When it comes to Christmas decorating, my wife has an important tradition. While she puts out our decorations and curses at the lights in our tree, she listens through all of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, “A Christmas Together” by John Denver and the Muppets and “Christmas Album” by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. Other albums may come and go in the rotation, but these three are a must.
I’ve added the tradition of listening to these records on vinyl, since I have an excellent cabinet stereo that allows you to play a stack of records at a time and because I can’t resist fulfilling millennial stereotypes.