Holiday: Sounds of the Season 2002, various artists (BMG) 

This is a Target holiday compilation, stickered at $5.99, although mine scanned through a buck cheaper for some reason. There's a lot of stuff on here that's all over the map, from Dave Matthews' original "Christmas Song" to a Kenny G medley, Michael McDonald gone country and Diana Krall's jazz "Jingle Bells." But a couple of things on here haven't turned up anywhere else I know of, chief among them Vertical Horizon's cover of "I Believe in Father Christmas," which lets a little of the ELP bombast leak out of what is otherwise a nice holiday song. Then there's Cher's "Angels Running," a subtle, not necessarily holiday song that is a high point of this collection. The rest is previously released stuff like Sir Paul's "Wonderful Christmastime" and Christina Aguilera's "The Christmas Song," a diva moment that actually isn't bad if you like that sort of thing, although she's yelping and shrieking by the last bridge. Needless to say, it's way out of print, although 3rd parties at Amazon have copies for as cheap as 1 cent. Really.