Artists & Albums: P-Q
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page, Patti | Christmas - issued as 10-inch, 8-song EP (Mercury 25109) and two 7-inch, 4-song EP's (3037 and 3038), which were reissued as a double 7-inch set in 1952 |
1951 | image | buy | |
| Page, Patti | Christmas With Patti Page (Mercury 20093) - includes all of above plus four new songs |
1955 | image | buy | |
| Page, Patti | Christmas With Patti Page (Columbia) - new recordings; not the same as above |
1965 | image | buy | |
| Page, Patti | Christmas With Patti Page - CD reissue of Mercury LP plus bonus track |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Page, Patti | Christmas With Patti Page - CD reissue of Columbia LP |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Page, Patti | Sweet Sounds Of Christmas | 2002 | image | buy | |
| Page, Patti | Christmas With Patti Page - 2013 reissue of classic Mercury LP reissued with bonus tracks; also reissued as MP3 download without bonus tracks |
1955 | image | buy | |
| Paisley, Brad | Christmas - also available in DVD edition (2009) and MP3 deluxe edition (2020) |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Pandit, Korla | Merry Xmas - originally Vita Records album issued as 78-rpm boxed set, then as 10-inch LP in 1951; reissued on CD and MP3 by Déjà Vu Records in 2007 |
1950 | image | buy | |
| Pandit, Korla | Christmas With Korla Pandit - original Fantasy album |
1961 | image | buy | |
| Pandit, Korla | Universal Language of Music, Vol. 5: Christmas Traditionals - new recordings for Pandit’s own India Records; confusingly reissued several times under different names including "Christmas With Korla Pandit" and "Merry Christmas" |
1970 | image | buy | |
| Pandit, Korla | Merry Christmas - MP3 version of 1950 album with amended cover and title |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Parachute | Winterlove (EP) - iTunes exclusive |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Parenthetical Girls | Christmas - album compiling tracks from four EP releases 2002-2009 |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Parenthetical Girls | Parenthetical Girls Save Christmas (EP) | 2011 | image | buy | |
| Parenthetical Girls | Good Christian Men Rejoice, It's Parenthetical Girls (EP) | 2012 | image | buy | |
| Paris, Spectra | Christmas Ghouls | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Parker, Graham | Christmas Cracker | 1994 | image | buy | review |
| Parton, Dolly | Once Upon A Christmas - with Kenny Rogers; companion to their CBS TV special "A Christmas To Remember"; later editions remove Rogers' two solo tracks but add Parton's 1982 single "Hard Candy Christmas" |
1984 | image | buy | |
| Parton, Dolly | Home For Christmas | 1990 | image | buy | |
| Parton, Dolly | A Holly Dolly Christmas | 2020 | image | buy | |
| Parton, Dolly | A Holly Dolly Christmas - same as above, but digital deluxe edition with two bonus tracks |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Parton, Dolly | A Holly Dolly Christmas - same as above, but CD and vinyl deluxe edition with new artwork and six more bonus tracks |
2022 | image | buy | |
| Partridge, Andy | My Failed Christmas Career Vol. 1 (EP) - XTC singer presents songs written for - and rejected by - other artists |
2022 | image | buy | |
| Partridge Family | Christmas Card - original LP packaged with detachable Christmas card |
1971 | image | buy | review |
| Partridge Family | Christmas Card - Razor & Tie CD reissue with cover similar to later LP pressings |
1992 | image | buy | review |
| Partridge Family | Christmas Card - budget CD reissue of above |
2000 | image | buy | review |
| Pass, Joe | Six-String Santa | 1992 | image | buy | |
| Pass, Joe | Christmas Guitar Dreams - same as above with new cover & title |
2001 | image | buy | |
| Pass, Joe | Sueno Navideno Con Guitarra - Spanish language version of above |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Pastine, Kerry & the Crime Scene | It's A Crime Scene Christmas! | 2015 | image | buy | |
| Pastine, Kerry & the Crime Scene | It's A Quarantine Christmas! (EP) - mostly new versions of songs from above, companion to a video special |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Paterson, Joel | Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar | 2017 | image | buy | |
| Paterson, Joel | The More The Merrier - above two are instrumental albums in vintage styles by Chicago-based guitar virtuoso |
2023 | image | buy | |
| Patterson, Don | Holiday Soul - with Pat Martino and Billy James |
1964 | image | buy | |
| Patterson, Rahsaan | The Ultimate Gift | 2008 | image | buy | |
| Paul & Paula | Holiday For Teens - Philips LP; grey market CD version often available through Continental Records |
1963 | image | buy | review |
| Paul, Ellis | City Of Silver Dreams - Boston singer/songwriter; contains a new version of his 2005 single, "Snow In Austin" |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Paul, Les & Mary Ford | Christmas Cheer! - 7-inch, 4-song Capitol EP; reissued as MP3 download with bonus tracks in 2011 |
1955 | image | buy | |
| Paxton, Tom | A Child's Christmas - originally self-released on Pax Records - reissued 1992 by Sony Kid's Music |
1988 | image | buy | |
| Paxton, Tom | A Child's Christmas - Laserlight reissue with new cover |
1996 | image | buy | |
| Pearlfishers | A Sunflower For Christmas - expanded digital edition with five extra songs released in 2009 |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Pearson, Duke | Merry Ole Soul - reissued on CD in 2003, as MP3 in 2016, and as LP in 2021 |
1969 | image | buy | |
| Peek, Dan | Caribbean Christmas - singer for the group America |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Pendergrass, Teddy | This Christmas (I'd Rather Have Love) | 1998 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | PTXmas (EP) - reissued as deluxe edition in 2013 with two additional songs |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | That's Christmas To Me | 2014 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | A Pentatonix Christmas | 2016 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | A Pentatonix Christmas Deluxe - same as above with new cover and five additional tracks |
2017 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | Christmas Is Here! | 2018 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas - features four new songs |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | We Need A Little Christmas | 2020 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | Evergreen | 2021 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | Holidays Around the World | 2022 | image | buy | |
| Pentatonix | The Greatest Christmas Hits - 2-disc set featuring eight new recordings |
2023 | image | buy | |
| Pepper, Jefferson | Christmas In Fallujah | 2005 | image | buy | |
| Perdomo, Fernando | Present - includes 2013 single |
2018 | image | buy | |
| Perri, Christina | A Very Merry Perri Christmas (EP) | 2012 | image | buy | |
| Perry, Joe | Joe Perry's Merry Christmas (EP) - Aerosmith guitarist |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Perry, Steve | The Season - Journey singer |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Person, Houston | Christmas With Houston Person & Friends - reissued by Savoy Jazz in 2003 |
1994 | image | buy | |
| Person, Houston | Christmas With Houston Person & Etta Jones - same sessions as above |
1997 | image | buy | |
| Person, Houston | Together At Christmas - new sessions with Etta Jones |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Persuasions | You're All I Want For Christmas | 1997 | image | buy | |
| Peter, Paul, and Mary | A Holiday Celebration | 1988 | image | buy | |
| Peters, Gretchen | Northern Lights | 2008 | image | buy | |
| Peters, Vanessa | The Christmas We Hoped For | 2011 | image | buy | |
| Peterson, Oscar | An Oscar Peterson Christmas | 1995 | image | buy | |
| Petty Booka | Christmas Everywhere - original Japanese edition |
1996 | image | buy | |
| Petty Booka | Christmas Everywhere - American edition with new cover art and two bonus tracks |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Petty Booka | Christmas Everywhere - new CD Baby edition with cover art similar to original and no bonus tracks |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Phillips, Grant-Lee | Yuletide (EP) - former leader of Grant Lee Buffalo and "Gilmore Girls" troubadour; one new track added in 2021 |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Phillips, Sam | Cold Dark Night (EP) - digital EP available only by subscription through her website |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Phillips, Sam | Cold Dark Nights - expanded, "reimagined" version of above EP; available for download exclusively through Music Glue |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Philp, Dave | The Last Noel - now deleted; previously released under the name of Philp's band, The Automatics (2007) |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Pierce, Brenda Kaye | Gift Wrapped - produced by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Pink Martini | Joy to The World - original CD issue being serialized on 10-inch vinyl EP's - part one released 2010, part two in 2011, part three to be released in 2012 |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Pistol Annies | Hell Of A Holiday - female country trio featuring Miranda Lambert |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Platt, Amanda Anne & The Honeycutter | Christmas On A Greyhound Bus (EP) | 2019 | image | buy | |
| Platters | Christmas With The Platters - reissued verbatim on CD in 1994 |
1963 | image | buy | review |
| Platters | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - same as above with new cover & title |
2004 | image | buy | review |
| Platters | A Classic Christmas - merely the classiest version of some latter-day recordings reissued Lord-only-knows how many times; they date back at least to 1998, but their origins are murky... |
2001 | image | buy | review |
| Platters | Songs For Christmas - similar to above |
2009 | image | buy | review |
| Platters | Christmas With The Patters - Sony budget reissue of widely circulated latter day recordings |
2013 | image | buy | review |
| Play |
Play Around The Christmas Tree | 2004 | image | buy | |
| The Players |
Christmas - presented by Phil Manzanera and Andy MacKay of Roxy Music; reissued in 2023 with Manzanera and MacKay at the top of the bill |
1989 | image | buy | |
| Point Of Grace | A Christmas Story | 1999 | image | buy | |
| Point Of Grace | Winter Wonderland | 2005 | image | buy | |
| Point Of Grace | Tennessee Christmas: A Holiday Collection - compiled and remixed from above two |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Point Of Grace | Home for The Holidays - not to be confused with the Hallmark CD recorded with Trisha Yearwood (1997) |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Point Of Grace | Sing Noel | 2021 | image | buy | |
| Polkadot Cadaver | From Bethlehem to Oblivion (EP) - bizarro metal band from Rockville, Maryland |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Polyphonic Spree | Holidaydream: Sounds Of The Holidays, Vol. 1 | 2012 | image | buy | |
| Polyphonic Spree | Holidaydream: Sounds Of The Holidays, Vol. 1 - 2-CD UK special edition of above with two bonus tracks and concert DVD |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Powell, Don's Occasional Flames | Never Mind The Baubles - original, irreverent music from band led by Slade' original drummer |
2023 | image | buy | |
| Powers, Michael |
Frosty The Bluesman | 1996 | image | buy | |
| Preservation Hall Jazz Band | Holiday (EP) - originally released as Spotify singles in 2019, recorded at Electric Lady Studio, New York City |
2022 | image | buy | |
| Presley, Elvis | Elvis' Christmas Album - first original RCA holiday LP; first reissued on CD in 1990 |
1957 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Elvis' Christmas Album - RCA LP reissue with new cover (same artwork as 1958 EP, Christmas With Elvis) |
1959 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Elvis' Christmas Album - Camden LP reissue with new cover |
1970 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | The Wonderful World Of Christmas - second and last original RCA holiday LP; first reissued on CD in 1990; special, limited edition with many bonus tracks sold exclusively through official website (2011) |
1971 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Elvis' Christmas Album - Pickwick LP reissue with new cover |
1975 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Memories Of Christmas - 8 song compilation including 4 rare tracks |
1982 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Merry Christmas - exceedingly rare Japanese and European collection |
1984 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Christmas Classics - 9 song compilation |
1990 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Blue Christmas - 8 song compilation |
1992 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | If Everyday Was Like Christmas - 24 song compilation; also available in pop-up special edition |
1994 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | White Christmas - 25 song compilation |
2000 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Christmas Peace - 2 CDs with 40 songs split evenly between Christmas and Gospel |
2003 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Elvis Christmas - 23 song compilation |
2006 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Christmas Duets - electronically-created posthumous recordings with a variety of female country singers |
2008 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Songs For Christmas - budget reissue of his 1957 LP with new artwork |
2008 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | The Classic Christmas Album - from the Sony/BMG vaults; nice, but pointless considering his other releases |
2012 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis - Sony budget reissue selected from his two Christmas albums |
2013 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Ultimate Christmas - Wal-Mart exclusive two-disc set |
2015 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Merry Christmas Baby - new vinyl-only compilation |
2016 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Christmas with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - old recordings with new instrumental backing |
2017 | image | buy | review |
| Presley, Elvis | Christmas with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Deluxe Edition) - same as above with extra tracks and amended cover |
2017 | image | buy | review |
| Pretenders | Holiday (EP) - iTunes exclusive download (now deleted) |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Price, Kelly | One Family: A Christmas Album | 2001 | image | buy | |
| Price, Ray | Christmas Album - Columbia LP; reissued as MP3 download in 2013 and compact disc in 2014 |
1969 | image | buy | |
| Price, Ray | Christmas Album - CD reissue of above with new cover |
1991 | image | buy | |
| Price, Ray | Christmas Gift For You | 1986 | image | buy | |
| Pride, Charley | Christmas In My Hometown - RCA 10-song LP |
1970 | image | buy | |
| Pride, Charley | Happy Christmas Day - BMG Special Products CD reissue of above with new cover & title |
1998 | image | buy | |
| Pride, Charley | Christmas In My Hometown - RCA Canada CD reissue above with original title and artwork |
1999 | image | buy | |
| Pride, Charley | Christmas In My Hometown - Music City Records reissue of 1970 album with three extra tracks; same track listing issued simultaneously by Sony/BMG as MP3 download |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Pride, Charley | Christmas In My Hometown - same track listing as above combined with three other Charley Pride albums, Burgers & Fries (1978), There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me (1980), and The Best There Is (1986) |
2019 | image | buy | |
| The Priests | Noel - guest vocals by Shane MacGowan (Pogues) |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Principato, Tom | A Guitar For Christmas - instrumentals from longtime East Coast blues hero |
2023 | image | buy | |
| Prine, John | John Prine Christmas | 1993 | image | buy | review |
| Prissteens | Christmas EP - digital compilation of rarities 1996-1998, just one Christmas song, though... |
2016 | image | buy | |
| Proby, P.J. | Christmas With P.J. (7-inch EP) - 3 of 4 tracks on The EP Collection (1996) |
1965 | image | buy | |
| Puckett, Gary | Gary Puckett At Christmas | 2001 | image | buy | |
| Punchline | Holiday Hits (EP) - recordings 2003-2022 by Pittsburg-based rockers |
2023 | image | buy | |
| Punk Aid | Ere's You Xmas (EP) - all-star effort masterminded by Captain Sensible (Damned) and Martin Newell (Cleaners From Venus) featuring members Chelsea, the Adverts, UK Subs, and Alternative TV |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Puppini Sisters | Christmas With The Puppini Sisters | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Puppini Sisters | Christmas At Home - pandemic-era webcast offered on CD and DVD through their website; download offered through Qobuz in 2023 |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Puppini Sisters | Christmas With The Puppini Sisters | 2021 | image | buy | |
| Push Stars | When Christmas Comes Home - 90's band from Buffalo, New York, now based in Boston |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Puss 'n' Boots | Dear Santa... (EP) - cheekily-named female country trio featuring jazz singer/songwriter Norah Jones |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Quinto Sisters | Holly Jolly Christmas - kiddie act associated with Columbia Records producer Mitch Miller |
1964 | image | buy |