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Contents 1 Integrate 1.1 Religious Christmas carols 1.2 Non-Religious Christmas Songs

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[edit] Religious Christmas carols

• "A Babe is Born in Bethlehem" ("Puer natus in Bethlehem")
  • 14th Century Latin hymn
• "Adam Lay Ybounden"
  • 15th Century text, set by numerous composers
• "Adeste Fideles" ("O Come All Ye Faithful")
  • attributed to John Francis Wade around 1743
• "All Hail to Thee"
• "The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came"
  • see "Gabriel's Message"
• "Angels, From the Realms of Glory"
  • Words by James Montgomery, 1816
  • Commonly used tune, the traditional French "Les anges dans nos campagnes"
  • Commonly used tune in the US by Henry Thomas Smart 1813-79
• "Angels We Have Heard on High" ("Les anges dans nos campagnes")
  • French traditional
  • based on traditional carol "Les Anges dans nos Campagnes"
  • music is traditional hymn "Gloria"
  • English translation by James Chadwick in 1862
  • reworded, retitled, and sung by Michael W. Smith as "Gloria"
• "As Lately We Watched"
• "As With Gladness Men of Old"
• "Away in a Manger"
  • first published in 1885
  • first two stanzas attributed to unknown author
  • third stanza written by Dr. John McFarland in 1904
• "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem"
  • Bluegrass Traditional
• "The Boar's Head Carol"
  • English traditional
• "Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heav'nly Light"
• "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" ("Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle!")
  • Provençal traditional
• "Carol of the Bells"
  • music and Ukrainian lyrics written by Mykola Leontovych in 1916 (originally titled "Shchedryk")
  • English lyrics written by Peter Wilhousky in 1936
  • Sometimes called the "Bulgarian Carol" even though its origin is Ukrainian, not Bulgarian
• "Burgundian Carol"
• "Caroling Caroling"
  • music written by Alfred Burt in 1954
  • lyrics written by Wihla Hutson in 1954
• "The Cherry Tree Carol"
  • English traditional
• "Children, Go Where I Send Thee"
• "Christ Is Born in Bethlehem"
• "Christ Is Born, the Divine Christ Child" ("Il est né, le divin Enfant!")
  • French traditional
• "Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn"
• "Christmas Auld Lang Syne"
• "Christmas is Coming"
• "Christmas Time at Home"
  • Written by Rhonda Vincent in 2006
• "Christmas Time's A Coming"
  • Bluegrass Traditional
• "Cold December's Winds Were Stilled" (El desembre congelat")
  • Catalan traditional
• "Come Buy My Nice Fresh Ivy"
  • music written by Turlough O'Carolan (originally titled "O'Carolan's Lament")
  • lyrics written by John Keegan in 1849
• "Come, All Ye Shepherds" ("Kommet, ihr Hirten")
  • Bohemian traditional
• "Coventry Carol"
• "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly" ("Oer yw'r gŵr sy'n methu caru")
  • Welsh traditional
• "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
  • music written by Jehan Tabourot
  • words written by George Ratcliffe Woodward
• "Down In Yon Forest"
  • English traditional
• "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
  • written by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne in 1962
  • first recorded by The Harry Simeone Chorale in 1962
• "Flemish Carol"
• "The First Nowell" (or "The First Noël")
  • English traditional
• "The Friendly Beasts"
• "From Highest Heaven I Come to Tell" ("Von Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her")
• "Fum, Fum, Fum!" ("Veinticinco de diciembre")
  • Spanish traditional
• "Gabriel's Message"
  • from the Basque traditional carol "Birjina gaztettobat zegoen"
  • Translated into English by Sabine Baring-Gould
• "A Gallery Carol"
• "Gaudete"
• "Gesu Bambino" ("The Infant Jesus")
• "Glory to God" ("Ere Zij God")
  • Dutch traditional
• "Gloucester Wassail"
• "Good People All, This Christmastime"
  • Irish traditional
• "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
  • American traditional
• "God is Being Born" ("Bóg się rodzi")
  • Polish, lyrics written by Franciszek Karpinski
• "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
  • English traditional
• "Good King Wenceslas"
• "Hail, Blessed Virgin Mary!"
  • Italian traditional
• "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
  • music written by Felix Mendelssohn originally as part of Festgesang
  • words written by Charles Wesley
• "Here We Come a-Wassailling"
  • English traditional
• "Hey, Ho, Nobody Home"
• "The Holly and the Ivy"
  • English traditional
• "How Brightly Beams" ("Wie Schön Leuchtet")
• "How Far Is It to Bethlehem"
• "Huron Carol" ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime")
• "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
  • lyrics by Longfellow
• "I Pray On Christmas"
  • written by Harry Connick, Jr.
• "I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In"
  • English traditional
• "In Dulci Jubilo" ("Good Christian Men, Rejoice" or "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice")
• "In the Bleak Midwinter"
• "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" ("W żłobie leży")
  • Polish traditional
• "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
  • Music by Richard Storrs Willis,
  • Music usually sung in Britain by Sir Arthur Sullivan
  • Words by Edmund Hamilton Sears
• "I Wonder as I Wander"
  • Appalachian traditional
  • Also sung to a tune by Carl Rutti
• "Jesu, Jesu, Baby Dear" or 'Little Jesus, sweetly sleep' ("Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku")
  • Czech traditional
• "Joy to the World"
• "Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine" ("Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein")
• "Little Donkey"
• "Little Drummer Boy"
  • written by Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone
• "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" ("Es Ist Ein' Ros'")
• "Love Came Down at Christmas"
• "Lullay, Baby Jesus"("Lulajże Jezuniu")
  • Polish traditional
• "Lullay, My Liking"
• "Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child"
  • Appalachian traditional
• "March of the Kings"
• "Mary Had a Baby"
  • American traditional
• "Mary's Little Boy Child"
• "Masters in This Hall"
• "My Dancing Day"
  • traditional
• "A la Nanita Nana"
  • Spanish traditional
• "Noel Nouvelet"
  • French traditional
• "O come, O come, Emmanuel" ("Veni, Veni, Emmanuel"; actually an Advent hymn)
• "O Come, Little Children"
• "O Holy Night"
• "O Jesulein Süss, O Jesulein Mild!" ("O Little One Sweet, O Little One Mild!")
  • traditional
• "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
  • Words: Bishop Phillips Brooks
  • Music: in the USA by Lewis H. Redner
  • Music: in the UK a traditional tune known as "The Ploughboy's Dream"
  • Music: a setting by Sir Henry Walford Davies occasionally sung at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
  • retitled and sung by Amy Grant as "Little Town"
• "O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree")
  • German traditional
• "Of the Father's Love Begotten" or ("Of the Father's Heart Begotten")
• "O Leave Your Sheep" ("Quittez, pasteurs")
  • French traditional
• "Once In Royal David's City"
• "O Sanctissima or "O du fro"hliche!"
• "O Sleep, Thou Heaven-Born Treasure, Thou" ("Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du")
• "On Christmas Night all Christians Sing"
• "Out of the East"
• "Past Three O'Clock"
  • traditional
• "Pat-A-Pan!" ("Guillô, pran ton tamborin!")
  • Provençal traditional
• "The Peace Carol"
• "Personent Hodie" ("On This Day Earth Shall Ring")
• "Puer Natus" ("Unto Us a Boy Is Born")
  • traditional, from Piae Cantiones
• "Puer Nobis Nascitur" ("Unto Us Is Born a Son")
  • traditional, alternative translation from Piae Cantiones
• "Quem Pastores" ("Shepherds Left Their Flocks A-Straying")
• "Rejoice and Be Merry"
  • English traditional
• "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow"
  • American traditional
• "Rocking" ("Jesu, Jesu, Baby Dear" or 'Little Jesus, sweetly sleep')
  • English translation of ("Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku")
• "The Sans Day Carol"
  • English traditional
• "Saw Ye Never, in the Twilight"
• "See, Amid the Winter's Snow"
• "The Seven Joys of Mary"
  • English traditional
• "Today in Betlehem" ("Dzisiaj w Betlejem")
  • Polish traditional
  • English traditional
• "Shepherd, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep"
  • French traditional
• "Silent Night! Holy Night!" ("Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht!")
  • written by Franz Xaver Gruber and Josef Mohr
• "Silver and Gold"
• "Sing Lullaby!" also known as The Infant King ("Oi Betleem!")
  • Basque traditional
• "Sing We Now of Christmas"
• Sir Christèmas"
• "The Snow Lay on the Ground"
• "The Son of the Virgin" ("El Noi da la Mare")
  • Catalan traditional
• "Songs of Praise the Angels Sang"
• "Still, Still, Still"
• "The Sussex Carol" ("On Christmas Night All Christians Sing")
  • English traditional
• "Sweet Little Jesus Boy"
• "There's a Song in the Air"
• "There Is No Rose of Such Virtue" ("Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu")
  • English traditional, also heard in settings by Benjamin Britten (A Ceremony of Carols) and John Joubert
• "Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar" ("die Könige")
• "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day"
  • English traditional
• "Torches"
  • composed by John Joubert in 1951
• "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
  • English traditional
• "Tu scendi dalle stelle" ("From Starry Skies Thou Comest")
  • Italian traditional
• "Unto Us a Boy is Born" - translation of "Puer nobis nascitur
• "The Wassail Song"
• "Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne"
• "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy"
  • Trinidadian traditional
• "A Virgin Unspotted" ("A Virgin Most Pure")
  • English traditional
• "The Virgin's Slumber Song"
• "Wachet auf!" (Wake, O Wake!")
• "Wassail! Wassail All Over the Town!" ("The Gloucestershire Wassail")
  • English traditional
• "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
  • English traditional
• "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" ("Three Kings of Orient") (actually an Epiphany carol)
  • written by Reverend John Henry Hopkins in 1863
• "Wexford Carol"
• "What Child Is This?"
  • music is traditional song "Greensleeves"
  • words written by William Chatterton Dix
• "Whence Is That Lovely Fragrance Wafting" or Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing("Quelle est cette odeur agréable?")
  • French traditional
• "While by My Sheep I Watched at Night"
• "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks"

[edit] Non-Religious Christmas Songs

• "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
  • written by Johnny Marks
  • first recorded by Burl Ives in 1964
  • also recorded by Alan Jackson
• "A Marshmallow World"
  • words by Carl Sigman
  • music by Peter De Rose
  • recorded by Bing Crosby
  • also recorded by Darlene Love in 1963
• "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"
  • written by Donald Yetter Gardner
  • first recorded by Spike Jones in 1948
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
  • written by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
  • first recorded by Mariah Carey in 1994
• "Babes in Toyland"
  • written by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough
• "Blue Christmas"
  • written by Bill Hayes and Jay Johnson
  • first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948
  • also recorded by Elvis Presley, Porky Pig
• "Buon Natale"
  • words and Music by Bob Saffer and Frank Linale
  • recorded by Nat King Cole
• "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S"
  • words by Jenny Lou Carson
  • music by Eddy Arnold
• "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
  • written by Ross Bagdasarian
  • first recorded by The Chipmunks in 1958
• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
  • written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
  • first recorded by Darlene Love in 1963
  • also recorded by many artists including Mariah Carey, U2, Rosie O'Donnell featuring Cher
• "Christmas All Over Again"
  • written by Tom Petty
  • first recorded by Tom Petty in 1992
• "Christmas Day"
  • music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David
  • from the Broadway musical Promises, Promises (1968)
• "Christmas for Cowboys"
  • words and music by Steve Weisburg
• "Christmas in Killarney"
  • words and music by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh, and Frank Weldon
• "Christmas is"
  • words by Spence Maxwell
  • music by Percy Faith
• "Christmas Island"
  • words and music by Lyle Moraine
• "Christmas Shoes"
  • written by Leonard Ahlstrom and Eddie Carswell
  • first recorded by NewSong in 2000
• "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"
  • written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
  • first recorded by The Nat King Cole Trio in 1946
  • also recorded by The Carpenters, Celine Dion, Al Jarreau, Luther Vandross, Toni Braxton
• "Christmas Time: Don't Let The Bells End"
  • first recorded by The Darkness
• "Christmas Time Is Here"
  • written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson
  • first recorded by Vince Guaraldi in 1965
  • also recorded by Chicago, Mercy Me, Diana Krall, Toni Braxton
• "Christmas Time Is Here Again"
  • written by George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
  • first recorded by The Beatles
  • also recorded separately by Ringo Starr in 1999
• "Christmas Vacation"
  • written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann
• "The Christmas Waltz"
  • music by Jules Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, c.1954
  • recorded by Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Harry Connick Jr., The Carpenters, and many others
• "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
  • written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
  • first recorded by Band Aid
• "Fairytale of New York"
  • written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan
  • first recorded by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl
• "Feliz Navidad"
  • written by José Feliciano
  • first recorded by José Feliciano in 1970
  • also recorded by Celine Dion
• "Frosty the Snowman"
  • written by Steve Edward Nelson and Jack Rollins
  • first recorded by Gene Autry in 1950
  • also recorded by the Jackson 5, Willie Nelson
• "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"
  • written by Randy Brooks
  • first recorded by Elmo & Patsy in 1983
• "Hanover Winter Song"
  • words and music by Richard Hovey and Frierick Field Bullard
• "Happy Birthday Jesus"
  • words by Estelle Levitt
  • music by Lee Pockriss
• "The Happy Elf
  • written by Harry Connick, Jr.
• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  • written by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
  • first recorded by Judy Garland for the film "Meet Me in St. Louis" in 1944
  • also recorded by Frank Sinatra, The Carpenters, James Taylor, The Pretenders, Amy Grant, Chicago, Kenny Loggins, Toni Braxton
• "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"
  • written by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
  • first recorded by Gene Autry in 1947
  • also recorded by Elvis Presley, Linda Eder, Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters
• "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus"
  • written by Harry Connick, Jr
• "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
  • written by Thomas Connor
  • first recorded by Jimmy Boyd in 1952
• "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
  • written by Kim Gannon, Walter Kent and Buck Ram
  • first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943
  • also recorded by Frank Sinatra, Amy Grant, The Carpenters
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
  • written by Robert Meredith Willson
  • first recorded by Perry Como on September 18, 1951
  • also recorded by Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis
• "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"
  • written by Edward Pola and George Wyle
  • first recorded by Andy Williams in 1963
  • also recorded by Amy Grant, Johnny Mathis, Toni Braxton
• "Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling"
  • words by Don Ray
  • music by Paul J. Smith
  • In the film Beaver Valley
• "Jingle Bell Rock"
  • written by Joe Beale and Jim Boothe
  • first recorded by Bobby Helms in 1957
  • also recorded by Hall & Oates
• "Jingle Bells"
  • written by James Pierpont
• "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"
  • traditional
• "Last Christmas"
  • written by George Michael
  • first recorded by Wham!
  • also recorded by Hilary Duff, Jimmy Eat World, Darren Hayes of Savage Garden, Billie Piper
• "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
  • written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
  • first recorded by Vaughn Monroe on October 31, 1945
  • also recorded by Andy Williams, Chicago, Gloria Estefan, Dean Martin, Johnny Mathis
• "Let There Be Peace on Earth"
  • written by Jill Jackson and Seymour Miller
• "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot"
  • words and music by Tommie Connor, Jimmy Leach, and Michael Carr
• "Little Saint Nick"
  • written by Brian Wilson
  • first recorded by The Beach Boys in 1964
• "Mele Kalikimaka (the Hawaiian Christmas Song)"
  • words and music by R. Alex Anderson
  • recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
• "Merry Christmas, Baby"
• "The Merry Christmas Polka"
  • words by Paul Francis Webster
  • music by Sonny Burke
  • written by Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore
• "Merry Xmas Everybody"
  • written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea
  • first recorded by Slade
• "Nuttin' for Christmas'"
  • words and music by Sid Pepper and Roy C. Bennett
  • first performed by Barry Gordon on The Miton Berle Show
  • also recorded by Stan Freburg, Eartha Kitt, and Homer and Jethro among others
• "Please Come Home for Christmas"
  • written by Charles Brown and Gene C. Redd
  • first recorded by Charles Brown in 1960
  • also recorded by The Eagles, Aaron Neville, Southside Johnny Lyon
• "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
  • written by Johnny Marks
  • first recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958
• "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
  • written by Johnny Marks
  • first recorded by Gene Autry in 1949
  • also recorded by Harry Connick, Jr., Burl Ives, Ray Conniff, Dean Martin, John Denver
• "Run Rudolph Run"
  • written by Marvin Brodie and Johnny Marks
  • first recorded by Chuck Berry in 1958
• "Santa Baby"
  • written by Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer
  • first recorded by Eartha Kitt in 1953
• "Santa Claus Is Back in Town"
  • written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
  • first recorded by Elvis Presley in 1957
• "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
  • written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
  • recorded by Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, The Pointer Sisters, The Beach Boys, The Jackson Five
• "Santa Claus, Indiana, U.S.A
  • words and Music by Abe Olman and Al Jacobs
• "Silver Bells"
  • written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
  • first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1951
  • also recorded by Kate Smith, Atlantic Starr
• "Six White Boomers"
  • written by Rolf Harris and John D. Brown in 1960
  • recorded by Rolf Harris in 1960, Russell Coight on The Spirit of Christmas 2004
• "Sleep Well, Little Children (A Christmas Lullaby)"
  • words by Alan Burgman
  • Music by Leon Latzkin
  • Recorded by The Carpenters
• "Sleigh Ride"
  • music written by Leroy Anderson in 1948
  • lyrics written by Mitchell Parish in 1950
  • instrumental version first recorded by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1949
  • instrumental version also recorded by The Ventures in 1965
  • vocal version first recorded by Merv Griffin with Freddy Martin and his Orchestra in 1951
  • also recorded by Deborah Gibson, Amy Grant, Leroy Anderson, The Carpenters, Air Supply, Johnny Mathis, TLC
• "Suzy Snowflake"
  • words and music by Sid Topper and Roy C. Bennett
• "Take Me Back To Toyland"
  • words by Kal Mann
  • Music by Bernie Lowe
• "That's What I Want for Christmas"
  • words by Irving Caesar
  • music by Gerald Marks
• "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"
  • written by Robert Allen and Al Stillman
  • first recorded by Perry Como on November 16, 1954
  • also recorded by The Carpenters
• "Toyland"
  • words by Glen MacDonough
  • music by Victor Herbert
  • part of the oppetetta Babes in Toyland
• "Una all cam yerri wan fine fine word"
  • traditional Sierra Leone carol
• "Up on the Housetop"
  • traditional
• "We Need a Little Christmas"
  • written by Jerry Herman
  • first recorded by The Original Broadway Cast of Mame 1966
  • also recorded by Percy Faith, Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, The New Christy Minstrels
• "When Santa Claus Gets your Letter"
  • words and Music by Johnny Marks
• "White Christmas"
  • written by Irving Berlin
  • first recorded by Bing Crosby for the film "Holiday Inn" in 1942
  • also recorded by Chicago, Darlene Love (1963), The Drifters, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Carpenters, John Denver, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa
• "Whispering Hope"
  • written by Alice Hawthorne
• "Will Santy Come to Shanty Town?"
  • words and music by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson, and Ed Nelson, Jr.
• "Winter"
  • words by Alfred Bryan
  • music by Albert Gumble
• "Winter Wonderland"
  • written by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
  • first recorded by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians in 1934
  • also recorded by Perry Como (1946), The Andrews Sisters (1946), Amy Grant, Eurythmics, Johnny Mathis
• "Wonderful Christmas Time"
  • written by Paul McCartney
  • first recorded by Paul McCartney