Nobody brings out the underlying loneliness some people feel during the holidays like Elvis Presley does on his legendary Yuletide lament “Blue Christmas”. But The King has a way with carols that goes far deeper than a single song. Hearing him delivering season’s greetings in the form of a gritty, grooving 12-bar blues on “Merry Christmas Baby” or digging into his spiritual side for a goosebump-inducing version of “Silent Night” underlines the fact that Elvis had more of a handle on the holidays than any other first-generation rock ’n’ roller.