Christmas albums have become a tradition in popular music, here in Australia the Salvation Army in partnership with Myer have been releasing The Spirit of Christmas series since the early 1990's, I'm sure there's one in store for us this year.

Bob Dylan's first Christmas album.One of the biggest Christmas albums to be released recently is Bob Dylan's Christmas at the Heart. Profits from the sale of Dylan's album will go towards providing 500,000 meals to school children in developing countries through the World Food Program, 15,000 meals to homeless people in the United Kingdom thorugh Crisis and more than 4 million meals to American families through Feeding America. Read about it at Bob Dylan's website.

Sting, who has had a successful solo career after leaving The police and known for his experimental musical nature releases a mixed bag of Christmas and Holiday songs on his November album If On A Winters Night.

And award winning Christian worship leader Chris Tomlin has released his first Christmas album, Glory in the Highest.