Released without a supportive single in November of seventy-one, ‘The Christmas Album’ was co-produced by husband Glenn Sutton and CBS legend Clive Davis, reaching number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 a notable achievement for any Christmas release.

If you were Lynn Anderson, you recorded two your entire career and the first would become one of the most successful of its kind. All that's left to do is press play, grab your cup of hot cocoa and let the Christmas spirit take over you.Recording an annual Holiday LP was almost a requirement if you were a pop or country act in the nineteen seventies. Whether you want to listen to these popular jams as you’re decorating the Christmas tree or preparing your Christmas dinner, these festive holiday songs are sure to have the whole family dancing and singing along.

To help you curate the perfect festive playlist for your Christmas party, we’ve rounded up some of the best modern holiday songs of all time - including hits from artists like Ariana Grande, John Legend, Taylor Swift, and, of course, Mariah Carey. After all, is it really the holidays if you aren’t listening to “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey on repeat? And while there’s a special place in our hearts for all the old-timey classic songs we grew up with, there’s something special about modern Christmas songs we’ve heard in more recent years. If there’s anything that puts us in the holiday spirit immediately without fail, it’s listening to the greatest Christmas songs ever while whipping up a batch of festive Christmas cookies, of course.

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