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The Spirit of Christmas 1998 is the fifth compilation album of Christmas-associated tracks in the annual Spirit of Christmas series. It was released in Australia in November 1998 with proceeds going to the Starlight Foundation. The compilation has contributions from various Australian artists and was produced by Lindsay Field (also compiler) and Glenn Wheatley. It was issued on cassette and CD by Myer Grace Bros. and distributed by Sony BMG. Nine of its fifteen tracks had been released before on previous The Spirit of Christmas compilations.

Song List

1. Carol of the Drum – Christine Anu – 4:03
2. Last Christmas – Human Nature – 3:10
3. Silent Night – Vika and Linda – 3:13
4. Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Judith Durham – 2:54
5. Bethlehem Morning – Hugh Jackman – 4:07
6. Grown-up Christmas List – Lisa Edwards and Lindsay Field – 3:24
7. O Christmas Bush – Tania Kernaghan – 3:50
8. Away in a Manger – Olivia Newton-John – 2:36
9. You'll Never Walk Alone – John Farnham – 3:23
10. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) – Jimmy Barnes – 4:31
11. This Christmas – Deni Hines – 4:26
12. Merry Christmas Baby – Stephen Cummings – 3:08
13. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Diesel – 3:06
14. Here Comes Santa Claus – The Wiggles – 1:27
15. Little Ray of Sunshine – Glenn Shorrock – 5:15

Goofs

• Gene Autry's last name was misspelled as "Autrey".

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The Wiggles Discography Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1991-2006, 2012) Studio Albums The Wiggles (1991) • Here Comes a Song (1992) • The Adventures Of Captain Feathersword, The Friendly Pirate (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996) • The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack (1997) • Toot Toot! (1998) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Wiggle Time! (2000) • Yule Be Wiggling (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Go To Sleep Jeff! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2003) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) Live Albums LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Celebration! (2012) Karaoke Albums Karaoke Songs 1 (2005) • Karaoke Christmas Songs (2005) • Karaoke Songs 2 (2006) • Karaoke Songs 3 (2006) International Splish Splash Big Red Boat (USA/Canada, 2006) Singles & EPs Eagle Rock! (2003) • Christmas Single (2004) • "Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!" (2012) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011) Studio Albums Getting Strong! (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011) Live Albums The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) Singles & EPs "Monkey Man" (2009) • ITunes LIVE (2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021) Studio Albums Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Nursery Rhymes (2017) • Duets (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019) • Party Time! (2019) • Fun and Games (2020) • Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (2020) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Halloween Party (2021) Live Albums Let There Be Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (2020) • Wash Your Hands (2020) • How Are You Today Friend? (2020) • Tiny Play Time (2020) • It's a Galloping Day! (2020) • Come & See the Animals! (2020) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Barbershop (2020) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2020) • Le James Café (2020) Singles "Power Through the Day" (2013) • "Rise For Alex" (2014) • "NSW Blues Song!" (2017) • "The Toilet Song" (2019) • "Drum Chronology (feat. Kye Smith)" (2019) • "Big4 Wiggly Song" (2019) • "Singing Like A Rock Singer" (2019) • "Handwashing Song" (2019) • "Anthony Ant" (2019) • "Social Distancing" (2020) • "Brush Your Teeth" (2020) • "Little Wiggles Theme Song" (2020) • "Do the Propeller! (feat. Sesame Street)" (2020) • "Digital Party!" (2020) • "Click Go the Shears" (2020) • "The Twins Song - Double Happy" (2020) • "We're All Fruit Salad!" (2021) • "The ABC New Zealand Alphabet Song (feat. Robert Rakete)" (2021) • "Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall" (2021) • "The Wellerman" (2021) • "The Before You Go to Bed Song" (2021) • "We're All Fruit Salad! (Korean & English version)" (2021) Album Pre-Release Tracks "The Alphabet Ballet" (2019) • "My Ballet Goat" (2019) • "I Am A Fine Musician" (2019) • "The Ants Go Marching" (2019) • "What's the Time, Mr Wolf?" (2019) • "Here Come The Wiggles" (2020) • "Baby Shark" (2020) • "When I'm Painting" (2020) • "Skinnamarink" (2020) • "Trains, Planes and the Big Red Car" (2020) • "Rocket Ship" (2020) • "Emma's Bowmobile, Beep Beep!" (2020) • "Lullabies with Love" (2021) • "Googy, Googy, Baby Dorothy" (2021) • "Halloween Party" (2021) • "Toilet Paper Mummy" (2021) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2021-present) Studio Albums Super Wiggles (2022) • Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (2023) • The Sound of Halloween (2023) • The Sound of Christmas (2023) • Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children (2024) • Wiggle Up, Giddy Up! (2025) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) • Apple Music Home Session: The Wiggles (2022) • The Wiggles Sound System: Rave of Innocence (2024) Album Pre-Release Tracks Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Theme (2023) Singles "Hey Tsehay!" (2021) • "Around the World" (2022) Album Pre-Release Tracks "Water is My Favourite Drink" (2023) • "The Monkey Dance" (2023) • "Tick Tock (All Night Long)" (2024) • "Wiggle Up, Giddy Up! " (2025) • "Dorothy Doll " (2025) Spinoffs Dorothy the Dinosaur Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012) Emma! & Lachy! Emma! (2015) • Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2016) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) • Emma! 2 (2019) Singles (Album Pre-Release Tracks) "E-M-M-A Theme Song" (2019) • "Emma's Hello Song" (2019) • Fruit Salad TV Fruit Salad TV (2021) • Fruit Salad TV Christmas (2021) More from The Wiggles The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • ReWiggled: A Tribute to The Wiggles (2011) • Carnival of the Animals (2016) • Och Aye the G'Nu! (2017) • Sweet Dreams: White Noise Sleep Aid for Baby (2021) • Calm & Quiet: Soothing Sounds for Relaxing Baby (2021) • ReWiggled (2022) • Piano Lullabies for Baby Sleep (2024) Singles & EPs "Elephant (triple j Like A Version)" (2021) • "We're All Fruit Salad (triple j Live Recording 2021)|We're All Fruit Salad (triple j Live Recording)" (2021) Album Pre-Release Tracks ReWiggled (EP) (2021) • "Apple Crumble" (2022) Compilations Christmas Classics (2006) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009) • Hits And Rarities (2012) • Christmas Crackers! (2012) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013) • Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! (2015) • The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl (2016) • The Best of The Wiggles (2016) • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (2021) • Hot Potato! The Best Of The OG Wiggles (2023) • The Best Of The Wiggles (2023) Samplers The Wiggles (1999) • Celebrating The Wiggles' 10th Birthday! (2001) • Compliments of Brach's and The Wiggles (2003) • A Wiggly Music Sampler (2003) • Wiggle Bay (2003) • Milky, Milky, Milky (2003) • Toot Toot! 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Magical Adventure! A Wiggly Movie: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Wake Up Jeff!: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Karicare CD Sampler (2004) • Wiggle Into Apple-Healthy Snack Time with Mott's (2005) • Snack Time is Wiggle Time With Mott's (2006) • 4 Song CD (2006) • Omo Colourlock Limited Edition CD Sampler (2006) • Getting Strong! & Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • The Wiggles Summer 2011 Sampler (2011) • The Wiggles Summer 2012 Sampler (2012) Books w/ CDs Sing-a-long CD (2006) • We're All Friends (2007) • Play Piano with... The Wiggles (2007) • A Wiggly Sing-Along Box Set (2012) • Super Singalong Slipcase (2015) • Singalong Slipcase (2018) Other Compilations featuring The Wiggles ABC Kids ABC For Kids: Greatest Hits (1991) • A Menagerie Of Songs All About Animals (1992) • More ABC For Kids Greatest Hits (1992) • Rock 'N' Roll Kids (1992) • ABC For Kids Live (1993) • Lots And Lots Of Great Music For Kids (1994) • Rock Roll Rap! (1994) • Roar Like a Dinosaur (1994) • ABC For Kids Dance Party (1995) • Hottest Hits (2003) • ABC For Kids Hits (2004) • Best of ABC for Kids (2006) • ABC For Kids Favourites (2009) • ABC For Kids Favourites 2 (2010) • The Best Music For Kids (2012) • The Best of ABC for Kids (2013) • ABC for Kids TV Themes (2014) • The Best of ABC for Kids Volume 2 (2014) • ABC For Kids Christmas (2014) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 3 (2015) • ABC Kids Christmas - Volume 2 (2015) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 4 (2016) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 3 (2016) • Sing and Learn (2017) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 5 (2017) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 4 (2017) • ABC Kids Let's Play! Holiday Fun with Friends! (2017) • ABC KIDS Listen (2018) • ABC Kids Hits (2018) • Christmas With ABC Kids (2018) • ABC KIDS Favourites (2019) Playhouse Disney Playhouse Disney 2 (2003) • Playhouse Disney: Imagine and Learn With Music (2005) • Disney Music Block Party (2008) Christmas compilations The Spirit of Christmas 1998 (1998) • The Spirit of Christmas 2003 (2003) • So Fresh Songs For Christmas 2005 (2005) • The Spirit Of Christmas 06 (2006) • Carols in the Domain: 25th Anniversary (2007) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2008 (2008) • My Christmas Party Album (2009) • My Favourite Christmas Songs (2010) • Greatest Ever! Christmas: The Definitive Collection (2010) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2011 (2011) • The Spirit of Christmas 2011 (2011) • My Christmas Album (2012) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2012 (2012) • Making Spirits Bright Christmas Charity Collection (2013) • The Spirit of Christmas 2014 (2014) • Making Spirits Bright 2014 Christmas Charity Collection (2014) • Superstar Christmas (2014) • Pop for Tots Christmas (2016) • 101 Christmas Classics (2017) • The Spirit of Christmas 2017 (2017) Other compilations Advance Australia Fair (1997) • Anthem - Celebration of Australia (1997) • The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show Musical Challenge (2000) • Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge 2: Even More Challenged! (2001) • Triple M Musical Challenge 3 – Third Time Lucky! (2002) • Koch Entertainment September 2003 Sampler CD (2003) • Pop Jr 2 - The Beginners Guide To Pop (2006) • Are We There Yet? Songs for a Great Car Ride (2007) • Hey! Hey! - Big Songs For Little People (2007) • Koch Records March 2008 New Release Sampler (2008) • Hits for Kids Pop Party 4 (2008) • Ultimate Pop Jr. (2010) • Artist Karaoke, Vol. 164: The Wiggles (2010) • Greatest Ever! Kids' Favourites (2010) • World of Karaoke, Vol. 93 (2010) • My Favourite Mini Disco Songs (2011) • My Favourite TV Themes (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 207 (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 222 (2011) • All My Favourite Songs (2012) • My Favourite Party Songs (2012) • My Favourite Playtime Songs (2012) • Music From The Home Front (2020) • We See You (2024)