Bear Family Records®' latest edition in the ' Seasons' CD-series

Christmas with plenty of swing, jazz, rhythm & blues and light-footed pop lets you enjoy the holidays with a certain ease!

Nostalgic Christmas with 29 Lindy Hop-Jitterbug-Boogie-Jive and Easy Listening rarities from three decades, 1936 - 1965

Including the title song Here Comes Santa Claus by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.

Rarities by Molly Bee, The Dispoto Sisters and Peggy Lee - never before on CD!

Johnny Desmond's Marshmellow World next to New Year's Goosebumps classic Auld Lang Syne in the jazzy version by Roy Kral and Jackie Cain, and famous classics by Andy Williams and The Mills Brothers!

Besides the Andrews Sisters, there are other great female voices: the stunning Mahalia Jackson, the Lennon Sisters or Peggy Lee with her smoky lascivious voice

Last but not least, the Jingle Bell Rock is included in a cool swinging version!

What we started with our compilation 'Heading For The Christmas Ball' (BCD 17611) in 2020, we would like to continue: to provide the festival of love with more exuberance, even though some songs are nostalgic and dreamy and you might even feel transported back to your own childhood. This Christmas disc invites you to the Christmas ball, to dance, to swing, to contemplation and exuberance among family members, friends, peers and guests. Rare recordings, which cannot be found on any Christmas collection, are in focus here. Once again we can present a number of songs that have never been available on CD before. For example, a novelty number by Dancer, Prancer & Nervous, The Singing Reindeer or I Like A Sleighride by Peggy Lee. Great female voices by Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Mahalia Jackson, The Fontane Sisters and others can be heard. R&B and blues are on your ears from Floyd Dixon, Nat 'King' Cole and Sugar Chile Robinson, and Christmas classics from famous greats like Andy Williams, The Mills Brothers and Bobby Darin.

Also available on LP: ASIN ‏ : ‎ B099THPDN2.

1-CD with 24-page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.

TRACK LIST

1 Here Comes Santa Claus
2 Santa Claus' Party
3 It's A Marshmellow World
4 Nuttin' For Christmas
5 Willy Claus (Little Son Of Santa Claus)
6 The Happy Reindeer
7 Christmas Auld Lang Syne
8 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
9 Mistletoe And Holly
10 I'm Ready To Reform
11 Five Pound Box Of Money
12 Jingle Bells
13 Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
14 I Want You For Christmas
15 Christmas Swing
16 Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
17 Empty Stocking Blues
18 The Christmas Song
19 I Like A Sleighride (Jingle Bells)
20 Willy Claus
21 The Sound Of Christmas
22 The Nutcracker Suite
23 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
24 Mrs. Santa Claus
25 Sleigh Ride
26 You Don't Have To Be A Santa Claus
27 Jingle Bell Rock
28 Silent Night, Holy Night
29 Auld Lang Syne