I recently had a listener ask me for a list of non-traditional Christmas albums, kind of on the cool, sexy, almost offbeat side of the holidays. The first two I would recommend are CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS Vol 1 and 2, part of the Ultra Lounge series from Capitol Records. After that check out these albums:

Christmas With The Rat Pack (Capitol)

Brian Setzer Orchestra Boogie Woogie Christmas (Surfdog)

Lorrie Morgan Merry Christmas Form London (BMG)

Tony Bennett A Swingin' Christmas (Columbia)

Frank Sinatra The Christmas Collection (Capitol)

Tony Bennett The Christmas Album "Snowfall" (Capitol)

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