Songs with Christmas and winter themes, performed by popular singers of the 1930s-1950s, backed by a big band or orchestra, sometimes with chorus.

Recorded 1931-1959.

Compact discs.

Booklet contains list of song titles with performers and date of recording.

CD 1. White Christmas / Berlin (Bing Crosby ; with The Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and his orchestra) -- Christmas dreaming (a little early this year) / Lee, Gordon (Frank Sinatra ; with Axel Stordahl and his orchestra) -- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas / Wilson (Perry Como ; with The Fontane Sisters and Mitchell Ayres and his orchestra) -- Christmas song (Merry Christmas to you) / Tormé, Wells (Nat King Cole ; with his trio and string orchestra) -- I've got my love keep me warm / Berlin (Dean Martin ; with Gus Levene and his orchestra) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Martin, Blane (Judy Garland ; with Georgie Stoll and his orchestra) -- You're all I want for Christmas / Ellis, Moore (Eddie Fisher ; with Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra) -- Mary's boy child / Hairston (Harry Belafonte ; with Will Lorin and his orchestra) -- Cool Yule / Allen, Kornfeld (Louis Armstrong ; with The Commanders) -- Merry Christmas / Merrin, Richards (Anne Shelton ; with Roy Robertson and his orchestra) -- Deck the halls / traditional, arr. Miller (Mitch Miller and the Gang) -- Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! / Styne, Cahn (Dean Martin ; with Gus Levene and his orchestra) -- Merry Christmas polka / Burke, Webster (The Andrews Sisters ; with Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians) -- Here comes Santa Claus / Autry (Doris Day ; with George Siravo and his orchestra) -- Marshmallow world / De Rose, Sigman (Vic Damone ; with orchestra accompaniment) -- Christmas and you / Faith, Way, Kehner (Dave King ; with orchestral accompaniment) -- O come all ye faithful (Adeste fideles) / traditional (Frank Sinatra ; with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra) -- Ring those Christmas bells / Fisher, Levine (Peggy Lee ; with Victor Young and his orchestra) -- Santo Natale / Nardone, Manning, Hoffman (David Whitfield ; with Stanley Black and his orchestra) -- Ave Maria / Bach, Gounod (Mario Lanza ; with orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola).

CD 2. Little boy that Santa Claus forgot / Connor, Leach, Carr (Nat King Cole ; with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra) -- Winter wonderland / Benjamin, Weiss (Perry Como ; with Russ Case and his orchestra) -- What child is this? / traditional, Dix, arr. Starrett (Johnny Mathis ; with Percy Faith and his orchestra) -- This time of year / Otis, Benton (Brook Benton) -- Silent night / Gruber, Mohr (Frank Sinatra ; with chorus and Axel Stordahl and his orchestra) -- I'll be home for Christmas (if only in my dreams) / Kent, Ram, Gannon (Bing Crosby ; with John Scott Trotter and his orchestra) -- O Christmas tree / traditional (Mario Lanza ; with Henri René and his orchestra) -- Little Christmas tree / Rooney (Nat King Cole ; with Pete Rugolo and his orchestra) -- Ole Santa / Otis (Dinah Shore ; with Belford Hendricks and his orchestra) -- Mary had a baby, yes, Lord / traditional (Paul Robeson ; with Lawrence Brown, piano) -- Christmas blues / Holt, Cahn (Dean Martin ; with Dick Stabile and his orchestra) -- Christmas in New Orleans / Sherman, Van Winkle (Louis Armstrong ; with his orchestra) -- Winter weather / Shapiro (Peggy Lee ; with Art Lund, Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- Snow / Berlin (Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, and Trudy Erwin ; with orchestra conducted by Joseph J. Lilley) -- That's what Christmas means to me / Winterhalter (Eddie Fisher ; with Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra) -- Song of the sleigh bells / Steininger (June Hutton ; with orchestral accompaniment) -- Christmas Eve in fairyland / Parry, Charles (Gracie Fields ; with Peter Yorke and his orchestra) -- Christmas can't be very far away / Bryant (Eddie Arnold) -- (It's gonna be) A lonely Christmas / Harwood (The Orioles) -- Blue Christmas / Hayes, Johnson (Billy Eckstine ; with Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra).

CD 3. Santa baby / Javits, Springer, Springer (Eartha Kitt ; with Henri René and his orchestra) -- Rockin' around the Christmas tree / Marks (Brenda Lee) -- Santa Claus got stuck in my chimney / Hardy, Moore (Ella Fitzgerald ; with Bill Doggett and his orchestra) -- Christmas Island / Moraine (The Andrews Sisters ; with Guy Lombardo and his orchestra) -- Twas the night before Christmas / Charles, Moore (Perry Como ; with Mitchell Ayres and his orchestra) -- We three kings of Orient are / traditional (Mario Lanza ; with The Jeff Alexander Choir, and orchestra conducted by Constantine Collinicos) -- Little donkey / Boswell (The Beverly Sisters) -- Frosty the snowman / Rollins, Nelson (Nat King Cole ; with Pete Rugolo and his orchestra) -- Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer / Marks (Bing Crosby ; with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, and John Scott Trotter and his orchestra) -- Where did my snowman go? / Venis, Poser (Petula Clark ; with chorus of children from Dr. Barnardo's Homes) -- All I want for Christmas (is my two front teeth) / Gardner (Spike Jones ; with his City Slickers) -- Christmas alphabet / Kaye, Loman (Dickie Valentine ; with Johnny Douglas and his orchestra) -- Santa Claus is coming to town / [Coots, Gillespie] (Frank Sinatra ; with Axel Stordahl and his orchestra) -- Christmas roses / Hawley (Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford ; with Paul Weston and his orchestra) -- Christmas bells at eventide / Pola, Steininger (Gracie Fields ; with The New Mayfair Dance orchestra -- Birthday of a King / Neidlinger (Judy Garland ; with Victor Young and his orchestra) -- It's Christmas time again / Burke, Elliott, Harwood (Peggy Lee ; with Victor Young and his orchestra) -- One for the little bitty baby (Go where I send thee) / Seeger, Hays, Gilbert (The Weavers ; with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra) -- Christmas Day / Allen (Eddie Fisher ; with Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra) -- Suzy Snowflake / Tepper, Bennett (Rosemary Clooney ; with orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola).

CD 4. We wish you a merry Christmas / traditional (The Weavers ; with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra) -- Coventry carol / traditional, Croo (Elisabeth Schumann ; with Herbert Dawson, organ) -- Hark! the herald angels sing / traditional, Mendelssohn (Frank Sinatra ; with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra) -- Cantique de Noël / Adam, De Roquemaure (Georges Thill ; with chorus and orchestra conducted by Armand Bernard) -- Star of the East / Kennedy, Cooper (Judy Garland ; with Victor Young and his orchestra) -- On a Christmas day / traditional, arr. Ledbetter (Lonnie Donegan ; with Chris Barber and his jazz band) -- O holy night = Cantique de Noël / Adam (Mario Lanza ; with chorus and orchestra conducted by Constantine Callinicos) -- God rest ye merry gentleman / traditional (Bing Crosby ; with The Max Terr mixed chorus and John Scott Trotter and his orchestra) -- Away in a manger / Luther, Kirkpatrick (Anne Shelton ; with The Geoffrey Mitchell Choice and Felton Rapley on organ) -- Jingle bells / Pierpoint (Glenn Miller ; with his orchestra) -- Twelve days of Christmas / traditional (Perry Como ; with Mitchell Ayres and his chorus and orchestra) -- O little town of Bethlehem / Brooks, Rodner (Dick Haymes ; with The Song Spinners and Jesse Crawford on organ) -- It came upon a midnight clear / traditional (Frank Sinatra ; with chorus and Axel Stordahl and his orchestra) -- There's a train out for dreamland / Kress, Helder (Nat King Cole ; with his trio, with Frank DeVol and his orchestra) -- Hello Mr. Kringle / Franklin (Kay Kyser ; with his orchestra) -- Petit Papa Noël / Martinet, Vincy (Tino Rossi ; with Raymond Legrand and his orchestra) -- Christmas swing / Reinhardt, Grappelli (Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli ; with The Quintette of the Hot Club of France) -- St. Nicholas waltz / Carson (Lita Roza ; with Johnny Douglas and his orchestra) -- Sleigh ride / Anderson (Boston Pops Orchestra, conducted by Leroy Anderson) -- Santa Claus Express / Silver, Sherman, Lewis (BBC Dance Orchestra, conducted by Henry Hall).

CD 5. Zat you, Santa Claus / Fox (Louis Armstrong ; with The Commanders) -- Shake hands with Santa Claus / Hilliard, DeLugg (Louis Prima) -- Jingle bell rock / Boothe, Beal (Bobby Helms ; with orchestral accompaniment) -- Boogie woogie Santa Claus / Ren (Mabel Scott ; with Maxwell Davis and his orchestra) -- Mistletoe kiss polka / Popplewell, Carr (Margaret Whiting ; with Paul Weston and his orchestra) -- Mrs. Santa Claus / Fulton, Steele, Whalen (Nat King Cole ; with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra) -- I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus / Connor (The Beverly Sisters ; with orchestral accompaniment) -- Fairy on the Christmas tree / Davis, Hunter (BBC Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall) -- First nowell / traditional (Dick Haymes ; with The Song Spinners and Victor Young and his orchestra) -- Christmas waltz / Styne, Cahn (Frank Sinatra ; with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra) -- Cradle song / Brahms (Glenn Miller ; with his orchestra, with Ray Eberle) -- Christmas night in Harlem / Scott, Parrish (Jack Teagarden with Johnny Mercer ; with Paul Whiteman and his orchestra) -- Joy to the world / Handel, Watts (Perrry Como ; with Mitchell Ayres and his orchestra) -- Happy New Year / Jenkins (Judy Garland ; with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra) -- Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas song) / Anderson (Bing Crosby ; with The Andrews Sisters and Vic Schoen and his orchestra) -- I'm sending a letter to Santa Claus / Williams, Rogers (Vera Lynn ; with orchestral accompaniment) -- Star of Bethlehem / Adams, Weatherly (Richard Crooks ; with Herbert Dawson, organ and orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli) -- C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S / Arnold, Carson (Eddy Arnold) -- Virgin's slumber song = Maria Wiegenlied / Reger, Teschemacher (Mario Lanza ; with The Jeff Alexander Choir & Orchestra, conducted by Constantine Callinicos) -- Christmas in Killarney / Redmond, Weldon, Cavanaugh (The Four Ramblers ; with The Nat Templers).

Sung chiefly in English; 1 track in Latin, 2 tracks in French; 2 tracks purely instrumental.