| The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas | |
| Type: | Compilation |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Cover: | The_Essential_NOW_Christmas_(US).jpg |
| Released: | September 23, 2008 |
| Genre: | Christmas music |
| Length: | 79:02 |
| Label: | Universal Music Entertainment |
| Chronology: | Full series |
| Prev Title: | Now That's What I Call Country |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Now That's What I Call Music! 29 |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas is a holiday album from the Now That's What I Call Music! franchise in the United States, released on September 23, 2008. The album has sold 571,000 copies as of December 2012.[1]
Steve Leggett of Allmusic says that this volume of the Now! series offers a generous selection at 25 tracks and "will put a little skip, hop and beat into your holiday spirit."