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  I tried to rank these and just couldn't, so here are my Top Fifteen Christmas Songs in no particular order. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" - Band Aid "Little Drummer Boy" - Bing Crosby and David Bowie "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - Bare Naked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan "Feliz Navidad" - Jose Feliciano "8 Polish Foods of Christmas" - Veggie Tales "Christmas Canon" - Trans-Siberian Orchestra "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - Rockapella "The 12 Gifts of Christmas" - Allen Sherman "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" - Darlene Love "So This is Christmas" - John Lennon "Christmas in Killarney" - The Irish Rovers "I Believe in Father Christmas" - Greg Lake "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" - Nat King Cole "White Christmas" - Bing Crosby ("Holiday Inn" version please) "When the River Meets the Sea"...

  As someone who actually got paid to "spin the hits" at one point in my life, I spent WAY too much time tweaking my playlists on iTunes. I was polishing up my holiday music one today and noticed how many songs were from the same few albums. So, without further ado, here are my Top Ten Christmas Albums. Before Christmas, I'll be posting my Top Ten Christmas Songs (though it may have to be Top Twenty or divided into two lists or something like that). 10.   Cool Yule  by Bette Midler (2006) The newest one in the bunch is just packed full of Bette fun. I dare you to listen to her version of "Mele Kalikimaka" without smiling! 9.   Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration  by Dianne Reeves, Patti Austin, Stevie Wonder, Take 6, Tevin Campbell, Al Jarreau and more (1992) One of the things I miss about managing a college radio station is the music that my students would share with me, music that I would otherwise miss. I had sung Handel's  Messiah  in...