The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas

The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas
The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	September 23, 2008
Genre	Christmas music
Length	79:02
Label	Universal Music Group
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ReleasedSeptember 23, 2008

GenreChristmas music

Length79:02

LabelUniversal Music Group

The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas is a holiday album from the Now That's What I Call Music! franchise in the United States, released on September 23, 2008. The album has sold 571,000 copies as of December 2012.^[1]

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No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir	3:31
2.	"Blue Christmas"	Elvis Presley	2:06
3.	"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"	Andy Williams	2:30
4.	"Baby, It's Cold Outside"	Dean Martin	2:20
5.	"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"	Johnny Mathis	2:13
6.	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Harry Simeone Chorale	3:18
7.	"A Holly Jolly Christmas (Single)"	Burl Ives	2:13
8.	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"	Gene Autry	3:12
9.	"Little Saint Nick"	The Beach Boys	2:00
10.	"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"	Alvin and the Chipmunks	2:20
11.	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"	The Jackson 5	2:22
12.	"Run Rudolph Run"	Chuck Berry	2:42
13.	"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"	Elmo & Patsy	3:27
14.	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	Brenda Lee	2:05
15.	"Feliz Navidad"	José Feliciano	3:02
16.	"This Christmas"	Donny Hathaway	4:05
17.	"Wonderful Christmastime"	Paul McCartney	3:44
18.	"Step into Christmas"	Elton John	4:27
19.	"Last Christmas"	Wham!	4:45
20.	"Jingle Bell Rock"	Hall & Oates	2:02
21.	"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	Carrie Underwood	4:09
22.	"Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)"	Amy Grant	5:25
23.	"Mistletoe"	Colbie Caillat	3:49
24.	"This Christmas (Could Be the One)"	Ledisi	4:41
25.	"Silent Night"	The Temptations	2:21

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

v t e Now That's What I Call Music! albums
United Kingdom and Ireland	Now That's What I Call Music
United States	Now 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 19 20 22 23 24 27 32 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 47 48 49 50 53
Australia	Now 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Winter 2005 Spring 2005 Summer 2006 Autumn 2006 Winter 2006 Spring 2006 Summer 2007 Winter 2007 Spring 2007 Summer 2008 Winter 2008 Autumn 2011 Spring 2011 Summer 2012
Asia	Now 2 3

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