These tracks have been collected solely for edutainment purposes, in the interest of the public good. And what benefits the public more than a properly celebrated Christmas?

Below are details about the original recordings. In the metadata of each file is a link to the archive.org page for that recording. There is also, obviously, a link here.

Doye O'Dell, 'Ole Tex Kringle', Intro, 1951
Keith Mansfield, '5 Times Merrier / No Rest for Merry Gentlemen', KPM Music, 1966
Harry Noble, 'Here It Is Christmas', International, 1946
Virginie Morgan, 'Noël sans Vous', Ducretet Thomson, 1955
Vicki Sunday, Alan Hayes, and the Cappa Barra Boys, 'I'm Gonna Do My Christmas Shopping Early', Cadillac, 1952
Charlie Dobson, 'How Many Days Till Christmas', Top Tune, 1950
Harry Belafonte, 'A Star in the East', Christmastime in Carol and Song, RCA, 1968
Anita Ellis and the Balladeers, 'Christmas Is a Feeling in Your Heart', Beverly, 1952
The DeCastro Sisters, 'Snowbound for Christmas', Abbott, 1956
Mark Warnow and Dick Todd, 'All Around the Xmas Tree', Sonora, 1945
Glenn Davis, 'Christmas Island', Organ Rhythms, 1947
The Rhythm Kings, 'Merry Christmas, One and All', Apollo, 1950

Cover image source: https://archive.org/details/rms-caronia-postcard

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