What's your favorite contemporary holiday songs?

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NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol 3, 36 of the Best Traditional and Contemporary Holiday Songs In a One Two-CD Set - Available Now!

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- America's biggest-selling

multi-artist album series NOW That's What I Call Music! joins the spirit of

the season with the third installment of its hit holiday collection, NOW

That's What I Call Christmas! Vol 3. In stores now, NOW That's What I Call

Christmas! Vol 3 includes 36 tracks -- 17 classic recordings from legendary

artists like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Andy

Williams and Bing Crosby -- and 19 new and classic tracks from contemporary

superstars like Christina Aguilera, The Pussycat Dolls, Relient K, Jessica

Simpson and Mariah Carey. This CD set also includes two brand new never

before released recordings by Ne-Yo and Rihanna! NOW That's What I Call

Christmas! Vol 3 is a truly epic collection that represents over 60 years

of the best holiday songs with something for every generation.

NOW That's What I Call Music! is a compilation joint venture featuring

top hits from EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music

Group and the Zomba Group of labels. NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol

3 will be distributed by SONY BMG.

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series debuted in the United States

in 1998 after the NOW brand had become an enormous, multi-platinum

international success for nearly 20 years, with some 65 volumes

internationally. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 142

million albums worldwide, and has sold over 60 million copies in the United

States since its debut. Every album in the NOW series has reached the

Billboard Top 10, and it is the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist

collection to reach #1 Billboard status on the Billboard Top 200 Album

Sales Chart. The first two installments of the NOW That's What I Call

Christmas series combined have sold over 4.2 million units.

That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3 Track Listing:

Disc One:

1. O Come All Ye Faithful - Nat King Cole

2. Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra

3. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Dean Martin

4. My Favorite Things - Tony Bennett

5. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams

6. Silver Bells - Bing Crosby

7. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Johnny Mathis

8. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Elvis Presley

9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland

10. Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer - Ella Fitzgerald

11. Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry

12. The Little Drummer Boy - Peggy Lee

13. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Burl Ives

14. Winter Wonderland - Louis Armstrong

15. Blue Christmas - Johnny Cash

16. Jingle Bell Rock - Brenda Lee

17. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) - The Chipmunks

Disc 2:

1. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft

2. Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys

3. Noel - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

4. Up On The Housetop - The Jackson 5

5. O Holy Night - Al Green

6. Christmas Time Is Here - Dianne Reeves

7. Christmas Is My Favorite Time Of Year - Kenny Rogers

8. Shimmy Down The Chimney (Fill Up My Stocking) - Alison Krauss

9. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Cyndi Lauper

10. Feliz Navidad - Celine Dion

11. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Gloria Estefan

12. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jessica Simpson

13. Merry Christmas, Baby - Christina Aguilera

14. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) - Mariah Carey

15. Santa Baby - Pussycat Dolls

16. Home - Ne-Yo

17. It Just Don't Feel Like Xmas (Without You) - Rihanna

18. Christmas Wish - Stacie Orrico

19. 12 Days Of Christmas - Relient K

Every NOW volume has been certified platinum or better by the RIAA:

NOW 1 (October 1998, certified platinum)

NOW 2 (July 1999, certified double platinum)

NOW 3 (December 1999, certified double platinum)

NOW 4 (July 2000, the first compilation ever to debut at #1 on the

Billboard Top 200, certified double platinum)

NOW 5 (November 2000, certified quadruple platinum)

NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified

triple platinum)

NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified triple

platinum)

NOW 8 (November 2001, certified triple platinum)

NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified

double platinum)

NOW 10 (July 2002, certified platinum)

NOW 11 (November 2002, certified double platinum)

NOW 12 (March 2003, certified platinum)

NOW 13 (July 2003, certified platinum)

NOW 14 (April 2004, certified triple platinum)

NOW 15 (May 2004, certified double platinum)

NOW 16 (July 2004, certified triple platinum)

NOW 17 (November 2004, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified

double platinum)

NOW 18 (March 2005, certified platinum)

NOW 19 (July 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified

double platinum)

NOW 20 (November 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified

double platinum)

NOW 21 (April 2006, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, certified

platinum)

NOW 22 (July 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, certified

platinum)

NOW 23 (November 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200)

NOW That's What I Call Christmas! (October 2001, certified quintuple

platinum)

NOW That's What I Call Christmas! The Signature Collection (September

2003, certified double platinum.

I cam across the list below while I was looking for something else---hope this helps you !!!! If you click on the link and scroll down to the bottom of the page, it gives the lyrics and also who they are sung &/or written by.

A Baby Just Like You

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Blue Christmas

Christmas Dinner

Christmas For Cowboys

Christmas In Killarney

Deck the Halls

First Christmas

Frosty the Snow Man

Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Here Comes Santa Claus

Holly Jolly Christmas

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

It's the most wonderful time of the year

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle Bells

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

Let It Snow!

Mary, Did You Know?

Merry Christmas Darling

Must Be Santa

Nuttin' For Christmas

O Christmas Tree

Pine Cones And Holly Berries

Rocking around the Christmas Tree

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Silver Bells

Sleep Well, Little Children

Sleigh Ride

Tennessee Christmas

The Christmas Song

The Little Drummer Boy

The Night Before Christmas

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Up On the Housetop

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

White Christmas

Winter Wonderland