A selection of Frank Sinatra's biggest Christmas hits!

Frank Sinatra and Christmas have long gone hand in hand! In the West, the legendary singer's name has already become synonymous with winter holidays! Sinatra managed to combine uplifting lyrics and festive melodies to create the most colourful conceptual model (which, by the way, has since been followed by many singers)! During his career he released more than one album of Christmas songs, which makes the task of selecting the best of them much more difficult... It's worth adding that for more than half a century Frank Sinatra's Christmas hits still define the winter holidays! So: today we've collected the best Sinatra Christmas tunes that you've probably heard at least once in your life! Enjoy listening to...

"A Baby Just Like You"

This song, released as a holiday single in the mid-70s, is a narrative ballad whose main message is love and world peace...

The track was co-written by renowned American singer and songwriter John Denver and Joe Henry (later a famous producer) for his adopted son.

The heavy string arrangement of Sinatra's version was done by Don Costa, who also produced this version.

"The First Noel"

There is an inexplicable sense of gravity when listening to this famous Christmas hymn... Much of it is due to the extraordinarily mesmerising sound of Gordon Jenkins' strings....

"I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day."

This American Christmas carol promoting peace on Earth was based on an 1863 poem called "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

"The Bells Of Christmas"

The 16th-century English folk song "Greensleeves" served as the melodic inspiration for "The Bells Of Christmas", with verses written for it by noted masters Jimmy Van Huizen and Sammy Cahn. On his recording, Sinatra shares the microphone with his children Nancy and Frank Jr. ...

The track was included on the 1968 album Reprise...

"Silent Night."

The history of this sad Austrian song goes back to 1818, when Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr composed it: but they didn't live to reap the financial benefits of Bing Crosby reaching the US top 10 with it in 1935! Sinatra recorded his version as a Christmas single in 1945, and the song later appeared on his album A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra...

"An Old Fashioned Christmas."

And this is a wistful rendition of a nostalgic song by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Hoesen.....

"The Christmas Waltz"

Sinatra has done a spectacular rendition of an unnoticed gem written by the hands of renowned musical masters Jules Stein and Sammy Cahn. The arranger/conductor here is Sinatra's long-time musical ally, Nelson Riddle...

"Whatever Happened To Christmas"

Written by "that bloke, Jimmy Webb," as Sinatra liked to call the rising young songwriter of the '60s, the composition became a bona fide Christmas single....

The brilliant arrangement with an angelic chorus was created by a famous orchestrator named Don Costa, who often collaborated with Sinatra in the 70s.

"Christmas Memories."

Framed by lush strings and choir - this 1975 single, which was written by acclaimed songwriting duo Alan and Marilyn Bergman, arranged and produced by the already mentioned Don Costa...

"The Little Drummer Boy"

The song "The Little Drummer Boy" became famous in the 1950s through versions by The Trapp Family and The Harry Simeone Chorale. Sinatra recorded his version with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, who were also involved in the singer's 1964 album...

"White Christmas."

Another beautiful Christmas composition recorded by Sinatra in 1944.....

"Winter Wonderland."

Recorded for a radio broadcast in 1949, Sinatra's version of "Winter Wonderland" was not publicly available until 1994, when it appeared on an expanded version of the CD Christmas Songs By Frank Sinatra.

It also features some opening words from Sinatra, who brings the song to life with his colourful delivery, showing that he can put soul and commitment into even the lightest of material...

"Mistletoe And Holly"

Pizzicato opens the jolly Christmas song, which Sinatra co-wrote with Doc Stanford and Hank Sanicola. The holiday anthem was recorded in July 1957 and released as a single on Capitol later that year...

"I'll Be Home For Christmas"

We hear the bell ringing in the intro to Sinatra's slow and somewhat somber version. This song was written by the songwriting duo Kim Gannon and Walter Kent, who wanted to raise awareness of the plight of soldiers serving overseas during the holiday season.

"I'm Be Home For Christmas" was first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, but Sinatra makes the song his own through a subtle delivery: poignant, but also reflecting the hope...

"I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm."

Although it never mentions Christmas directly, this Irving Berlin song does mention snow, which certainly gives it a winter Christmas feel...Sinatra recorded this as the closing song for his album Ring-A-Ding-Ding! arranged by Johnny Mandel.....

"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"

You could say Sinatra gave the widely covered and hugely popular 1934 Christmas hit a new life (and new popularity!)

"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"

New York trumpeter Axel Stordahl, who was Sinatra's favourite arranger in the late '40s and early '50s, wrote the charts for this upbeat version of Sammy Cahn and Jules Stein's hit, written in July 1945 during an abnormal heat wave in Los Angeles. Sinatra recorded the song five years later, releasing it as a Christmas single ...

The warm backing vocals belong to The Swanson Quartet.

"Jingle Bells."

This jolly Christmas classic, written by New England songwriter James Pierrepont, was exactly 100 years old when Sinatra recorded it as the opening track to his 1957 holiday album....

"The Christmas Song"

A notably delightfully understated Sinatra recording from 1957, on which Ralph Brewster's singers provide soft backing vocals...

"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas."

The song, written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blanc, was first performed by Judy Garland for the film Meet Me in St. Louis. Sinatra first sang it in 1948, singing the song in a sonorous Bing Crosby-esque tune, but nine years later he recorded what is considered to be his definitive take on the song.

Soft shimmering strings and an unobtrusive chorus provide a gentle accompaniment to...