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“A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector” has topped Rolling Stone’s list of the 25 greatest Christmas albums of all time.

The list contains some superb selections from many legendary artists, but unusually they seem to have gone for several multi-artist compilations, instead of restricting their choices to original titles. There are also some choices that make you think that the focus was more on creating a diverse list than a definitive list.

The 25 albums selected were:

• A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector – Various artists
• Elvis’ Christmas Album – Elvis Presley
• James Brown’s Funky Christmas – James Brown
• A Charlie Brown Christmas – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• A Motown Christmas – Various artists
• The Best of Louis Armstrong & Friends: The Christmas Collection – Various artists
• The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album – The Beach Boys
• White Christmas – Bing Crosby
• Soul Christmas – Various artists
• Ella Wishes You a Swingin’ Christmas – Ella Fitzgerald
• Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson
• The Ventures’ Christmas Album – The Ventures
• A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra
• A Very Special Christmas – Various artists
• Christmas With Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash
• Carpenters: Christmas Collection – Carpenters
• Christmas on Death Row – Various artists
• A She & Him Christmas – She & Him
• Cee Lo’s Magic Moment – Cee Lo Green
• New Wave Xmas: Just Can’t Get Enough – Various artists
• Christmas in the Heart – Bob Dylan
• Sylvia Stevens presents Songs for Christmas – Sylvia Stevens
• Natty Christmas – Jacob Miller/Ray I
• Christmas Joy in Latvia – Latvian Christmas Cantatas
• A Weezer Christmas – Weezer.