Today it’s officially December, and you know what that means: crazy holiday sales, commercials for products you’ve never heard of before but think you might need, and tons of holiday-timed albums on the shelves. Although record labels are pushing out albums in all genres to sync with gift-buying, the holiday albums you’ll see this month are a special breed. (Have you heard any of Bob Dylan’s new Christmas album? Yikes.) To honor this special batch of records and keep you in the know, here’s a round-up of some of the albums you can look for this month and play on a loop during the holidays:

What are your favorite holiday albums? Have you heard the new Bob Dylan? What did you think?