''Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection'' is a compilation album by

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. It is the group's eleventh

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album overall. It was released in 2009 as a double CD by

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, and features 25

Christmas song Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject ma ...

s. It contains songs from their ''

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas ''Christmas'' (also known as ''Mannheim Steamroller Christmas'') is the first Christmas album and sixth studio album released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. It was the band's first album to chart on the ''Billboard'' 200 album ...

'' (1984), ''

A Fresh Aire Christmas ''A Fresh Aire Christmas'' is the tenth studio album and second Christmas album by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller, released in 1988. The album was the last to feature Eric Hansen as a member of the band. It is the highest selling al ...

'' (1988), ''

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'' (1995), ''My Little Christmas Tree'' (1997), '' The Christmas Angel: A Family Story'' (1998), ''

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'' (2001), ''

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'' (2007) and '' Christmasville'' (2008).

Track listing

CD 1

# "Faeries" rom ''The Nutcracker''# "Gagliarda" # "My Little Christmas Tree" # "

We Three Kings "We Three Kings", original title "Three Kings of Orient", also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi", is a Christmas carol that was written by John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. At the time of composing the carol, Hopki ...

" # "Joseph Dear, Oh Joseph Mine" # "

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear", sometimes rendered as "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", is an 1849 poem and Christmas carol written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Wayland, Massachusetts. In 1850, Sears' lyrics were set ...

" # "

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis''. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In ...

" # "

Joy to the World "Joy to the World" is an English Christmas carol. The carol was written in 1719 by the English minister and hymnwriter Isaac Watts, and its lyrics are an interpretation of Psalm 98 celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Today, the carol is usua ...

" # " First Noel" # " Pat a Pan" # "

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945 in Hollywood, California, during a heat wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions ...

" # " Cantique de Noël" ("O Holy Night")

CD 2

# "Traditions of Christmas (Music Box)" # "Messengers of Christmas" # "

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming "" (literally "A rose has sprung up") is a Christmas carol and Marian hymn of German origin. It is most commonly translated into English as "Lo, how a rose e'er blooming" and is also called "A Spotless Rose" and "Behold a Rose of Judah". The rose ...

" # "

Winter Wonderland "Winter Wonderland" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himber, ...

" # "

The Christmas Song "The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting by an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. The Nat King Cole Trio f ...

" # "Hark! The Herald Trumpets Sing" # "

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection ''Hymns and Sacred Poems''. The carol, based on , tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God. As it is known in the modern era, it f ...

" # "Above the Northern Lights" # "

Jingle Bells "Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and most commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in September 1857. It has been claimed th ...

" # "

The Holly and the Ivy "The Holly and the Ivy" is a traditional British folk Christmas carol, listed as number 514 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The song can be traced only as far as the early nineteenth century, but the lyrics reflect an association between holly a ...

" # "

The Little Drummer Boy "The Little Drummer Boy" (originally known as "Carol of the Drum") is a popular Christmas song written by American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. First recorded in 1951 by the Trapp Family, the song was further popularized by a 19 ...

" # "

Still, Still, Still "Still, still, still" is an Austrian Christmas carol and lullaby. The melody is a folk tune from the district of Salzburg. The tune appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folksong collection of (1802–1868), founder of the Salzburg Museum. Th ...

" # " O' Little Town of Bethlehem"

Musicians

References

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