If you have a household anything like mine, the Christmas music will hit the CD player tomorrow (if not tonight?) One of the hottest new Christmas CDs this year is Harry Connick’s “Harry for the Holidays.”

Some dismiss Connick as the Ersatz Sinatra-Aping Boy, but not at our house, fella. Nevertheless, you might have to be a fan to warm to this disc without a few spins. It’s very wild and jazzy (that’s not bad, but not everyone’s idea of Christmas-y), and yet very informal, almost like a live gig. (You might laugh at how one Amazon reviewer sincerely believes Harry was drunk in the recording studio.) The oddest turn is his country duet with George Jones on a New Year’s lament.

For the Connick rookies and those looking for the more traditional Christmas album, his first Christmas album is an absolute classic.