Album: White Christmas
Artist: Bing Crosby
Year of release: 1945
Standout tracks: “Silent Night,” “White Christmas,” and “Mele Kalikimaka”
Album: A Jolly Christmas
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Year of release: 1957
Standout tracks: “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear,” “Jingle Bells,” “I'll Be Home For Christmas”
Album: The Christmas Song
Artist: Nat King Cole
Year of release: 1960
Standout tracks: “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You),” “O Come All Ye Faithful,” “A Cradle In Bethlehem”
Album: A Christmas Gift For You
Artists: Darlene Love, The Ronettes, The Crystals, Phil Spector
Year of release: 1963
Standout tracks: “Christmas Baby (Baby Please Come Home),” “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” “The Bells of St. Mary”
Album: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Artist: Vince Guraldi Trio
Year of release: 1965
Standout tracks: “Linus and Lucy,” “Christmas Time Is Here,” “Skating”
Album: Funky Christmas
Artist: James Brown
Year of release: 1966-1970
Standout tracks: “Sweet Little Baby Boy,” “Merry Christmas Baby,” “Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year”
Single: Do They Know It's Christmas?
Artist: Band Aid (Bob Geldof/various artists)
Year of release: 1984
Album: A Very Special Christmas
Artists: U2, Sting, The Pretenders, Run-DMC, Eurythmics, Whitney Houston, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Stevie Nicks
Year of release: 1987
Standout tracks: “Christmas In Hollis,” “Do You Hear What I Hear?” “Gabriel's Message”
Album: Home For Christmas
Artist: Amy Grant
Year of release: 1992
Standout tracks: “Emmanuel, God With Us,” “Breath Of Heaven,” “Joy To The World”
Album: Songs For Christmas
Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Year of release: 2006
Standout tracks: “Angels We Have Heard On High,” “The First Noel,” “Christmas In July”
Album: CeeLo's Magic Moment
Artist: Cee Lo Green
Year of release 2012
Standout tracks: “Mary, Did You Know?” “All I Want For Christmas,” “River”