Since it’s Christmas I thought I’d recommend two Christmas albums that I have to anybody out there looking for some Christmas music to listen to this holiday. I’ll break from the traditional review format and do these two at the same time.

This is proper Christmas music, classic and well-written, unlike the majority of Christmas songs that seem to be increasing in volume as the years go by. These are the only two Christmas albums I have, one by Johnny Cash and one by Elvis Presley, and while the Cash album is good, I think Elvis’s voice is better suited and his version of the songs are the best I’ve heard. Elvis’s ‘Blue Christmas’ is a classic, and his version of ‘White Christmas’ really begins to rock out towards the end as Elvis adds his unique style.

Cash’s album is filled with a few stories which aren’t as good as the music - you’ll probably begin to skip past them, but his version of some of the traditional songs such as ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’ and ‘Hark- The Herald Angels Sing’ and fantastically arranged by Cash himself.

I think you can get these two album online for about £4 ($6), so I’d say that they’re worth getting if you want some decent Christmas music.