I decided to answer Seth's call and create lens for charity. This lens is meant to give you some ideas for the holidays. Are you looking for a gift for that special someone? On the hunt for new music for this festive time of year? I have some ideas for you.
All the proceeds are going to the American Heart Association.
Songs from the 2006 Holiday Album
Here are the albums where you will find the songs that are on our 2006 Holiday Album
Christmas With the New Christy Minstrels: Complete
"We Need A Little Christmas" is the perfect opener.
Amazon Price: $18.98 (as of 07/26/2008)
Season's Greetings: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection
The Waitresses sing a great song called "Christmas Wrapping".
Amazon Price: $29.98 (as of 07/26/2008)
The Polar Express
I don't think Tom Hanks can sing but I like "Hot Chocolate".
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
Warner Bros. Jazz Christmas Party
"I Bought A Plastic Star For Your Aluminum Tree" is this slow jazzy tune. I like the L.A. view of Christmas.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
2006 Christmas Album - Part II
Django Bells
Listen to the combo "Blue Christmas/Let It Snow". The Django Reinhardt style is really unique. You wouldn't think it would work, but it does.
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Christmas: 16 Biggest Hits
I took Montgomery Gentry's "Merry Christmas From The Family" from this album. I love dysfunctional, slice of life point of view in this song.
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The Christmas Sessions
You need the one over the top pop song. MercyMe provides "Gloria"
Amazon Price: $8.98 (as of 07/26/2008)
A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
You can't go wrong with anything off this album. I chose "The Bells of St. Mary" because you don't hear it as often as the other tracks on this album.
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The Early Years
Michael Card writes "Joseph's Song" from the perspective of JC's "father".
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2006 Christmas Album - Part III
Go Tell It on the Mountain
You gotta have a litte gospel. The Blind Boys of Alabama deliver a great one with "Last Month of the Year".
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What I Really Want for Christmas
Brian Wilson gives his classic BB sound to "He's The Man With All The Toys".
Amazon Price: $18.97 (as of 07/26/2008)
Barenaked for the Holidays
Barenaked Ladies sing "Hanukkah O Hanukkah".
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
Superstar Christmas
Who better to close things out than Bruce and the E Street Band and "Merry Christmas, Baby"
Amazon Price: $9.98 (as of 07/26/2008)
Great Books For Holiday Gifts
The Ghost Map
People are telling me this is one of the best books they have ever read. Steven Johnson is a great writer and in this book London cholera outbreak in 1854.
Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 07/26/2008)
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Michael Lewis does for football in The Blind Side what he did for baseball in "Moneyball".
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)
