Flying back home on Thursday, and I want to bring a mixed CD with me that's full of, well, we'll love each other no matter what. I like Robert Earl Keen's Merry Christmas From the Family. What else should I include?
posted by halogen on Dec 21, 2009 - 7 answers

Looking for recommendations for good alternative Christmas music from the last 10-15 years, either original or by way of cover. [more inside]
posted by moviehawk on Dec 14, 2009 - 40 answers

Where can I find more Christmas music in the style of The Bird and The Bee's Carol of The Bells? [more inside]
posted by DMan on Dec 9, 2009 - 2 answers

I used to send out a Christmas CD with holiday songs and clips from Movies and TV shows. It took a month to master and rip the CDs and 100 bucks in postage. What's a way to do this online instead? Is there somewhere I can POST a Christmas CD so people can listen online and download it if they want? [more inside]
posted by rileyray3000 on Dec 7, 2009 - 5 answers

Have you ever been to a Sing-in of Handel's Messiah? [more inside]
posted by cymru_j on Dec 4, 2009 - 24 answers

Pop rock meets little sisters filter: I would like to buy my two teenage sisters tickets to a pop concert for Christmas. Ticketmaster is not being helpful and I can't seem to find anything useful in too-much-info alt-weekly. [more inside]
posted by timpanogos on Dec 2, 2009 - 7 answers

Looking for newer, poppier Christmas/seasonal songs from Ireland and China. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer on Nov 11, 2009 - 5 answers

Some time ago either on MeFi or BoingBoing there was a link to a bunch of songs that I *swear* were Christmas songs played in the wrong key or one half-tone down or something... Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about and where I could find this (again)? [more inside]
posted by mrzer0 on Dec 24, 2008 - 8 answers

A friend has spent over ten years trying to locate a version of the song "The Little Drummer Boy" that he listened to as a child. What he remembers is that it was performed by a young boy (or, possibly, a girl) and that while there may have been other singers on the track, it definitely wasn't a choir version. This ring a bell for anyone?
posted by djaevle on Nov 26, 2008 - 8 answers

Where can I procure a copy of the rendition of Carol of the Bells that Saks Fifth Ave (NYC) has used at their flagship store over the past few years? [more inside]
posted by OTA on Nov 21, 2008 - 2 answers

ChristmasMusicFilter: More music like George Winston's "December" or Al Di Meola's "Winter Nights"? [more inside]
posted by jeffderek on Nov 18, 2008 - 8 answers

Can anyone recommend some good contemporary Christmas compilations? [more inside]
posted by psmealey on Dec 22, 2007 - 18 answers

Church worship leader needs help with a key change transition for a Christmas song! [more inside]
posted by beammeup4 on Dec 15, 2007 - 20 answers

"Emotionally ambivalent" Christmas Songs? [more inside]
posted by Jaybo on Dec 15, 2007 - 40 answers

Help me get a good gift for a young violin player. [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Dec 11, 2007 - 15 answers

I am looking for a specific Christmas album on Capitol Records, called "Christmas in the Phillipines" or "Pasko Sa Pilipinas", which is understandably a very generic title. The record I'm thinking of has the song "Pasko Sa Manila" by the Roque Sisters. [more inside]
posted by 23skidoo on Dec 8, 2007 - 1 answer

I need a recommendation for a good, classic, straightforward Christmas album. [more inside]
posted by Bugbread on Nov 29, 2007 - 26 answers

What's the best Christmas gift I could buy for my young nephew, who has shown an early interest in music? [more inside]
posted by mrkinla on Nov 27, 2007 - 13 answers

I'm looking for some recommendations for good nontraditional Christmas music. [more inside]
posted by joshrholloway on Nov 25, 2007 - 48 answers

My aunt's family has been listening to the same Christmas tape (as in, the same physical tape) repeatedly for about 25 years. The tape was originally made by dubbing from vinyl. I'd like, as a gift, to remaster the whole thing, but I need help identifying all the song versions. [more inside]
posted by dmd on Nov 20, 2007 - 25 answers

I've fallen in love with this rendition of "O Holy Night"[MP3] from last week's episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Now I want a whole Christmas album in that style - either already made or individual songs to make a mix. Any recommendations? I particularly like how the song is still totally recognizable and pleasant, despite having lots of soul to it and cool improvisations. Thanks!
posted by rorycberger on Dec 15, 2006 - 10 answers

"Ring ding ding!" - Christmas song artist/title? [more inside]
posted by ikkyu2 on Dec 8, 2006 - 8 answers

It has come to my attention that my five year-old cousins do not have any Christmas music. Recommendations for fantastic albums, please! [more inside]
posted by Soliloquy on Dec 5, 2006 - 25 answers

Elvis Costello fans, does anyone know the name of the following song? All I can remember (very vaguely) is that it's by Elvis & that the lyrics reference a closet upstairs where it's always Christmas, or something very similar to that.
posted by jonson on Dec 4, 2006 - 6 answers

What are your favorite Christmas tunes? [more inside]
posted by Manjusri on Dec 23, 2005 - 46 answers

Recommend unaccompanied brass quintet recordings of Christmas carols on CD. [more inside]
posted by cribcage on Dec 2, 2005 - 3 answers

Which CD release of Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium is the most highly regarded?
posted by obiwanwasabi on Nov 26, 2005 - 4 answers

Alternative, interesting Xmas songs needed for a performance. Must be playable on guitar with one voice accompaniment. [more inside]
posted by spicynuts on Nov 9, 2005 - 20 answers

Can anyone identify a Christmas song (with real limited information)? [MI] [more inside]
posted by rtimmel on Dec 23, 2004 - 6 answers

LongLostChristmasMusicFilter: I am trying as hard as I can to help a friend track down a specific version of this song. Please help. [MI] [more inside]
posted by quasistoic on Dec 22, 2004 - 4 answers

What are you favorite Christmas Songs? [MI] [more inside]
posted by keep it tight on Nov 20, 2004 - 31 answers

KrimmixPresentFilter: My husband (who does not visit Metafilter) is a musician and I'd like to get him either a lap steel or pedal steel guitar for Christmas. Since it would be rather obvious if I just randomly asked him what brands are good, etc., I thought that maybe some of the MeFiMusicians could help. If you were going to be given a lap or pedal steel, which one would you want?
posted by stefnet on Nov 8, 2004 - 10 answers

What is the origin behind the phrase "Happy Krimble"? It looks like it's an alternate way of saying "Merry Christmas", and the Beatles used it in a recorded message to their fans back in the mid-60's, but I can't find any sort of history behind it.
posted by gnomeloaf on Dec 22, 2003 - 6 answers