Ultimate Christmas

Ultimate Christmas is a 1998 compilation of Christmas music by the Beach Boys released on Capitol Records. It rounds up all of the tracks from 1964's The Beach Boys' Christmas Album in addition to a handful of unreleased tracks from the aborted Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys album in 1977, some of which were revised to be included on M.I.U. Album the following year.^[1]

As a collection of the Beach Boys' Christmas tunes, Ultimate Christmas manages to round up virtually every song the band recorded and released on the subject. In 2004 Capitol took it out of print and replaced it with Christmas with The Beach Boys, essentially the same compilation with new cover art and one song ("Christmas Time Is Here Again") removed from the track list.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Ultimate Christmas (Capitol 72434 95734 2 0) never charted in the US or the UK.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Little Saint Nick"	Brian Wilson, Mike Love	Mike Love	2:01
2.	"The Man with All the Toys"	Brian Wilson, Love	Brian Wilson and Love	1:32
3.	"Santa's Beard"	Brian Wilson, Love	Love	2:00
4.	"Merry Christmas, Baby"	Brian Wilson	Love	2:21
5.	"Christmas Day"	Brian Wilson	Al Jardine	1:47
6.	"Frosty the Snowman"	Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins	Brian Wilson	1:54
7.	"We Three Kings of Orient Are"	John Henry Hopkins	Love and Brian Wilson	4:03
8.	"Blue Christmas"	Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson	Brian Wilson	3:09
9.	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"	J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie	Brian Wilson and Love	2:20
10.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	Brian Wilson	2:29
11.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	Brian Wilson	2:44
12.	"Auld Lang Syne"	Traditional; arranged by Brian Wilson	group	1:19
13.	"Little Saint Nick" (Single version)	Brian Wilson, Love	Love	2:08
14.	"Auld Lang Syne" (Alternate mix)	Traditional; arranged by Brian Wilson	group	1:23
15.	"Little Saint Nick" (Alternate version)	Brian Wilson, Love	Brian Wilson and Love	2:04
16.	"Child of Winter (Christmas Song)"	Brian Wilson, Stephen Kalinich	Brian Wilson and Love	2:49
17.	"Santa's Got an Airplane"	Alan Jardine, Brian Wilson, Love	Love and Al Jardine	3:09
18.	"Christmas Time Is Here Again"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Jardine	Jardine	3:02
19.	"Winter Symphony"	Brian Wilson	Brian Wilson	3:00
20.	"(I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	Brian Wilson, Jardine	Al, Matt and Adam Jardine	2:23
21.	"Melekalikimaka" (aka "Kona Christmas")	Jardine, Love	Love and Jardine	2:34
22.	"Bells of Christmas"	Jardine, Ron Altbach, Love	Love	2:44
23.	"Morning Christmas"	Dennis Wilson	Dennis Wilson	3:22
24.	"Toy Drive Public Service Announcement"			1:23
25.	"Dennis Wilson Christmas Message"			0:31
26.	"Brian Wilson Christmas Interview"			2:35

References

↑ Elliot, Brad (1998). Ultimate Christmas (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
↑ Greenwald, Matthew. "Ultimate Christmas - The Beach Boys : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

The Beach Boys

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Hits	Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 1, 2, 3 Endless Summer Spirit of America Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys 20 Golden Greats Ten Years of Harmony Sunshine Dream Made in U.S.A. Greatest Hits Vol. 1, 2, 3 The Very Best of The Beach Boys Sounds of Summer The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition) The Warmth of the Sun Fifty Big Ones

Themed	Stack-O-Tracks Ultimate Christmas Classics Selected by Brian Wilson Good Vibrations: 40th Anniversary Edition Summer Love Songs

Rarities	Rarities Lost & Found (1961–62) Endless Harmony Hawthorne, CA The Big Beat 1963 Keep an Eye on Summer 1964 Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged

Box sets	Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys The Pet Sounds Sessions The Capitol Years The Original US Singles Collection The Capitol Years 1962–1965 The Smile Sessions Made in California

Documentary films

Good Vibrations Tour (1976)
An American Band (1985)
Nashville Sounds (1996)
Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story (1998)
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002)
Doin' It Again (2012)

Associated places

Influence

History
Lists

Other media

Albums	Brian Wilson Presents Smile Four by the Beach Boys Looking Back with Love Pacific Ocean Blue Pet Sounds Live Spring

Film Television	An American Family Beautiful Dreamer The Girls on the Beach Love & Mercy soundtrack The Monkey's Uncle

Print	Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy "Goodbye Surfing, Hello God!" I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story

Unreleased	Smile Lei'd in Hawaii Bedroom Tapes Adult/Child Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Andy Paley sessions

Book
Category
Portal

The Beach Boys' Christmas Album

Songs

Side one	"Little Saint Nick" "The Man with All the Toys" "Santa's Beard" "Merry Christmas, Baby" "Christmas Day" "Frosty the Snowman"

Side two	"We Three Kings of Orient Are" "Blue Christmas" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "White Christmas" "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Auld Lang Syne"

Outtakes

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