Record of the Week (And Season): A Charlie Brown Christmas

There are many great Christmas albums, but there’s only one to get on vinyl: Vince Guaraldi’s ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas.’

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A Charlie Brown Christmas (Gold Foil Edition). Courtesy of Amazon

Some weeks, I struggle with what record to recommend in these pages, either struck with indecision in the face of too many choices or not knowing which one would quite fit the moment. For this Christmas recommendation, I had no such challenge as – however unpredictably it might sound – the soundtrack for Charlie Brown’s Christmas Special is unquestionably the record to have for the yuletide season, as it’s also one of the greatest jazz albums of all time.

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