Free and Cheap Holiday Music Online!

If you're looking to add some new Christmas music to your collection, here are a couple sources for free and low-cost  holiday tunes:

My favorites so far this year are the free sampler mini-albums available at Amazon.com.  One note is that these are not CDs you're ordering, they're MP3 files, which means you _can_ download them onto your computer and then use iTunes or another software application to create your own CD (I did).  But you can also load these MP3 files onto your mobile phone, iPod or other MP3 player - or play them directly from your computer while you're working or using your computer to type that belated holiday letter/email card.

Here are my two that I really liked - they are both collections with only five songs and they are both instrumental:

Sugo Music Free Holiday Sampler
Acorn Music Free Holiday Sampler

It should also be noted that to download these songs you must download and use the free, easy to use Amazon MP3 Downloader.  You simply follow the 2 simple steps as it guides you to download your music, which it then deposits into your iTunes or Music folder on your computer.

If you have young kids in your home during the holidays, and if they like the Veggie Tales TV, movie and music series - you'd want to download the free 16 song  Veggie Tales - Incredible Christmas Tree.  Also a free MP3 download at Amazon.com.

Amazon also has an amazing offer to download 99 songs, yes 99 complete MP3 tracks for only $1.99.  There is no catch - other than these are not likely the top tunes you'll hear playing on the all Christmas music radio stations in your city (but maybe that's a bonus!).  IT's a collection of mostly orchestral (classical) compositions as well as chroale (choir) music.  It's a great collection to have as background music for your holiday celebrations.   You can download it here: The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces

If you'd like to check out the other free Christmas music sampler albums - from the above free two albums (on Amazon.com) scroll down to the lower part of the page where you see: Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought:

And you'll see even more sampler holiday albums for you to add to your holiday cheer!