All-time Favorite Christmas Singer

[Enraged_Ape]

Poll question: All-time Favorite Christmas Singer

Who is it that without hearing their voice, it's just not Christmas?

By "Christmas singer", I also mean someone who has a respectable body of Christmas songs in their discography. Under this criteria, one-hit wonders like the Chipmunks or Elmo & Patsy probably wouldn't count, much as I love them.

[quispquake]

1. James Brown

He has a few EXCELLENT Christmas albums...

[Superfly]

2. John Denver and the Muppets!

C'mon!

[underpants]

3. My Mom used to always play Nat King Cole for the holidays

Wow what an unbelievable voice.

[Cosmic_Latte]

4. Natalie Cole's "Grown Up Christmas List"

always tugs my heart. But oh, I still love the Chipmunks! We play them every Christmas! :-)

[Enraged_Ape]

11. Amy Grant does a very nice version of this as well

That, and her three or four fairly popular Christmas albums, were what led me to put her on this list.

"Grown Up Christmas List" is actually my favorite Christmas song, and more appropriate than ever.

[arwalden]

5. Thanks For Including Karen Carpenter

- Allen

[Garage Queen]

6. You know, as cheezy as the Carpenter's stuff is,

Karen had a fabulous voice. Very pure, very clear, and always right on pitch.

[Enraged_Ape]

8. I wouldn't think of omitting Karen Carpenter

It was hard for me to choose between Perry Como and Karen Carpenter, but she does a version of Bach's "Ave Maria" that will bring just about anyone to tears.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. John Prine.

If you ever get a chance to listen to his Christmas album, it'll change your attitude toward traditional holiday music. I look forward to playing it several times during the Christmas season.

[chiburb]

9. This one:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. The King's College Choir

Just heard them on the radio.

Magnificent Christmas Eve broadcasts every year since 1928.

[ohiosmith]

12. Ray Charles

[Zomby Woof]

13. Gene Autry

My Dad got his "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" album when he was a kid, then I inherited it when I was a kid. Now my older sister has the same one, for her little son.

[beanball]

14. Christmas

"White Christmas" Bing Crosby.