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For the past month, I've been on a major Christmas music buying binge. It certainly wasn't something I planned from the start. In early November, I just ordered two of Percy Faith's Christmas albums from Amazon, and figured I would stop there. But over the ensuing days and weeks, I just kept on buying more and more Christmas CDs, mostly from Amazon and a few from another site called ArkivMusic. There's still a lot more than I'm interested in, but I think I will hold off for a couple weeks or so. And I'll probably resume again come Christmas time next year!

In the meantime, here's a list of all the CDs I purchased in the past month. I prefer my Christmas music to be performed by orchestras and/or choruses, and also the classic pop vocalists of the 40s, 50s and 60s. So this list is populated by CDs in that style.

- Percy Faith and His Orchestra -- Music of Christmas
- Percy Faith and His Orchestra -- Christmas Is...
- Mantovani -- Christmas Carols
- Various Artists -- Christmas Celebration
- The Voices of Walter Schumann -- The Voices of Christmas
- The Hollyridge Strings -- Christmas Favorites
- David Rose -- The David Rose Christmas Album
- Ed Ames -- Christmas with Ed Ames/Christmas Is the Warmest Time of the Year
- The Beach Boys -- The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
- Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra -- Pops Christmas Party
- Johnny Mathis -- Merry Christmas
- Andy Williams -- The Andy Williams Christmas Album
- Nat King Cole -- The Christmas Song
- The Ray Conniff Singers -- Christmas with Conniff
- The Ray Conniff Singers -- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Vince Guaraldi Trio -- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Frank Sinatra -- A Jolly Christmas
- Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus -- A Merry Mancini Christmas
- Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Roger Wagner Chorale -- The Story of Christmas
- Carmen Dragon and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra -- The Music of Christmas
- Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra -- Wonderland of Christmas
- The Robert Shaw Chorale -- Christmas with the Robert Shaw Chorale (Christmas Hymns and Carols, Volume 1/Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols - Rejoice in the Lamb - Festival Te Deum/Christmas Hymns and Carols, Volume 2)
- Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra -- White Christmas
- Leroy Anderson -- A Leroy Anderson Christmas
- Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra with the Temple University Concert Choir -- The Glorious Sound of Christmas
- The Harry Simeone Chorale -- The Little Drummer Boy