A list of over 100 Christmas songs is at the end of this article. I love Christmas music and the Christmas season!
People often seem to be in especially good spirits around Christmas. We seem to smile more and to be more friendly.
Donations to charities are the highest of the year, and gifts to family members and friends are more common, too. Christmas music seems to be one factor helping achieve this “Christmas spirit.”
People often seem to be in especially good spirits around Christmas. We seem to smile more and to be more friendly.
Donations to charities are the highest of the year, and gifts to family members and friends are more common, too. Christmas music seems to be one factor helping achieve this “Christmas spirit.”
Even for me, a person who considers music a sideline rather than a centerpiece, Christmas music is special. I love listening to Christmas carols in the background as I do Christmas decorating, wash dishes, and do some straightening and cleaning in my apartment during the Christmas season.
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I enjoy lots of them. I like old fashioned hymns like "Silent Night," "O Holy Night," and numerous others, as well as newer songs like "White Christmas," "Silver Bells," "The Christmas Song," and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." I have many favorites!
The photo below shows much of my personal Christmas music collection in 2016 before I sold or donated some of it. In the photo you can see audiocassettes, a record album, a 45 rpm record, and a CD set. But, I also enjoy listening to Christmas songs on radio stations. Many persons download Christmas carols onto iPods and MP3 players, but I haven't done that--yet.
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| This photo shows much of my Christmas music collection in December 2016 |
At the end of this article is an alphabetical list of over 100 Christmas songs (133 to be exact), followed by links to webpages with numerous other lists of Christmas songs. However, the webpage linked to following this sentence offers one list of 100 of the best Christmas songs (50 modern Christmas songs and 50 Christmas carols.) http://www.free-Christmas-songs-lyrics.info/top-christmas-songs/top-100-christmas-songs.htm
Christmas Music, Commercialism, and Jesus' Birth
Singing Christmas carols and listening to them is enjoyable for a huge number (millions?) of people, including me. I know that many businesses play Christmas music to stimulate retail sales. And, yes, I also know Jesus probably was not born on December 25. And, yes, I agree that Christmas is too commercialized and festivals occurred this time of year before Jesus’ birth. But, since we don’t know when Jesus was born, December 25 is a great day to celebrate his birth through songs and deeds. Furthermore, we can choose to avoid the materialism.
Singing Christmas carols and listening to them is enjoyable for a huge number (millions?) of people, including me. I know that many businesses play Christmas music to stimulate retail sales. And, yes, I also know Jesus probably was not born on December 25. And, yes, I agree that Christmas is too commercialized and festivals occurred this time of year before Jesus’ birth. But, since we don’t know when Jesus was born, December 25 is a great day to celebrate his birth through songs and deeds. Furthermore, we can choose to avoid the materialism.
NonChristians, Christmas, and Christmas Songs
I respect those who are not Christians who do not celebrate the birth of Jesus. And I am happy to express greetings to those who celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and other holidays during the Christmas season -- many of whom also enjoy celebrating the Christmas holiday.
I respect those who are not Christians who do not celebrate the birth of Jesus. And I am happy to express greetings to those who celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and other holidays during the Christmas season -- many of whom also enjoy celebrating the Christmas holiday.
In fact Christmas and Christmas carols are enjoyed by
many agnostics, atheists, and followers of various religious faiths who appreciate
the festive occasion.
Let's all seek to enjoy the Christmas season and the Christmas music that accompanies it.
Let's all seek to enjoy the Christmas season and the Christmas music that accompanies it.
Alphabetical List of 133 Christmas Songs:
1.
A Ceremony of Carols
2.
A Child This Day is Born
3.
All Alone on Christmas
4.
All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
5.
All I Want for Christmas is You
6.
Amen
7.
Angels from the Realms of Glory
8.
Angels We Have Heard on High
9.
Auld Lang Syne
10. Ave
Maria
11. Away
in a Manger
12. Ay
Ay Ay It's Christmas
13. Baby,
It’s Cold Outside
14. Baby’s
First Christmas
15. Beautiful
Star of Bethlehem
16. Bells
of St. Mary
17. Blue
Christmas
18. Boar’s
Head Carol
19. Break
Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
20. Bring
a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
21. Calypso
Carol
22. Carol
of the Bells
23. Children,
Go Where I Send Thee
24. Christmas
(Baby Please Come Home)
25. Christmas
All Year
26. Christmas
is Coming
27. Christmas
Rappin’
28. Christmas
Wrapping
29. Coventry
Carol
30. Deck
the Halls
31. Ding
Dong! Merrily on High!
32. Do
They Know It’s Christmas?
33. Do
You Hear What I Hear
34. Dominick,
the Italian Christmas Donkey
35. Donde
Esta Santa Claus
36. Fairytale
of New York
37. Feliz
Navidad
38. Frosty
the Snowman
39. Gabriel’s
Message
40. Gloucestershire
Wassail
41. Go
Tell It on the Mountain
42. God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
43. God
That Madest Earth and Heaven
44. Good
Christian Men Rejoice
45. Good
King Wenceslas
46. Grandma
Got Run Over by a Reindeer
47. Hallelujah
Chorus from The Messiah
48. Happy
Christmas (War is Over)
49. Hark!
The Herald Angels Sing
50. Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
51. Here
Comes Santa Claus
52. Here
We Come A-Wassailing
53. Holly
Jolly Christmas
54. Home
for the Holidays (There’s No Place Like)
55. I
Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
56. I
Pray on Christmas
57. I
Saw Momma Kissing Santa Claus
58. I
Saw Three Ships
59. I
Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
60. I
Wonder as I Wonder
61. I’ll
Be Home for Christmas
62. If
It Doesn’t Snow on Christmas
63. In
the Bleak Midwinter
64. Infant
Holy, Infant Lowly
65. It
Came Upon a Midnight Clear
66. It’s
Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
67. It’s
Christmas Time All Over the World
68. It’s
the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
69. Jingle
Bell Rock
70. Jingle
Bells
71. Jolly
Old Saint Nicholas
72. Joy
to the World
73. Joyful,
Joyful We Adore Thee
74. Last
Christmas
75. Let
It Snow
76. Little
Saint Nick
77. Lo,
How a Rose E’er Blooming
78. Mary,
Did You Know?
79. Mary’s
Boy Child
80. May
You Always
81. Merry
Christmas Darling
82. My
Name Is Christmas Carol
83. Nuttin’
for Christmas (I’m Gettin')
84. O
Come, All Ye Faithful
85. O
Come, O come Emmanuel
86. O
Holy Night
87. O
Little Town of Bethelehem
88. O
Sing a Song of Bethlehem
89. O
Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
90. Once
in Royal David’s City
91. Pat-a-Pan
92. Please
Come Home for Christmas
93. River
94. Rockin’
Around the Christmas Tree
95. Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer
96. Run
Rudolph Run
97. Santa
Baby
98. Santa
Claus is Coming to Town
99. Santa
Claus Is Watching You
100.
Silent Night
101.
Silver Bells
102.
Sing We Now of Christmas
103.
Sleigh Ride
104.
Snoopy’s Christmas
105.
Step Into Christmas
106.
Sussex Carol
107.
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
108.
Tennessee Christmas
109.
The Best Gift of All
110.
The Cherry Tree Carol
111.
The Chipmunk Song
112.
The Christmas Shoes
113.
The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts Roasting on . . .
“)
114.
The Christmas Waltz
115.
The First Noel
116.
The Holly and the Ivy
117.
The Little Drummer Boy
118.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
119.
There’s a Song in the Air
120.
This Christmas
121.
Ukrainian Bell Carol
122.
Up on the Housetop
123.
We Need a Little Christmas
124.
We Three Kings
125.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
126.
What Child is This?
127.
What Christmas Means to Me
128.
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
129.
White Christmas
130.
Winter Wonderland
131.
Wonderful Christmastime
132.
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
133.
You’re All I Want for Christmas
Links to Some Webpages Offering Lists of Christmas Songs
http://www.free-christmas-songs-lyrics.info/list-of-christmas-songs/list-of-christmas-carols.htm
http://www.christmasmusic247.com/2006/01/09/most-popular-christmas-songs/
http://www.christmasmusic247.com/2006/01/09/most-popular-christmas-songs/
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_christmas.html
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_Traditional-Christmas-Songs.html
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_Contemporary-Christmas-Songs.html
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_Traditional-Christmas-Songs.html
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_Contemporary-Christmas-Songs.html
NOTE: This article was last modified on October 24, 2018 and is adapted from one that I posted on the now defunct website Newsvine.com on November 28, 2010 titled "Christmas Carols: I Love Them: Do You? Alphabetical List and POLL."
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