Claude says:Francis Albert Sinatra — Ol' Blue Eyes, the Chairman of the Board, the singer who defined American cool from the swing era through Vegas — needs no introduction, but this 2009 compilation came fifteen years after his death. It pulls together seasonal standards from across his catalogue, leaning on the warm, orchestral Christmas albums he cut for Capitol and Reprise. You spun it hard in December 2015, six years after it appeared, returning to "An Old Fashioned Christmas" and "Christmas Memories" as the holiday mood required, then left it behind when the season ended.