Now That's What I Call Christmas!
The title doesn't lie, even if it does sounds like a hyperbolic pitch  from an old late-night cable TV ad. With 36 tracks of various genres spread over  two discs,Now That's What I Call Christmasmight be the best, most  eclectic "value-plus" holiday record ever released, assuming your tastes embrace  crooners such asCole,Crosby, andComo, plus contemporary boy  bands such asBoyz II  Men, as well as the ubiquitousBritney Spears.In between there are the sumptuous classics byBobby Helms,Brenda Lee, theBeach Boys,Elvis, andBurl Iveson disc one, balanced on disc two by more  recent standards, includingBruce Springsteen's live version of "Santa Claus Is  Comin' to Town" and John and Yoko's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)." You're not  obligated to like everything here, but that's why Santa invented the forward  button on your CD player.--Martin Keller