Bing Crosby - Ultimate Christmas

No voice is more tied to the sound of an American Christmas than Bing Crosby's. His recording of "White Christmas" is among the best-selling singles in history, and for generations his relaxed, velvet baritone has been the default soundtrack to the holiday season. Ultimate Christmas gathers the essentials into one place.

The collection runs to twenty-eight tracks across four sides, and it covers the full sweep of Crosby's holiday catalog. Alongside "White Christmas" are "Silver Bells," "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)," "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," while the island swing of "Mele Kalikimaka," a breezy "Sleigh Ride" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" keep things light. Carol medleys and sacred pieces like "Adeste Fideles" and "O Holy Night" bring the hush, and "Let's Start the New Year Right" closes the set on a toast.

If you only own one Bing Crosby Christmas record, this is the one: comprehensive, beautifully sequenced and endlessly replayable.

This Capitol double LP presents the full twenty-eight-track collection across two discs.