
| André Rieu: Merry Christmas |
2000 |
| Angels of Christmas |
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| Ave Maria: Christmas Favorites |
1993 |
| Away in a Manger |
1995 |
| Away in a Manger: Carols for Orchestra and Chorus |
1997 |
| Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas [Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture] |
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| Be Merry! |
2008 |
| Bells at Christmas |
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| Best Carols 100 |
2007 |
| Best-Loved Christmas Carols |
2000 |
| Big Band Christmas |
2001 |
| Blessed Christmas: A Traditional Christian Christmas |
2004 |
| Brass 2: Favorite Christmas Carols |
1995 |
| Bright Star...Tiny Babe...One Guitar |
2007 |
| Britten: Ceremony of Carols Op28; Anonymous: God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen |
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| Canterbury Carols |
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| Cantorum Christmas! |
1998 |
| Carol Collection |
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| Carolina Brass Christmas |
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| Carols For A Victorian Christmas |
1998 |
| Carols From Canterbury |
1995 |
| Carols at Christmas |
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| Carols at Christmas |
2003 |
| Carols at Christmas |
2003 |
| Carols for Brass |
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| Carols for Christmas, Vols. 1 & 2 |
1985 |
| Carols from King's |
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| Carols from Winchester Cathedral |
2004 |
| Carols from Windsor Castle |
2000 |
| Celebration: Christmas Fanfares & Carols |
1991 |
| Celestial Christmas, Vol.2 |
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| Celestial Harp |
1997 |
| Celtic Christmas |
1999 |
| Celtic Christmas Harp |
1999 |
| Chamber Orchestra Christmas |
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| Children Sing for Children: 25 Christmas Songs |
2002 |
| Choirboy Christmas at Mission San Xavier |
2007 |
| Christmas |
1996 |
| Christmas |
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| Christmas Around the World |
2004 |
| Christmas Bells |
2001 |
| Christmas Bells |
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| Christmas Bells are Swingin' |
2004 |
| Christmas Candlelight |
1999 |
| Christmas Carols |
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| Christmas Carols |
2007 |
| Christmas Carols |
2006 |
| Christmas Carols and Motets |
2008 |
| Christmas Carols by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin |
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| Christmas Carols from East and West |
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| Christmas Carols from St John's |
2003 |
| Christmas Carols from Tewkesbury Abbey |
1994 |
| Christmas Carols from Wells & Salisbury |
2004 |
| Christmas Carols from York Minster |
2000 |
| Christmas Celebration (Box Set) |
2002 |
| Christmas Celebration (Box Set) |
2002 |
| Christmas Cello |
2006 |
| Christmas Chorale |
2002 |
| Christmas Classics |
1991 |
| Christmas Classics |
2001 |
| Christmas Classics |
1994 |
| Christmas Classics |
2008 |
| Christmas Comes Anew |
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| Christmas Dreams |
1989 |
| Christmas Dreams for the Celtic Harp |
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| Christmas Escapes |
2003 |
| Christmas Eve |
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| Christmas Eve |
1997 |
| Christmas Fanfare |
1993 |
| Christmas Favorites |
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| Christmas Favorites |
1999 |
| Christmas Favorites |
2000 |
| Christmas Favourites with Four Horns |
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| Christmas Gala |
2006 |
| Christmas Gifts |
1983 |
| Christmas Goes Baroque |
1991 |
| Christmas Guitar |
2000 |
| Christmas Hymns and Carols |
2000 |
| Christmas Joy, Vol. 2 |
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| Christmas Magic |
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| Christmas Magic (Box Set) |
2002 |
| Christmas Magic (Box Set) |
2002 |
| Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar Carols |
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| Christmas Memories |
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| Christmas Memories [Box Set] |
2008 |
| Christmas Memories, Vol. 1 |
2008 |
| Christmas Moments |
2008 |
| Christmas Presence |
2001 |
| Christmas Songs |
1987 |
| Christmas Star: Carols for the Christmas Season |
1997 |
| Christmas Symphony |
2006 |
| Christmas Treasures |
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| Christmas Treasures |
1999 |
| Christmas Treasures |
1999 |
| Christmas Under Capricorn |
1992 |
| Christmas Under Capricorn |
1992 |
| Christmas Violin |
2008 |
| Christmas Wishes |
2003 |
| Christmas Wishes |
2003 |
| Christmas With the Von Trapp Children |
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| Christmas at Home |
2003 |
| Christmas at St. Thomas New York |
1988 |
| Christmas at Windsor |
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| Christmas with Leontyne Price |
2004 |
| Christmas with Mario Lanza |
1987 |
| Christmas with Perry Como |
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| Christmas with The Pops |
1990 |
| Christmas with the Amabile Boys Choirs |
1994 |
| Christmas with the Giannini Brass |
1997 |
| Christmas with the Mantovani Orchestra |
1998 |
| Christmas with the Mantovani Orchestra |
2002 |
| Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
2002 |
| Christmas with the Norman Luboff Choir |
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| Christmas with the Robert Shaw Chorale |
1994 |
| Christmas with the University of Texas at Austin Trombone Choir |
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| Christmas' Greatest Voices |
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| Christmas: Greatest Voices |
1995 |
| Classic Christmas |
1991 |
| Classic Christmas |
2008 |
| Classic Christmas Carols |
2007 |
| Classic Christmas [DVD Audio] |
2001 |
| Classic Christmas [DualDisc] |
2004 |
| Classical Christmas |
2006 |
| Classics for Christmas |
2003 |
| Coca-Cola Choral Christmas |
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| Coming Home |
2002 |
| Contemporary Piano and Cello Christmas Classics |
1999 |
| Currier & Ives: Christmas Treasures |
1999 |
| Currier & Ives: Spirit of the Season (Box Set) |
2000 |
| Dallas Christmas Gala |
2000 |
| December Night |
2005 |
| Deck the Halls |
2001 |
| Deck the Halls: The Joy of Christmas |
1998 |
| Desember |
2008 |
| Devotional Christmas |
2000 |
| Dream Season: The Christmas Harp |
1997 |
| Dream a Dream |
2000 |
| Emily Mitchell: A Celtic Christmas |
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| Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge |
2005 |
| Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge |
2005 |
| Favourite Carols at Christmas |
1992 |
| Flute & Harp for Christmas |
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| Gabriel's Message: One Thousand years of Carols |
1999 |
| Gifts: The Joys of Harp |
2008 |
| Gloria! An Acoustic Guitar Christmas |
1995 |
| Gloria! Gloria! |
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| Great Orchestral Music of Christmas |
2008 |
| Greatest Christmas Show On Earth |
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| Gruber, Mendelssohn and Gauntlett |
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| Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht; Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High |
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| Hallelujah: 15 Christmas Classics |
2002 |
| Handel: Messiah [Collectible Tin Box] [Includes Postcards] |
2007 |
| Harry Belafonte: To Wish You a Merry Christmas |
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| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
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| Holiday Cheer |
2006 |
| Holiday Favorites (Box Set) |
2002 |
| Holiday Greetings |
1993 |
| Holiday Instrumentals |
2002 |
| Holiday Joy |
2002 |
| Holiday Strings |
2001 |
| Home for Christmas |
2002 |
| Home for the Holidays |
2001 |
| Home for the Holidays |
2002 |
| Home for the Holidays |
2005 |
| Home for the Holidays: Greatest Songs for the Season |
2003 |
| Hymns, Carols and Songs about Snow |
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| In Celebration Of Christmas |
1991 |
| In the Heart of Winter |
1995 |
| In the Mood for Christmas |
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| International Holiday Collection |
2008 |
| Jingle Sax |
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| Jouluna Jumala Syntyi |
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| Joy To The World |
1989 |
| Joy To The World |
2008 |
| Joy of the Season, Vol. 2 |
2000 |
| Joy to the World |
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| Joy to the World |
2000 |
| Joy to the World |
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| Joy to the World |
1999 |
| Joy to the World |
2004 |
| Joy to the World |
2002 |
| Joy to the World [Box Set] |
1992 |
| Joy to the World-Music of Christmas |
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| Joy to the World: Carols from Worcestershire Cathedral |
2003 |
| Joy to the World: Music of Christmas |
2005 |
| Julens ljus (The Light of Christmas) [Hybrid SACD] |
2006 |
| KDFC: A Classical Christmas 2 |
2004 |
| Klassiske Favoritter 2 |
2000 |
| Les Grands Airs de Noël (Christmas' Greatest Songs) |
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| Les plus beaux Noëls |
1999 |
| Liona Boyd: Christmas Dreams |
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| Love Came Down at Christmas |
2005 |
| Luna Crescente (Sacrarmonia) |
2001 |
| Magic of Christmas |
2001 |
| Magnificent Bells, Organs & Chimes |
2003 |
| Mantovani Holiday Instrumentals |
2001 |
| Many Moods of Christmas |
2004 |
| Merry Christmas |
1989 |
| Met Stars at Christmas |
1988 |
| Miracle in Bethlehem |
1997 |
| Mittens for Christmas |
2001 |
| Music For the Christmas Season |
1999 |
| Music for a Christmas Feast: Seasonal Classics for Christmas Dining |
2003 |
| Music of Christmas |
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| Noel |
2002 |
| Norman Rockwell Christmas Memories |
2005 |
| Norman Rockwell: A Merry Little Christmas |
2005 |
| Northern Lights [Music from the Public Television Special] |
2007 |
| Noël Pianissimo |
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| Noël autour da monde |
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| Noël aux instruments |
2008 |
| Noël! |
2001 |
| Noël: 25 Hymns of Christmas |
2005 |
| Noël: Christmas at King's |
1995 |
| Nutcracker Christmas |
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| O Come, All Ye Faithful: Christmas Carols of Many Lands from Across Many Centuries |
2005 |
| O Holy Night |
2002 |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem featuring Little Drummer Boy |
1978 |
| Oasis Disc Manufacturing Radio Sampler, Vol. 9: Classical & Instrumental |
2009 |
| On Christmas Day |
1989 |
| On Christmas Night |
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| One Voice |
2005 |
| Our First Nowell |
1991 |
| Reason To Be Jolly |
2000 |
| Rejoice! - A String Quartet Christmas |
1995 |
| Rejoice! A Treasury of Christmas Carols for Flute and Piano |
2007 |
| Roberto Alagna: The Christmas Album |
2000 |
| Rutter, Meakins, Mendelssohn and others |
1995 |
| Sacred Christmas |
2007 |
| Santa's Helpers (Box Set) |
2000 |
| Save the Children: Christmas Carols and Festive Songs |
1988 |
| Sharing the Holidays: Holiday Dreams |
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| Silent Night |
2003 |
| Silent Night |
2006 |
| Silent Night at Saint Thomas |
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| Simple Gifts |
2005 |
| Simply Christmas |
2003 |
| Simply Christmas [Box Set] |
2008 |
| Simply Christmas, Vol. 2 |
2008 |
| Sing We All Merrily: A Colonial Christmas |
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| Sing We Noël: Choral Music from St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver |
1992 |
| Sing a Song of Christmas: The World's Best Carols |
1998 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace: The Glory of Christmas |
1997 |
| Sleigh Ride!-Classical Christmas Favorites |
1992 |
| Songs for the Season |
2003 |
| Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols |
1994 |
| Songs of Good Cheer! |
2003 |
| Sunday Evening Sleigh Ride |
2007 |
| Superstar Christmas |
2006 |
| Sweet Night |
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| Sweet Songs of Christmas |
2003 |
| Sweet Songs of Christmas |
2007 |
| Swing Ye Noël: Spectacular Big Band Arrangements of Holiday Classics |
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| The #1 Christmas Album |
2001 |
| The Best Carols in the World...Ever! |
1998 |
| The Best of Christmas |
1995 |
| The Best of Christmas |
2002 |
| The Best of Christmas |
2006 |
| The Best of Christmas (Box Set) |
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| The Best of Christmas [Includes Candles] |
2005 |
| The Best of Christmas: 50 Holiday Favorites |
2003 |
| The Brighouse & Rastrick Band Christmas Album |
2000 |
| The Canadian Brass Noël |
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| The Carol Album, Seven Centuries Of Christmas Music |
1990 |
| The Charlotte Church Collection [Box Set] |
2007 |
| The Christmas Album |
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| The Christmas Album |
1998 |
| The Christmas Album |
2000 |
| The Christmas Album |
2006 |
| The Christmas Angels |
2006 |
| The Christmas Collection |
1997 |
| The Christmas Collection [Box Set] |
2007 |
| The Christmas Music Box |
2008 |
| The Christmas Rose |
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| The Christmas Spirit |
1996 |
| The Classical Child's Christmas |
1997 |
| The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 4 |
2001 |
| The Glorious Sound of Christmas |
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| The Heart of Christmas |
2007 |
| The Heart of Christmas |
2007 |
| The Holly and the Ivy |
1991 |
| The Holly and the Ivy |
2006 |
| The Incredible Christmas Album |
2003 |
| The Joy Of Christmas |
1997 |
| The Joy of Christmas |
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| The Joy of Christmas (Box Set) |
2002 |
| The Magic of Christmas |
1994 |
| The Mantovani Orchestra: Gold |
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| The Mighty Tubadours |
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| The Most Beautiful Sounds of Christmas |
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| The Music Of A Victorian Christmas |
1992 |
| The Sounds of Christmas: Christmas Voices |
2008 |
| The Spirit of Christmas |
2002 |
| The Spirit of Christmas, Vol. 1 |
1999 |
| The Stan Kenton Christmas Carols |
2006 |
| The Twelve Days of Christmas |
2006 |
| The Ultimate Christmas Album |
1995 |
| The Ultimate Christmas Album [CD+DVD] |
2008 |
| The Very Best of Christmas |
2006 |
| The Voice of Christmas |
2002 |
| The World Sings: An Empire Brass Christmas |
1996 |
| The World's Favorite Christmas Carols |
1998 |
| The World's Most Beautiful Christmas Music - Angels On High |
1998 |
| This Christmas |
1999 |
| This is Christmas |
1998 |
| Tidings of Joy |
1996 |
| To Drive the Cold Winter Away |
1975 |
| Traditional Christmas Carols |
2006 |
| Traditional Christmas Favourites |
2005 |
| Treasury of Christmas [Box Set] [Collector's Tin] |
2006 |
| Treasury of Christmas [Box Set] [Collector's Tin] |
2006 |
| Trombones Under the Tree |
1993 |
| Turned on Christmas |
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| Unspeakable Joy: The Gift of Christmas |
2003 |
| Victorian Christmas |
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| Victorian Christmas for Brass |
2006 |
| Vienna Boys' Choir Christmas Favorites |
1999 |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
1990 |
| Welcome Yule! |
1986 |
| When God Is A Child |
2008 |
| White Christmas |
1999 |
| White Christmas |
2007 |
| White Christmas & Other Yuletide Favorites |
1998 |
| Winds of the Season |
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| Winter Wonderland |
1998 |
| Winter Wonderland |
2007 |
| You Do Something To Me / Christmas Hymns and Carols |
2004 |
