''The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas'' is a holiday album from the ''

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'' franchise in the United States, released on September 23, 2008. The album has sold 571,000 copies as of December 2012.

Track list

Reception

Steve Leggett of

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says that this volume of the ''Now!'' series offers a generous selection at 25 tracks and "will put a little skip, hop and beat into your holiday spirit."

Charts

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References

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