Artists & Albums: D
This index presents a selected discography of the best and/or most important Christmas albums, organized by artist name. (Note there's a separate section for various artists albums.) Whenever possible, the listings are accompanied by links to the album art; to a place to buy the album (usually Amazon); and to my review of the album. Admittedly, the list skews heavily towards my preference for all things that rock, roll, swing, and twang. But, nothing's perfect - especially me and my crazy list. Please send additions, submissions, corrections, criticisms, and suggestions via email.
| Artist | Title | Date | Image | Buy | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Band | Ho: A Dan Band Christmas | 2007 | image | buy | |
| Dana, Vic | Little Altar Boy & Other Christmas Favorites - Dolton LP never reissued on CD; reissued as MP3 download in 2011 |
1967 | image | buy | |
| Daniels, Charlie | Christmas Time Down South | 1990 | image | buy | |
| Daniels, Charlie | Merry Christmas To All | 2002 | image | buy | |
| Daniels, Charlie | Joy To The World: A Bluegrass Christmas - guests include Aaron Tippin and Kathy Mattea; deluxe edition includes DVD, A Twin Pines Christmas |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Daniels, Charlie | Hallelujah, It's Christmas Time Again - compiled from above two |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Daniels, Charlie | A Christmas Collection - 3-CD set with all of the above |
2016 | image | buy | |
| Daniels, Charlie | Christmas Classics - mostly selections from above |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Daniels, Charlie | Christmas Memories - highlights mostly from "Merry Christmas To All" (2002) |
2022 | image | buy | |
| Danzberg, Kai | Oh, What A Christmas! - includes three previously released songs |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Darin, Bobby | The 25th Day Of December - original Atco LP |
1960 | image | buy | review |
| Darin, Bobby | The 25th Day Of December - Atlantic CD reissue of above with two bonus tracks |
1991 | image | buy | review |
| Darin, Bobby | Songs For Christmas - same as CD reissue above with new cover and title |
2011 | image | buy | review |
| Darin, Bobby | Christmas With Bobby Darin - 20-track Delta UK CD combines "25th Day of December" with non-Christmas hits |
2011 | image | buy | review |
| Darin, Bobby | The 25th Day Of December - Real Gone Music CD reissue of 1960 LP with one bonus track; first-time ever on CD in stereo |
2013 | image | buy | review |
| David, Michelle & The Gospel Sessions | It's A Soulful Christmas - singer from North Carolina fronting a band based in the Netherlands |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Davidson, John | My Christmas Favorites | 1969 | image | buy | |
| Davis, Carlene | Christmas Reggae Rock | 1992 | image | buy | |
| Davis, Danny & The Nashville Brass | Christmas With Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass - never reissued on CD, but finally issued for download in 2020 |
1970 | image | buy | |
| Davis, Danny & The Nashville Brass | The New Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass Christmas Album - re-recorded version of above |
1996 | image | buy | |
| Davis, Jimmie | It's Christmas Time Again | 1964 | image | buy | |
| Davis, Jimmie | Going Home For Christmas | 1967 | image | buy | |
| Davis, Thornetta | Remember Love On Christmas Day (EP) - CD offered only through her website, though title track widely available for download |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Day, Doris | The Doris Day Christmas Album - original US CD reissue |
1964 | image | buy | |
| Day, Doris | The Doris Day Christmas Album - UK CD reissue with bonus tracks |
1964 | image | buy | |
| Day, Doris | Personal Christmas Collection - recorded 1946-1964 |
1994 | image | buy | |
| Day, Doris | Complete Christmas Collection - complete 1964 “Christmas Album” plus many bonus tracks |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Day, Doris | Complete Christmas Collection - reissue of above with new cover art and one additional track |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Day, Doris | Classic Christmas Album - from the Sony/BMG vaults; nice but pointless considering... |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Day, Spencer | If Christmas Doesn't Kill Me (EP) - latter-day jazz crooner |
2012 | image | buy | |
| dB's & Friends | Christmas Time Again - reissue of 1993 Chris Stamey CD minus a few tracks, plus new recordings |
2006 | image | buy | review |
| dB's & Friends | Christmas Time Again! - similar to above, again minus a few tracks, plus new recordings |
2015 | image | buy | review |
| Deadbeat Poets | A Deadbeat Christmas (EP) | 2011 | image | buy | |
| Deadlies | A Very Deadlies Christmas - Northern California surf rock band |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Dean, Jimmy | Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card - Columbia LP; reissued as MP3 download in 2014 |
1965 | image | buy | |
| Dean, Jimmy | Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card - CD reissue of above with new cover |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Dean, Jimmy | Christmas Card: The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings - 1965 LP plus bonus tracks |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Dean, Jimmy | The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings - MP3 download with same track listing, different cover art as above |
2017 | image | buy | |
| Dearie, Blossom | Christmas Spice So Very Nice | 1996 | image | buy | |
| December People | Sounds Like Christmas | 2001 | image | buy | |
| December People | Rattle & Humbug | 2010 | image | buy | |
| December People | December People 3 | 2012 | image | buy | |
| December People | A Classic Rock Christmas | 2015 | image | buy | |
| December People | St. Nick's Picks: 10 Hits From The Big Man's List | 2017 | image | buy | |
| December People | Sounds Like Christmas - reissue of 2001 album with new cover art; purports to have three new songs, which it very much does not... |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Decker, Jessie James | This Christmas (EP) | 2015 | image | buy | |
| Decker, Jessie James | On This Holiday - "deluxe" digital version has one extra track |
2018 | image | buy | |
| Decker, Jessie James | Decker The Halls (EP) | 2023 | image | buy | |
| DeFrancesco, Joey | Home For The Holidays | 2014 | image | buy | |
| DeLaria, Lea | Be A Santa - professional comedian, actress, jazz vocalist, and lesbian, though not in that order... |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Dell-Vikings | It's Christmas Time | 2000 | image | buy | |
| Dennerlein, Barbara | Christmas Soul - available as 10-song LP, 13-song CD, or 14-song MP3 |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Denver, John | Rocky Mountain Christmas - original 12-track 1990 RCA CD reissue; reissued on blue vinyl in 2015, white vinyl in 2016 |
1975 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | Rocky Mountain Christmas - 1998 RCA reissue adds 5 bonus tracks |
1975 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | Rocky Mountain Christmas - 2005 Sony-BMG reissue, 2 bonus tracks, amended cover; also available in DVD edition (2009) |
1975 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | A Christmas Together - with the Muppets; 1988 Windstar CD reissue of RCA LP; also reissued as picture disc (2013), standard vinyl (2015), red and white vinyl (2016), red and green vinyl (2019), and green vinyl (2020) |
1979 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | A Christmas Together - 1990 budget CD reissue minus 3 songs |
1979 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | A Christmas Together - 2006 "collector's edition" with full track listing |
1979 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | A Christmas Together - 2012 reissue with full track listing |
1979 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | Christmas Like A Lullaby - original Windstar CD issue |
1990 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | Christmas Like A Lullaby - 1998 UK reissue, amended cover |
1990 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | Christmas Like A Lullaby - 1996 US budget reissue, minus 3 songs - completely new cover art |
1990 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | Christmas Like A Lullaby - 2006 reissue with full track listing |
1990 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | Christmas In Concert - recorded in 1996 |
2001 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | Christmas EP Live in Hershey, PA, December 6, 1990 - part of a series of live releases from Windstar |
2012 | image | buy | review |
| Denver, John | The Classic Christmas Album - from the Sony/BMG vaults; collection from his three holiday albums and more |
2012 | image | buy | review |
| Derringers | Winter Wonderland - guitarist Rick Derringer and family; CD sold through his website, MP3 sold through Amazon |
2005 | image | buy | |
| Destiny's Child | Eight Days Of Christmas - reissued with bonus dual-disc in 2005; reissued as budget CD in 2008 |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Detroit, Marcella | Happy Holiday - 4-song EP from Shakespeare's Sister singer |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Detroit, Marcella | Holiday 2012!! - two-song EP |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Detroit, Marcella | For The Holidays - full-length album includes all tracks from previous EP's |
2013 | image | buy | |
| DeVol, Frank | The Old Sweet Songs of Christmas - Columbia LP reissued by Real Gone Music |
1960 | image | buy | |
| DeWylde, Delilah & The Lost Boys | Merry Christmas From Delilah DeWylde & The Lost Boys (EP) - limited edition 7-inch green vinyl |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Di meola, Al | Winter Nights | 1999 | image | buy | |
| Diamond Rio | The Star Still Shines - expanded edition released in 2022 |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Diamond, Neil | The Christmas Album | 1992 | image | buy | |
| Diamond, Neil | The Christmas Album, Volume 2 | 1994 | image | buy | |
| Diamond, Neil | A Cherry Cherry Christmas - selections from above two plus several new recordings |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Diamond, Neil | Classic Christmas Album - Sony/Legacy compilation from prior holiday releases |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Diamond, Neil | Acoustic Christmas | 2016 | image | buy | |
| Diamond, Neil | Christmas: The Hymns (EP) - a particularly pointless digital collection of previously released tracks... |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Diamond, Neil | A Neil Diamond Christmas - 2-CD/LP collection from all the above |
2022 | image | buy | |
| Diffie, Joe | Mr. Christmas | 1995 | image | buy | |
| Dillon Fence | Christmas (EP) - 3-track EP with just one Christmas song; also appears on You Sleigh Me! |
1991 | image | buy | |
| Dino Martinis | 50,000,000 Santa Fans Can't Be Wrong! | 2000 | image | buy | |
| Dion | Rock 'n' Roll Christmas - original 'Born To Run' cover |
1993 | image | buy | review |
| Dion | Rock 'n' Roll Christmas - same cover photo with Christmas background |
1999 | image | buy | review |
| Dion, Celine | These Are Special Times - also available in DVD edition (2009) |
1998 | image | buy | |
| Dion, Celine | These Are Special Times - collector's edition of above |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Diplomats of Solid Sound | All Wrapped Up In You (EP) - alt/soul band based in Iowa |
2018 | image | buy | |
| Dlucks | Hood Christmas - interesting rap tracks interspersed with truly awful ballads; reissued with hilariously inappropriate new cover art in 2016 |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Dobson, Dobby | Sweet Christmas | 1978 | image | buy | |
| Dodson, Miranda | It's Merry Christmas Time - singer/songwriter from Austin, Texas; a "living collection" started as an EP in 2014 and completed as a full album in 2019 |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Doggett, Bill | All-Time Christmas Favorites - 6-song, 10-inch King EP (295-89); considered to be the first-ever R&B Christmas album; all tracks included on Classic Records CD Bill Doggett 1954 (2006) |
1954 | image | buy | |
| Doggett, Bill | 12 Songs Of Christmas - 12-inch King LP (395-600) including all the contents of above; listed by some sources as "A Bill Doggett Christmas" (1959); four tracks included on Charles Brown's 1978 CD reissue Please Come Home for Christmas |
1958 | image | buy | |
| Dollyrots | The Xmas Songs (EP) - digital EP compiling several years of holiday singles; deleted after the album below was released |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Dollyrots | A Very Dollyrots Christmas - compilation of a decade's worth of (almost) annual holiday singles |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Domino, Fats | Christmas Is A Special Day | 1993 | image | buy | review |
| Domino, Fats | Christmas Gumbo - same as above with new cover & title |
1999 | image | buy | review |
| Domino, Fats | Christmas Is A Special Day - same as above with new cover & original title |
2006 | image | buy | review |
| Don Tiki | Hot Lava Holiday Songs (EP) | 2012 | image | buy | |
| Don't Call Me Ishmael | 12 Days of Ishmas - compiles annual Christmas single 2015-2022; originally issued as "Festive Treats" in 2017 and previously updated in 2020 |
2022 | image | buy | |
| Don't Call Me Ishmael | The Ghost Of Christmas Past (EP) | 2023 | image | buy | |
| Dore, Charlie | The Man Who Built Christmas (And Other Stories) - three-song EP from "Pilot Of The Airwave" singer |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Doucet, Michael | Christmas Bayou | 1986 | image | buy | |
| Douglas, Jerry | Jerry Christmas | 2009 | image | buy | |
| Downing, Will | Christmas, Love, And You | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Dr. Dog | Oh My Christmas Tree - indie rock band from Pennsylvania |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Drabs | Here Comes The Joy (EP) | 2015 | image | buy | |
| Dramatics | A Dramatic Christmas | 1997 | image | buy | |
| Dread Zeppelin | The First No-Elvis - fan-club EP recorded 1990-1994; released to the general public with new cover in 1995 |
1994 | image | buy | |
| Dread Zeppelin | Presents - originally sold exclusively through band's website; released as CD to the general public in 2005, then as download with amended cover in 2006 |
2002 | image | buy | |
| Drifters | A White Christmas With Bill Pinkney & The Original Drifters - Ripete recordings that have been repackaged and reissued ad nauseum |
1989 | image | buy | |
| Drifters | A Christmas Album - featuring Ric Sheppard, who joined the group on 1966 |
1996 | image | buy | |
| Drifters | O Holy Night: A Drifters Christmas - Varese Sarabande CD with more Ripete masters, recorded in 2000 |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Drifters | Christmas With The Drifters - Sony budget reissue of widely circulated latter day recordings |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Dropkick | 25th December (EP) | 2010 | image | buy | |
| DTCV | Noel Interdit (EP) - pronounced Detective; French-American post-punk band from Los Angeles |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Dualers | Get Festive Vol. 1 (EP) - nine-piece ska/reggae band from London led by brothers Tyber and Si Cranstoun; Si Cranstoun reissued the album under his own name in 2010 with new cover art |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Dudley, Dave | Trucker's Christmas - German picture-disc LP |
1982 | image | buy | |
| Dudley, Dave | Christmas Truck Stop - CD reissue of above with new title and cover art |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Duff, Hilary | Santa Claus Lane - reissued 2003 with extra tracks |
2002 | image | buy | |
| Dunstedter, Eddie | The Bells Of Christmas | 1959 | image | buy | |
| Dunstedter, Eddie | The Bells Of Christmas Chime Again: The Bells Of Christmas, Vol. 2 | 1963 | image | buy | |
| Dunstedter, Eddie | Christmas Candy | 1965 | image | buy | |
| Duover | Christmas, Vol. 1 (EP) | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Duprees | Christmas With The Duprees | 1998 | image | buy | |
| Duprees | Duprees Family Christmas - above two latter-day efforts from vintage white doo wop group |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Dupri, Jermaine - with guest artists |
Presents 12 Soulful Nights Of Christmas - reissued with extra track 1998 |
1996 | image | buy | |
| Durham, Judith | For Christmas With Love - lead singer of Australian folk group the Seekers |
2002 | image | buy | |
| Duvall | Oh Holy Night | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Dyer, Tom | Xmas: 30 Years In The Making - compiled from five previous Green Monkey Records samplers |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Dyer, Tom | Tom & Kat's Excellent Christmas Adventure - songs created for Green Monkey Records samplers since 2013 |
2018 | image | buy | |
| Dyer, Tom | Xmas Songs For Mom | 2023 | image | buy | |
| Dylan, Bob | Christmas In The Heart - also available in deluxe edition |
2009 | image | buy |