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This index presents a selected discography of the best and/or most important Christmas albums, organized by artist name. (Note there's a separate section for various artists albums.) Whenever possible, the listings are accompanied by links to the album art; to a place to buy the album (usually Amazon); and to my review of the album. Admittedly, the list skews heavily towards my preference for all things that rock, roll, swing, and twang. But, nothing's perfect - especially me and my crazy list. Please send additions, submissions, corrections, criticisms, and suggestions via email.

Artist Title Date Image Buy Review
Dan Band Ho: A Dan Band Christmas 2007 image buy  
Dana, Vic Little Altar Boy & Other Christmas Favorites
- Dolton LP never reissued on CD; reissued as digital album in 2011
1967 image buy  
Daniels, Charlie Christmas Time Down South 1990 image buy  
Daniels, Charlie Merry Christmas To All 2002 image buy  
Daniels, Charlie Joy To The World: A Bluegrass Christmas
- guests include Aaron Tippin and Kathy Mattea; deluxe edition includes DVD, A Twin Pines Christmas
2009 image buy  
Daniels, Charlie Hallelujah, It's Christmas Time Again
- compiled from above two
2012 image buy  
Daniels, Charlie A Christmas Collection
- 3-CD set with all of the above
2016 image buy  
Daniels, Charlie Christmas Classics
- mostly selections from above
2019 image buy  
Daniels, Charlie Christmas Memories
- highlights mostly from "Merry Christmas To All" (2002)
2022 image buy  
Danzberg, Kai Oh, What A Christmas!
- includes three previously released songs
2021 image buy  
Darin, Bobby The 25th Day Of December
- original Atco LP
1960 image buy review
Darin, Bobby The 25th Day Of December
- Atlantic CD reissue of above with two bonus tracks
1991 image buy review
Darin, Bobby Songs For Christmas
- same as CD reissue above with new cover and title
2011 image buy review
Darin, Bobby Christmas With Bobby Darin
- 20-track Delta UK CD combines "25th Day of December" with non-Christmas hits
2011 image buy review
Darin, Bobby The 25th Day Of December
- Real Gone Music CD reissue of 1960 LP with one bonus track; first-time ever on CD in stereo
2013 image buy review
David, Michelle & The Gospel Sessions It's A Soulful Christmas
- singer from North Carolina fronting a band based in the Netherlands
2020 image buy  
Davidson, John My Christmas Favorites 1969 image buy  
Davis, Carlene Christmas Reggae Rock 1992 image buy  
Davis, Danny & The Nashville Brass Christmas With Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
- never reissued on CD, but finally issued for download in 2020
1970 image buy  
Davis, Danny & The Nashville Brass The New Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass Christmas Album
- re-recorded version of above
1996 image buy  
Davis, Jimmie It's Christmas Time Again 1964 image buy  
Davis, Jimmie Going Home For Christmas 1967 image buy  
Davis, Thornetta Remember Love On Christmas Day (EP)
- CD offered only through her website, though title track widely available for download
2009 image buy  
Day, Doris The Doris Day Christmas Album
- original US CD reissue
1964 image buy  
Day, Doris The Doris Day Christmas Album
- UK CD reissue with bonus tracks
1964 image buy  
Day, Doris Personal Christmas Collection
- recorded 1946-1964
1994 image buy  
Day, Doris Complete Christmas Collection
- complete 1964 “Christmas Album” plus many bonus tracks
2008 image buy  
Day, Doris Complete Christmas Collection
- reissue of above with new cover art and one additional track
2012 image buy  
Day, Doris Classic Christmas Album
- from the Sony/BMG vaults; nice but pointless considering...
2012 image buy  
Day, Spencer If Christmas Doesn't Kill Me (EP)
- latter-day jazz crooner
2012 image buy  
dB's & Friends Christmas Time Again
- reissue of 1993 Chris Stamey CD minus a few tracks, plus new recordings
2006 image buy review
dB's & Friends Christmas Time Again!
- similar to above, again minus a few tracks, plus new recordings
2015 image buy review
Deadbeat Poets A Deadbeat Christmas (EP) 2011 image buy  
Deadlies A Very Deadlies Christmas
- Northern California surf rock band
2010 image buy  
Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom A Peace Of Us
- members of Galaxie 500, Luna, and Spacemen 3
2024 image buy  
Dean, Jimmy Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card
- Columbia LP; reissued as digital album in 2014
1965 image buy  
Dean, Jimmy Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card
- CD reissue of above with new cover
1995 image buy  
Dean, Jimmy Christmas Card: The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings
- 1965 LP plus bonus tracks
2015 image buy  
Dean, Jimmy The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings
- digital edition of above with same track listing, different cover art
2017 image buy  
Dearie, Blossom Christmas Spice So Very Nice 1996 image buy  
December People Sounds Like Christmas 2001 image buy  
December People Rattle & Humbug 2010 image buy  
December People December People 3 2012 image buy  
December People A Classic Rock Christmas 2015 image buy  
December People St. Nick's Picks: 10 Hits From The Big Man's List 2017 image buy  
December People Sounds Like Christmas
- reissue of 2001 album with new cover art; purports to have three new songs, which it very much does not...
2021 image buy  
Decker, Jessie James This Christmas (EP) 2015 image buy  
Decker, Jessie James On This Holiday
- "deluxe" digital version has one extra track
2018 image buy  
Decker, Jessie James Decker The Halls (EP) 2023 image buy  
DeFrancesco, Joey Home For The Holidays 2014 image buy  
DeLaria, Lea Be A Santa
- professional comedian, actress, jazz vocalist, and lesbian, though not in that order...
2010 image buy  
Dell-Vikings It's Christmas Time 2000 image buy  
Dennerlein, Barbara Christmas Soul
- available as 10-song LP, 13-song CD, or 14-song digital album
2015 image buy  
Denver, John Rocky Mountain Christmas
- original 12-track 1990 RCA CD reissue; reissued on blue vinyl in 2015, white vinyl in 2016
1975 image buy review
Denver, John Rocky Mountain Christmas
- 1998 RCA reissue adds 5 bonus tracks
1975 image buy review
Denver, John Rocky Mountain Christmas
- 2005 Sony-BMG reissue, 2 bonus tracks, amended cover; also available in DVD edition (2009)
1975 image buy review
Denver, John A Christmas Together
- with the Muppets; 1988 Windstar CD reissue of RCA LP; also reissued as picture disc (2013), standard vinyl (2015), red and white vinyl (2016), red and green vinyl (2019), and green vinyl (2020)
1979 image buy review
Denver, John A Christmas Together
- 1990 budget CD reissue minus 3 songs
1979 image buy review
Denver, John A Christmas Together
- 2006 "collector's edition" with full track listing
1979 image buy review
Denver, John A Christmas Together
- 2012 reissue with full track listing
1979 image buy review
Denver, John Christmas Like A Lullaby
- original Windstar CD issue
1990 image buy review
Denver, John Christmas Like A Lullaby
- 1998 UK reissue, amended cover
1990 image buy review
Denver, John Christmas Like A Lullaby
- 1996 US budget reissue, minus 3 songs
- completely new cover art
1990 image buy review
Denver, John Christmas Like A Lullaby
- 2006 reissue with full track listing
1990 image buy review
Denver, John Christmas In Concert
- recorded in 1996
2001 image buy review
Denver, John Christmas EP Live in Hershey, PA, December 6, 1990
- part of a series of live releases from Windstar
2012 image buy review
Denver, John The Classic Christmas Album
- from the Sony/BMG vaults; collection from his three holiday albums and more
2012 image buy review
Derringers Winter Wonderland
- guitarist Rick Derringer and family; CD sold through his website, digital album sold through Amazon (now deleted)
2005 image buy  
Destiny's Child Eight Days Of Christmas
- reissued with bonus dual-disc in 2005; reissued as budget CD in 2008
2003 image buy  
Detroit, Marcella Happy Holiday
- 4-song EP from Shakespeare's Sister singer
2011 image buy  
Detroit, Marcella Holiday 2012!!
- two-song EP
2012 image buy  
Detroit, Marcella For The Holidays
- full-length album includes all tracks from previous EP's
2013 image buy  
DeVol, Frank The Old Sweet Songs of Christmas
- Columbia LP reissued by Real Gone Music
1960 image buy  
DeWylde, Delilah & The Lost Boys Merry Christmas From Delilah DeWylde & The Lost Boys (EP)
- limited edition 7-inch green vinyl
2012 image buy  
Di meola, Al Winter Nights 1999 image buy  
Diamond Rio The Star Still Shines
- expanded edition released in 2022
2007 image buy  
Diamond, Neil The Christmas Album 1992 image buy  
Diamond, Neil The Christmas Album, Volume 2 1994 image buy  
Diamond, Neil A Cherry Cherry Christmas
- selections from above two plus several new recordings
2009 image buy  
Diamond, Neil Classic Christmas Album
- Sony/Legacy compilation from prior holiday releases
2013 image buy  
Diamond, Neil Acoustic Christmas 2016 image buy  
Diamond, Neil Christmas: The Hymns (EP)
- a particularly pointless digital collection of previously released tracks...
2020 image buy  
Diamond, Neil A Neil Diamond Christmas
- 2-CD/LP collection from all the above
2022 image buy  
Diffie, Joe Mr. Christmas 1995 image buy  
Dillon Fence Christmas (EP)
- 3-track EP with just one Christmas song; also appears on You Sleigh Me!
1991 image buy  
Dino Martinis 50,000,000 Santa Fans Can't Be Wrong! 2000 image buy  
Dion Rock 'n' Roll Christmas
- original 'Born To Run' cover
1993 image buy review
Dion Rock 'n' Roll Christmas
- same cover photo with Christmas background
1999 image buy review
Dion, Celine These Are Special Times
- also available in DVD edition (2009)
1998 image buy  
Dion, Celine These Are Special Times
- collector's edition of above
2007 image buy  
Diplomats of Solid Sound All Wrapped Up In You (EP)
- alt/soul band based in Iowa
2018 image buy  
Dlucks Hood Christmas
- interesting rap tracks interspersed with truly awful ballads; reissued with hilariously inappropriate new cover art in 2016
2009 image buy  
Dobson, Dobby Sweet Christmas 1978 image buy  
Dodson, Miranda It's Merry Christmas Time
- singer/songwriter from Austin, Texas; a "living collection" started as an EP in 2014 and completed as a full album in 2019
2014 image buy  
Doggett, Bill All-Time Christmas Favorites
- 6-song, 10-inch King EP (295-89); considered to be the first-ever R&B Christmas album; all tracks included on Classic Records CD Bill Doggett 1954 (2006)
1954 image buy  
Doggett, Bill 12 Songs Of Christmas
- 12-inch King LP (395-600) including all the contents of above; listed by some sources as "A Bill Doggett Christmas" (1959); four tracks included on Charles Brown's 1978 CD reissue Please Come Home for Christmas
1958 image buy  
Dollyrots The Xmas Songs (EP)
- digital EP compiling several years of holiday singles; deleted after the album below was released
2014 image buy  
Dollyrots A Very Dollyrots Christmas
- compilation of a decade's worth of (almost) annual holiday singles
2020 image buy  
Domino, Fats Christmas Is A Special Day 1993 image buy review
Domino, Fats Christmas Gumbo
- same as above with new cover & title
1999 image buy review
Domino, Fats Christmas Is A Special Day
- same as above with new cover & original title
2006 image buy review
Don Tiki Hot Lava Holiday Songs (EP) 2012 image buy  
Don't Call Me Ishmael 12 Days of Ishmas
- compiles annual Christmas single 2015-2022; originally issued as "Festive Treats" in 2017 and previously updated in 2020
2022 image buy  
Don't Call Me Ishmael The Ghost Of Christmas Past (EP) 2023 image buy  
Dore, Charlie The Man Who Built Christmas (And Other Stories)
- three-song EP from "Pilot Of The Airwave" singer
2021 image buy  
Doucet, Michael Christmas Bayou 1986 image buy  
Douglas, Jerry Jerry Christmas 2009 image buy  
Downing, Will Christmas, Love, And You 2004 image buy  
Dr. Dog Oh My Christmas Tree
- indie rock band from Pennsylvania
2013 image buy  
Drabs Here Comes The Joy (EP) 2015 image buy  
Dramatics A Dramatic Christmas 1997 image buy  
Dread Zeppelin The First No-Elvis
- fan-club EP recorded 1990-1994; released to the general public with new cover in 1995
1994 image buy  
Dread Zeppelin Presents
- originally sold exclusively through band's website; released as CD to the general public in 2005, then as download with amended cover in 2006
2002 image buy  
Drifters A White Christmas With Bill Pinkney & The Original Drifters
- Ripete recordings that have been repackaged and reissued ad nauseum
1989 image buy  
Drifters A Christmas Album
- featuring Ric Sheppard, who joined the group on 1966
1996 image buy  
Drifters O Holy Night: A Drifters Christmas
- Varese Sarabande CD with more Ripete masters, recorded in 2000
2003 image buy  
Drifters Christmas With The Drifters
- Sony budget reissue of widely circulated latter day recordings
2013 image buy  
Dropkick 25th December (EP) 2010 image buy  
DTCV Noel Interdit (EP)
- pronounced Detective; French-American post-punk band from Los Angeles
2014 image buy  
Dualers Get Festive Vol. 1 (EP)
- nine-piece ska/reggae band from London led by brothers Tyber and Si Cranstoun; Si Cranstoun reissued the album under his own name in 2010 with new cover art
2007 image buy  
Dudley, Dave Trucker's Christmas
- German picture-disc LP
1982 image buy  
Dudley, Dave Christmas Truck Stop
- CD reissue of above with new title and cover art
2000 image buy  
Duff, Hilary Santa Claus Lane
- reissued 2003 with extra tracks
2002 image buy  
Dunstedter, Eddie The Bells Of Christmas 1959 image buy  
Dunstedter, Eddie The Bells Of Christmas Chime Again: The Bells Of Christmas, Vol. 2 1963 image buy  
Dunstedter, Eddie Christmas Candy 1965 image buy  
Duover Christmas, Vol. 1 (EP) 2010 image buy  
Duprees Christmas With The Duprees 1998 image buy  
Duprees Duprees Family Christmas
- above two latter-day efforts from vintage white doo wop group
2004 image buy  
Dupri, Jermaine
- with guest artists
Presents 12 Soulful Nights Of Christmas
- reissued with extra track 1998
1996 image buy  
Durham, Judith For Christmas With Love
- lead singer of Australian folk group the Seekers
2002 image buy  
Duvall Oh Holy Night 2004 image buy  
Dyer, Tom Xmas: 30 Years In The Making
- compiled from five previous Green Monkey Records samplers
2014 image buy  
Dyer, Tom Tom & Kat's Excellent Christmas Adventure
- songs created for Green Monkey Records samplers since 2013
2018 image buy  
Dyer, Tom Xmas Songs For Mom 2023 image buy  
Dylan, Bob Christmas In The Heart
- also available in deluxe edition
2009 image buy  

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