Christmas Through the Years vinyl box set 5 buy records, original color inner sleeves, songs from 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s, Como, Crosby, more

"Christmas Through the Years" exudes holiday delight -- from its beautifully preserved packaging to its clean-playing music. This is holiday history, progressing through midcentury decades when yule tunes attracted record buyers by the millions. Everything is merry and bright throughout this amazing box-set experience!

The red outer slipcase holds a sturdy inner case, which lists the songs on each disc. Inside are 5 records in their original inner sleeves, extending the festive vibe with shiny photos of colorful tree ornaments (with inner plastic linings to protect the vinyl).

A large buy printed booklet of Reader's Digest Music Program Notes details the songs and the varied acts included -- singers, bands, even comedians.

Radio stars are here -- Bing Crosby, Kate Smith, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Stan Freberg. Early TV favorites, too -- Perry Como, Lawrence Welk, Spike Jones, Ed Ames. And record chart toppers -- Harry Belafonte, Eddie Fisher, Bobby Helms.

Note that we also offer a SEALED copy!

[Photos are from a previous sale. But our newest copies might look even better.]

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► Christmas Through the Years - 1984
Box set of 5 vinyl LP records
(Reader's Digest/RCA RDA-143/A)

----Christmas Favorites Forever----
–Boston Pops Orchestra - Sleigh Ride
–Perry Como - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
–Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy
–Kate Smith - Christmas Eve in My Home Town
–Perry Como - Silver Bells
–Bing Crosby - Silent Night
–Perry Como - (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
–Freddy Martin Orchestra - White Christmas
–Vaughn Monroe - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
–Perry Como - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
–Ames Brothers - Jolly Old St. Nicholas
–Bing Crosby - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

----Christmas In The '50s----
–Harry Belafonte - Mary's Little Boy Child
–Harry Simeone Chorale - Carol of Bells
–Lawrence Welk's Champagne Music - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
–Dennis Day - Christmas in Killarney
–Bing Crosby - A Family Christmas
–Guy Lombardo - Frosty the Snow Man
–Bing Crosby - A Marshmallow World
–Eddie Fisher - Here Comes Santa Claus
–Perry Como - It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
–Spike Jones' City Slickers - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
–Bobby Helms - Jingle-Bell Rock
–Stan Freberg - Nuttin' for Christmas

----Christmas In The '60s, '70s And '80s----
–The Lettermen - O Holy Night
–Perry Como - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever
–Kate Smith - Medley: Deck the Halls/Joy to the World/It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
–Ed Ames - Away in a Manger
–Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear?

----Christmas In The '40s----
–Bing Crosby - Adeste Fideles
–Dick Haymes - O Little Town of Bethlehem
–Russ Morgan - Blue Christmas
–Perry Como - Winter Wonderland
–Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
–Bing Crosby - I'll Be Home for Christmas
–Dick Haymes - Christmas Dreaming
–Glenn Miller Orchestra - Jingle Bells
–Spike Jones - (All I Want For Christmas Is) My Two Front Teeth
–Freddy Martin Orchestra - The Merry Christmas Polka
–Yogi Yorgesson - I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas

----Beloved Carols----
The John McCarthy Choir:
-Here We Come A-Caroling (The Wassail Song)
-What Child Is This
-Angels From the Realms of Glory
-O Christmas Tree
-I Saw Three Ships
-The Holly and The Ivy
-O Sanctissima
-We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Chorus:
-Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
-We Three Kings of Orient Are
-The Twelve Days of Christmas
-God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
-Angels We Have Heard on High

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All of our vintage vinyl finds are expertly wet-cleaned, and returned to their jackets inside new inner sleeves. (If records were found with custom inner sleeves, we include those.) They are spot-played to ensure no overall listening problems. Due to the nature of pre-loved vinyl, a few occasional pops/clicks may remain from previous years of service. We strive to find these vintage artifacts in the best condition, but at the lowest prices, to provide affordable fine listening. With proper care, these records should provide many more decades of enjoyment!