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An index of texts related to the celebration of Christmas. |
Fifteenth century fresco of the birth of Christ by Beato Angelico
- Christmas, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, all 1819 by Washington Irving
- A Christmas Eve in Spain, 1864 by José María de Pereda
- Is There a Santa Claus? (also called Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus), 1897 by Francis Pharcellus Church
- A Christmas Letter, 1910 letter declining to attend a party, by Stephen Leacock
- Christmas, 1912 by Max Beerbohm
- Christmas, essay by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Messages and announcements [edit]
Religious observance [edit]
Other holiday traditions [edit]
Painted image from a Christmas card of Santa Claus lifting toys from a sack
Christmas Carols [edit]
See Category:Christmas carols
- Adeste Fideles (O come all ye faithful), written by John Francis Wade in 1742, and translated into English by Frederick Oakeley.
- Angels, from the Realms of Glory, written by James Montgomery
- Away in a Manger, 1885
- Boar's Head Carol, traditional English carol
- Christmas, a carol by an anonymous writer, now known as "Once in Royal David's city"
- Christmas Day also called Hark! the Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley
- Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, by Charles Wesley
- Coventry Carol
- Deck the Halls
- Gesu Bambino by Pietro Yon, translated by Frederick H. Martens, 1917
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, 1833
- Good King Wenceslas, 1853, by John Mason Neale
- Hark! the Herald Angels Sing originally Christmas Day by Charles Wesley
- Here We Come A-Wassailing
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Hymn on the Nativity, 1616 by Ben Jonson
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- In Excelsis Gloria, traditional
- In Dulci Jubilo, traditional
- In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Georgina Rossetti
- It Came upon a Midnight Clear
- Jingle Bells, written in 1857 for Thanksgiving
- Joy to the World
- The Legend of St. Nicholas, English translation by James Henry Dixon
- No Room at the Inn, 1916
- O, Christmas Tree
- O come all ye faithful translation of Adeste Fideles by John Francis Wade (1742) translated by Frederick Oakeley
- O come, O come, Emmanuel, translation of the Latin text ("Veni, veni, Emmanuel") by John Mason Neal and Henry Sloane Coffin, mid-19th century
- On Christmas Night, traditional
- Silent Night, written by Josef Mohr.
- Still, Still, Still, traditional
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas, traditional English carol
- What Child Is This?, 1865 by William Dix sung to the tune of Greensleeves
Poetry [edit]
Fiction [edit]
Christmas publications [edit]
Reference [edit]
