The greatest album of the nineties

This one's not bad if you approach it with an open mind. That cover of Raining Blood kicks all sorts of ass.

It's the only Christmas album that gets any play in my home

You'll definitely get some other opinions. Hard to argue with Blood on the Tracks. My own choice: Highway 61 Revisited and Oh Mercy (I've been reappraising his 80s work and it's way better than critical consensus would have you believe).