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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 Author: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 Author:James Montgomery, 1816
 * Commonly used tune, the traditional French "Les anges dans nos campagnes"
 * Commonly used tune in the US by Author: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 Author:James Chadwick in 1862
 * reworded, retitled, and sung by Author: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. Author: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 Author:Mykola Leontovych in 1916 (originally titled "Shchedryk")
 * English lyrics written by Author:Peter Wilhousky in 1936
 * Sometimes called the "Bulgarian Carol" even though its origin is Ukrainian, not Bulgarian
 * "Burgundian Carol"
 * "Caroling Caroling"
 * music written by Author:Alfred Burt in 1954
 * lyrics written by Author: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 Author: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 Author:Jehan Tabourot
 * words written by Author:George Ratcliffe Woodward
 * "Down In Yon Forest"
 * English traditional
 * "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
 * written by Author:Noel Regney and Author:Gloria Shayne in 1962
 * first recorded by The Author: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 Author: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 Author:Franciszek Karpinski
 * "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
 * English traditional
 * "Good King Wenceslaus"
 * Words by Author:John Mason Deale
 * Music traditional for Easter, from Piae Cantiones
 * "Hail, Blessed Virgin Mary!"
 * Italian traditional
 * "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
 * music written by Author:Felix Mendelssohn originally as part of Festgesang
 * words written by Author: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 Author:Longfellow
 * "I Pray On Christmas"
 * written by Author: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 Author:Richard Storrs Willis,
 * Music usually sung in Britain by Sir Author:Arthur Sullivan
 * Words by Edmund Hamilton Sears
 * "I Wonder as I Wander"
 * Appalachian traditional
 * Also sung to a tune by Author: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 Author:Katherine Davis, Author:Henry Onorati and Author: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 Author:Phillips Brooks
 * Music: in the USA by Author:Lewis H. Redner
 * Music: in the UK a traditional tune known as "The Ploughboy's Dream"
 * Music: a setting by Sir Author:Henry Walford Davies occasionally sung at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
 * retitled and sung by Author: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
 * "Patapan/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 Author: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 Author: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 Author:John Henry Hopkins in 1863
 * "Wexford Carol"
 * "What Child Is This?"
 * music is traditional song "Greensleeves"
 * words written by Author: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"

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