Season's greetings!
For a lot of folks all over the world, the weeks surrounding the Winter Solstice are the most festive time of the year. Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, New Year's Eve, Hogmanay and, of course, the Solstice itself combine to pack a few short weeks with an amazing array of festivities, celebrations and good, old-fashioned family time. Below, you'll find music, books and movies which we hope will accentuate your season. And, whatever you celebrate, we hope you have a good one!
MUSIC BOOKS MOVIES
MUSIC
Edie Adams
The Edie Adams Christmas Album
Oleta Adams
Christmas Time with Oleta
Christina Aguilera
My Kind of Christmas
Albion Band
A Christmas Present from the Albion Band
Tori Amos
Midwinter Graces
Diane Arkenstone & Misha Segal
Christmas Healing, Vol. 1
Christmas Healing, Vol. 2
Christmas Healing, Vol. 3
The Arrogant Worms
Christmas Turkey
Bridget Ball & Christopher Shaw
Mountain Snow & Mistletoe
Jeff Ball
Songs of Winter
The Baltimore Consort
Bright Day Star
The Barra MacNeils
The Christmas Album
Benny & the Jets Band
Merry X-mas
The Bilge Pumps
A Pirate's Christmas Wish
Blackmore's Night
Winter Carols
The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
Talkin' Christmas
The Boston Camerata
A Renaissance Christmas
Brave Combo
It's Christmas, Man!
Broceliande
Sir Christemas: Songs of the Season
Robin Bullock
A Guitar for Christmas
Robin Bullock, Al Petteway & Amy White
A Midnight Clear
Mariah Carey
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas II You
The Carolliers & George Makredes
Christmas Spirit
Deana Carter
Father Christmas
Ceilidh Friends
The Spirit of Giving
Celtic Woman
A Christmas Celebration
Craig Chaquico
Holiday
Cherokee National Youth Choir
Comfort & Joy
The Chieftains
The Bells of Dublin
Santa Claws & the Naughty but Nice Orchestra
The Green Days of Christmas: The Holiday Tribute to Green Day
Hell's Bells of Christmas: The Holiday Tribute to AC/DC
Mitzie Collins
Nowell, with Glennda Dove & Roxanne Ziegler
White Dulcimer Christmas
Perry Como
Greatest Christmas Songs
Season's Greetings
Johnny Coppin
Keep the Flame
Coyote Run
Tend the Fire
Johnny Cunningham
The Soul of Christmas: A Celtic Music Celebration with Thomas Moore
Jason Paul Curtis
Lovers Holiday
Heather Dale
This Endris Night
Darby O'Gill
Christmas Teaser
Irish Christmas Rollick
Gareth Davies-Jones
Nine Lessons
John Denver & the Muppets
A Christmas Together
Krista Detor
The Silver Wood: Wintersongs
El Grupo Santa Clara
Angelitos Navidenos
Ensemble Galilei
Ancient Noels, with Maggie Sansone
A Winter's Night: Christmas in the Great Hall
Steven B. Eulberg
Hark, the Glad Sound!
'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
Fire in the Glen
Nollaig Shona Dhaoibh (2020)
John Fluker
J is for Joy
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Star Carol
Deborah Friou & Julia Lane
Yuletide Treasure: A British Isles Winter Celebration
Nathan Clark George & Mark Stoffel
A Midwinter's Eve
Golden Bough
Christmas in a Celtic Land
Vince Guaraldi
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Tianna Hall & Chris Cortez
Noel
Helicon
A Winter Solstice with Helicon
Michael Hill
My Blue Christmas
Warren Hill
A Warren Hill Christmas
Hiroshima
Spirit of the Season
Gary Hoey
Ho! Ho! Hoey: The Complete Collection
Mark Holdaway
Christmas Kalimba
Il Divo
The Christmas Collection
Eileen Ivers
An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas
Mahalia Jackson
Christmas with Mahalia
Jethro Tull
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Keltik Elektrik
Edinburgh Hogmanay Party Mix
Seamus Kennedy
Goodwill to Men
Kirkmount
Mittens for Christmas
Kitka
Wintersongs
Bruce Kurnow
Holidays in Harmonicaland
John Langstaff
The Christmas Revels
Christine Lavin & the Mistletones
The Runaway Christmas Tree: Favorite Holiday Songs & Bedtime Stories
Mary-Kate Spring Lee
Carol of the Child (2024)
Ottmar Leibert
Christmas Santa Fe
Annie Lennox
A Christmas Cornucopia
Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum
Winter's Grace
Lorie Line
Sharing the Season: Piano Instrumentals
Sharing the Season, Vol. 2: Piano Instrumentals
Sharing the Season, Vol. 3
Sharing the Season, Vol. 4: The Big Band
Frank London & Lorin Sklamberg
tsuker-zis
Patty Loveless
Bluegrass & White Snow
Iain Mac Harg
A Celtic Christmas
Ashley MacIsaac
A Cape Breton Christmas
Fiona Mackenzie
Duan Nollaig
Manhattan Brass
Manhattan Holiday
Mannheim Steamroller
Christmas
A Fresh Aire Christmas
Jed Marum
Rejoice
Simon Mayor
Winter with Mandolins
Mary McCandless
Mary Christmas
Lydia McCauley
The Moon of Wintertime
Suzanne McDermott
Out Under the Sky
Richie McDonald
If Every Day Could Be Christmas
Steve McDonald & Hollie Smith
Winter in Scotland: a Highland Christmas
Reba McEntire
Merry Christmas to You
Loreena McKennitt
To Drive the Cold Winter Away
A Winter Garden
The McKrells
Merry Christmas
Sarah McLachlan
Wintersong
Don McLean
Christmastime! The Complete Collection
Katie McMahon
Celtic Christmas
El McMeen
The Soul of Christmas Guitar
Jo Morrison
Christmas Gifts: Holiday Music on Celtic Harp
New Christy Minstrels
Christmas with the New Christy Minstrels: Complete!
Cheryl Reid O'Hagan
The Darkest Midnight
Judith Owen
Christmas in July
Robin Petrie
A Victorian Christmas
A Victorian Noel
Al Petteway & Amy White
Winter Tidings
Caroline Peyton
Celtic Christmas Spirit
William Pint & Felicia Dale
When I See Winter Return
Darryl Purpose
The Gift of the Magi & Other Seasonal Stories
Leon Redbone
Christmas Island
The Revels
The Christmas Revels
The Washington Revels: Behold That Star! An American Song Quilt
Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone & Al Petteway
A Scottish Christmas
Riders in the Sky
Christmas the Cowboy Way
Ruben Romero & Robert Notkoff
Christmas in Santa Fe
Phil Rosenthal
A Folk Song Christmas
The Ruffians
Together for Christmas
Sagskara
Apelgra
Tommy Sands
To Shorten the Winter: An Irish Christmas
Maggie Sansone
Ancient Noels, with Ensemble Galilei
Merrily Greet the Time, with Sue Richards
A Scottish Christmas, with Bonnie Rideout & Al Petteway
Sounds of the Season: Traditional Christmas Carols & Dances
SAVAE
La Noche Buena: Christmas Music of Colonial Latin America
Steve Schuch & the Night Heron Consort
A Celtic Celebration, Volume 2
Silver Belles
Silver Belles
Silver, Wood & Ivory
Christmas with Silver, Wood & Ivory
Skaggs Family
A Skaggs Family Christmas, Vol. 1
A Skaggs Family Christmas, Vol. 2
Smithfield Fair
The Winter Kirk
Mindy Smith
My Holiday
Peter Smith Quartet
Yule Like This
The Snow Angels
Holidays in Harmony
Sons of Maxwell
Instant Christmas
The Staple Singers
The 25th Day of December
Sting
If on a Winter's Night
Tamarack
Blankets of Snow
Diane Taraz
Hope! Says the Holly
Tarja
From Spirits & Ghosts: Score for a Dark Christmas
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players
The Carol Album
Andre Thibault
A Tropical Christmas
Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel
Comfort & Joy
Peace on Earth: The Best of Tingstad & Rumbel Christmas
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The Christmas Attic
Christmas Eve & Other Stories
Triakel
Vintervisor (WinterSongs)
Trilogy
Two Thousand Years of Christmas
Ronan Tynan
I'll Be Home for Christmas (My Gift of Christmas Song)
various artists
Amber Christmas
Bah Humbug
Celtic Christmas: A Windham Hill Sampler
Christmas Around the World
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Live
Christmas on the Lam & Other Songs from the Season
Christmas the Mountain Way
Cold Blow These Winter Winds
Comfort & Joy: A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
An East Coast Christmas
A Family Christmas
Holiday Yule Log
Home for Christmas: Voices from the Heartland
It's a Team Mint Xmas, Vol. 2
Jazz Christmas (2021)
The Merriest Christmas Album
Navidad Gozosa: Voces Del Milenio
Norman Rockwell: A Tenor's Christmas
A Northern Christmas
O Christmas Tree: A Bluegrass Collection for the Holidays
A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin'
A Putumayo World Christmas
Sing Christmas & the Turn of the Year
A Taste of Chanukah
A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh
Tidings of Joy: An Eversound Holiday Celebration
Wonderland: A Winter Solstice Celebration
Tim Warfield
Jazzy Christmas
The Washington Revels
Behold That Star! An American Song Quilt
The Watersons
Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy
A Yorkshire Christmas
West of Eden
A Celtic Christmas
Paul Winter
Wintersong
Yellowjackets
Peace Round: A Christmas Celebration
Charlie Zahm
Angels We Have Heard on High & Other Favorite Songs of Christmas
The White Snows of Winter
BOOKS
John Adcox
Raven Wakes the World: A Winter Tale
David Baldacci
The Christmas Train (audiobook)
John Blase
Touching Wonder: Recapturing the Awe of Christmas
Betty Crocker
Betty Crocker's Best Christmas Cookbook
Sandra Jones Cropsey
Tinker's Christmas
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol, as told by Patrick Stewart
Paul Dini
Superman: Peace on Earth, illustrated by Alex Ross
Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn & Rick Remender
The Last Christmas
Wesley Eure
The Red Wings of Christmas
Bob Gale & Phil Winslade
Ant-Man's Big Christmas
Martin Gardner
The Annotated Night Before Christmas
James Finn Garner
Politically Correct Holiday Stories for an Enlightened Yuletide Season
Holly Hardin
Aurora of the Northern Lights
Lucinda Hawksley
Dickens & Christmas
Joan Shaddox Isom
Offerings in the Snow: A Christmas Story
Tom A. Jerman
Santa Claus Worldwide: A History of St. Nicholas & Other Holiday Gift-Bringers
William Joyce
Santa Calls
Eric Kaplan
Does Santa Exist?
Eric Kimmel
Hershel & the Hanukkah Goblins
Andy Lipschultz
How the Grinch Stole Hollywood
Christopher Moore
The Stupidest Angel
Dorothy Morrison
Yule: A Celebration of Light & Warmth
Katherine Paterson
Angels & Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories
Terry Pratchett
Hogfather
Bonnie Rideout
A Scottish Christmas for Fiddle
Barbara Robinson
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Cynthia Rylant
Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season, illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Alan Silberberg
Meet the Latkes
Irene Trivas
Emma's Christmas
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
The Christmas Candle Book
Lewis Trondheim & Thierry Robin
Li'l Santa
Billy Tucci
A Child is Born
Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
Chet Williamson
Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas, illustrated by James Rice
Connie Willis
Miracle & Other Christmas Stories
Susan Wojciechowski
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, illustrated by P.J. Lynch
MOVIES
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
Black Adder's Christmas Carol (1988)
Call Me Claus (2001)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Live (2007)
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
The Christmas Gift (1986)
Christmas Icetastrophe (2014)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
The Christmas List (1997)
A Christmas Memory (1997)
Christmas Present (1999)
Christmas Slay (2015)
The Christmas Wife (1988)
Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)
Elf (2003)
Eloise: Little Miss Christmas (2006)
Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Home Alone (1990)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Klaus (2019)
The March Sisters at Christmas (2012)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miss Lettie & Me (2002)
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
Mr. St. Nick (2002)
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Must Be Santa (1999)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Nativity Story (2007)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
The Nutcracker & the Four Realms (2018)
Once Upon a Christmas (2000)
One Christmas (1994)
One Special Night (1999)
The Polar Express (2004)
Prancer (1989)
Prancer Returns (2001)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
Saint Nick (2010)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
The Santa Clause (1994)
Santa Jr. (2002)
Santa's Slay (2005)
Scrooge (1970)
Scrooged (1988)
A Season for Miracles (1999)
Silent Night (2002)
The Snowman (1982)
Special Delivery (2000)
Star in the Night (1945)
Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
White Christmas (1954)
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