Christmas with The Chipmunks


Christmas with The Chipmunks is the name given to four different Christmas music albums by Alvin and the Chipmunks. These albums were released individually in 1962, 1963, 2007 and 2008.

Volume 1

Christmas with The Chipmunks was released in 1962 and contains 12 tracks. The album peaked at #33 on Billboard's Best Best For Christmas album chart on December 25, 1965 and #81 on the all-around charts. The tracks from this and its follow-up album, Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 have been in continuous circulation since their original releases; however, at some point since the late 1980s, Volume 2's cover has been given to Volume 1 and vice versa, with the volume number and track listing staying the same. Both albums have been combined and reissued several times since their original release, making the songs the most well known in the Chipmunk canon. The most current version available is a 2012 re-release Chipmunks Christmas.

Track listing

;Side one
  1. "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" – 1:46
  2. "Up on the Housetop" – 1:34
  3. "Silver Bells" – 2:18
  4. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – 2:31
  5. "Jingle Bells" – 2:38
  6. "Over the River and Through the Woods" – 1:59
;Side two
  2. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" – 1:47
  3. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – 1:47
  4. "Frosty the Snowman" – 2:01
  5. "White Christmas" – 2:38
  6. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" – 2:21
  7. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" – 0:56
= originally issued on Around the World with The Chipmunks
= originally issued on ''Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks''

Volume 2

Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 was released in 1963 and contains 12 tracks. Like Christmas with The Chipmunks, this volume contained 11 traditional holiday songs and one original composition by Ross Bagdasarian.

Track listing

;Side one
  1. "Jingle Bell Rock" – 1:43
  2. "Deck the Halls" – 2:19
  3. "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" – 4:22
  4. "Hang Up Your Stockin'" – 1:52
  5. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 2:34
  6. "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" – 1:50
;Side two
  2. "Wonderful Day" – 2:29
  3. "Christmas Time (Greensleeves)" – 3:07
  4. "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" – 1:42
  5. "O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)" – 2:28
  6. "The Night Before Christmas" – 3:01
  7. "Here We Come A-Caroling" – 1:57

2007 reissue

Christmas with the Chipmunks was released in 2007. The songs in this collection were all 24 songs from Christmas with the Chipmunks and Christmas with the Chipmunks Vol. 2 and, as a bonus song at the end, the 1968 duet with Canned Heat "The Chipmunk Song".

2008 reissue

Christmas with The Chipmunks was released in 2008. The songs in this collection were culled from the two previous volumes released by Liberty Records. This version was remixed with heavy reverb added to the tracks.

Track listing

  1. "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" – 1:46
  2. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" – 2:21
  3. "Jingle Bells" – 2:38
  4. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – 1:47
  5. "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – 2:31
  6. "Up on the Housetop" – 1:34
  7. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" – 0:56
  8. "Silver Bells" – 2:18
  9. "Over the River and Through the Woods" – 1:59
  10. "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" – 1:42
  11. "Frosty the Snowman" – 2:01
  12. "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" – 4:22
  13. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" – 1:47
  14. "Christmas Time (Greensleeves)" – 3:07
  15. "Here We Come A-Caroling" – 1:57
  16. "Deck the Halls" – 2:19
  17. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 2:34
  18. "Jingle Bell Rock" – 1:43
  19. "O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)" – 2:28
  20. "White Christmas" – 2:38