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<span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Christmas carols</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Christmas_carols-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Christmas carols subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Christmas_carols-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Standards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Standards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Standards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Standards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Early_secular_Christmas_songs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Early_secular_Christmas_songs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Early secular Christmas songs</span> </div> </a> <ul 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<span>Popular Christmas songs</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Popular_Christmas_songs-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Popular Christmas songs subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Popular_Christmas_songs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Most-performed_Christmas_songs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Most-performed_Christmas_songs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>Most-performed Christmas songs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Most-performed_Christmas_songs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Christmas_song_surveys" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christmas_song_surveys"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Christmas song surveys</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Christmas_song_surveys-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pinnacle_Media_Worldwide_survey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pinnacle_Media_Worldwide_survey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Pinnacle Media Worldwide survey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pinnacle_Media_Worldwide_survey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_Kingdom_and_Ireland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_Kingdom_and_Ireland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>United Kingdom and Ireland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Kingdom_and_Ireland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Most_played_songs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Most_played_songs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Most played songs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Most_played_songs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Christmas_Number_Ones" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christmas_Number_Ones"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Christmas Number Ones</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Christmas_Number_Ones-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australia"> <div 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class="vector-toc-numb">4.6.1</span> <span>1950s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1950s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1960s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1960s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6.2</span> <span>1960s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1960s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1970s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1970s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6.3</span> <span>1970s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1970s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6.4</span> <span>1980s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1990s" 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<span>2020s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Christmas_songs_from_musicals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christmas_songs_from_musicals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>Christmas songs from musicals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Christmas_songs_from_musicals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Christmas_novelty_songs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christmas_novelty_songs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>Christmas novelty songs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Christmas_novelty_songs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Juvenile" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Juvenile"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Outside_the_United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Outside the United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Outside_the_United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Christmas_music_on_satellite_and_Internet_radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christmas_music_on_satellite_and_Internet_radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Christmas music on satellite and Internet radio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Christmas_music_on_satellite_and_Internet_radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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Music associated with <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> may be purely <a href="/wiki/Instrumental" title="Instrumental">instrumental</a>, or, in the case of <a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">carols</a>, may employ lyrics about <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">the nativity</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>, traditions such as <a href="/wiki/Gift" title="Gift">gift</a>-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a>, or other topics. Many songs simply have a winter or seasonal theme, or have been adopted into the canon for other reasons. </p><p>While most Christmas songs before the <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a> were of a <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">traditional religious character</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> brought a stream of U.S. songs that did not explicitly mention the Christian nature of the holiday, but rather the more secular traditional <a href="/wiki/Western_culture" title="Western culture">Western</a> themes and customs associated with it. These included songs aimed at children such as "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a>", as well as sentimental ballad-type songs performed by famous <a href="/wiki/Crooner" title="Crooner">crooners</a> of the era, such as "<a href="/wiki/Have_Yourself_a_Merry_Little_Christmas" title="Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas">Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>", the latter of which remained the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles" title="List of best-selling singles">best-selling single of all time</a> as of 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-Guinness_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guinness-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Elvis%27_Christmas_Album" title="Elvis' Christmas Album">Elvis' Christmas Album</a></i> (1957) by <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums" title="List of best-selling albums">best-selling Christmas album of all time</a>, having sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Performances of Christmas music at public <a href="/wiki/Concerts" class="mw-redirect" title="Concerts">concerts</a>, in churches, at shopping malls, on city streets, and in private gatherings are a staple of the Christmas season in many cultures across the world. Many radio stations convert to a 24-7 Christmas music format leading up to the holiday; some start as early as the day after <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> as part of a phenomenon known as "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_creep" title="Christmas creep">Christmas creep</a>".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (January 2024)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Christmas_music#Dubious" title="Talk:Christmas music">discuss</a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Liturgically, Christmas music traditionally ceases to be performed at the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Candlemas" title="Candlemas">Candlemas</a>, the traditional end of the <a href="/wiki/Christmastide" title="Christmastide">Christmas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Epiphanytide" class="mw-redirect" title="Epiphanytide">Epiphanytide</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-Clancy2008_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clancy2008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style></p><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_music">Early music</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pipetaborchristmasminstrel.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Pipetaborchristmasminstrel.png/170px-Pipetaborchristmasminstrel.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Pipetaborchristmasminstrel.png/255px-Pipetaborchristmasminstrel.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Pipetaborchristmasminstrel.png 2x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="315" /></a><figcaption>A Christmas minstrel playing pipe and tabor</figcaption></figure> <p>Music associated with Christmas is thought to have its origins in 4th-century <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Rome</a>, in Latin-language <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymns</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Veni_redemptor_gentium" title="Veni redemptor gentium">Veni redemptor gentium</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 13th century, under the influence of <a href="/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi" title="Francis of Assisi">Francis of Assisi</a>, the tradition of popular Christmas songs in regional native languages developed.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christmas carols in the English language first appear in a 1426 work of <a href="/wiki/John_Awdlay" class="mw-redirect" title="John Awdlay">John Awdlay</a>, an English chaplain, who lists twenty five "<i>caroles of Cristemas</i>", probably sung by groups of <a href="/wiki/Wassailers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wassailers">wassailers</a> who would travel from house to house.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 16th century, various Christmas carols still sung to this day, including "<a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)" title="The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)">The 12 Days of Christmas</a>", "<a href="/wiki/God_Rest_You_Merry,_Gentlemen" title="God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen">God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/O_Christmas_Tree" class="mw-redirect" title="O Christmas Tree">O Christmas Tree</a>", first emerged.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Music was an early feature of the <a href="/wiki/Christmastide" title="Christmastide">Christmas season</a> and its celebrations. The earliest examples are hymnographic works (<a href="/wiki/Chant" title="Chant">chants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Litanies" class="mw-redirect" title="Litanies">litanies</a>) intended for liturgical use in observance of both the Feast of the Nativity and Theophany, many of which are still in use by the Eastern Orthodox Church. The 13th century saw the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">carol</a> written in the vernacular, under the influence of <a href="/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi" title="Francis of Assisi">Francis of Assisi</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, the English combined circle dances with singing and called them carols. Later, the word carol came to mean a song in which a religious topic is treated in a style that is familiar or festive. From Italy, it passed to France and Germany, and later to England. Christmas carols in English first appear in a 1426 work of <a href="/wiki/John_Audelay" title="John Audelay">John Audelay</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> priest and poet, who lists 25 "caroles of Cristemas", probably sung by groups of <a href="/wiki/Wassailers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wassailers">wassailers</a>, who went from house to house.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Music in itself soon became one of the greatest tributes to Christmas, and Christmas music includes some of the noblest compositions of the great musicians. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a>, the father of <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Christianity">Lutheran Christianity</a>, encouraged congregational singing during the <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)#Lutheranism" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a>, in addition to spreading the practice of caroling outside the liturgy.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Puritan_prohibition">Puritan prohibition</h3></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England" title="Commonwealth of England">Commonwealth of England</a> government under <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Cromwell</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Rump_Parliament" title="Rump Parliament">Rump Parliament</a> prohibited the practice of singing Christmas carols as <a href="/wiki/Pagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan">Pagan</a> and sinful. Like other customs associated with Christianity of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magisterial_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Magisterial Protestant">Magisterial Protestant</a> traditions, it earned the disapproval of <a href="/wiki/Puritans" title="Puritans">Puritans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ban_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ban-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Famously, Cromwell's interregnum prohibited all celebrations of the Christmas holiday. This attempt to ban the public celebration of Christmas can also be seen in the early history of <a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas" title="Father Christmas">Father Christmas</a>. </p><p>The Puritan <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Assembly_of_Divines" class="mw-redirect" title="Westminster Assembly of Divines">Westminster Assembly of Divines</a> established Sunday as the only holy day in the <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical calendar">liturgical calendar</a> in 1644. The new liturgy produced for the English church recognized this in 1645, and so legally abolished Christmas. Its celebration was declared an offense by Parliament in 1647.<sup id="cite_ref-Hutton_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutton-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is some debate as to the effectiveness of this ban, and whether or not it was enforced in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Hutton_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutton-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the years that the Puritan ban on Christmas was in place in England, semi-clandestine religious services marking Christ's birth continued to be held, and people sang carols in secret.<sup id="cite_ref-Ban_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ban-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Puritans generally disapproved of the celebration of Christmas—a trend that continually resurfaced in Europe and the US through the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-pennsylvania_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pennsylvania-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_restoration">Royal restoration</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kings_College_Chapeljh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Kings_College_Chapeljh.jpg/220px-Kings_College_Chapeljh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Kings_College_Chapeljh.jpg/330px-Kings_College_Chapeljh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Kings_College_Chapeljh.jpg/440px-Kings_College_Chapeljh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4309" data-file-height="2579" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_Chapel,_Cambridge" title="King's College Chapel, Cambridge">King's College Chapel, Cambridge</a>, (left) in the snow where the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols" title="Nine Lessons and Carols">Nine Lessons and Carols</a> are broadcast on the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> and around the world on Christmas Eve</figcaption></figure> <p>When in May 1660 <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> restored the <a href="/wiki/Stuarts" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuarts">Stuarts</a> to the throne, the people of England once again practiced the public singing of Christmas carols as part of the revival of Christmas customs, sanctioned by the king's own celebrations.<sup id="cite_ref-Ban_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ban-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hutton_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hutton-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Era">Victorian Era</a> saw a surge of Christmas carols associated with a renewed admiration of the holiday, including "<a href="/wiki/Silent_Night" title="Silent Night">Silent Night</a>", "<a href="/wiki/O_Little_Town_of_Bethlehem" title="O Little Town of Bethlehem">O Little Town of Bethlehem</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/O_Holy_Night" title="O Holy Night">O Holy Night</a>". The first Christmas songs associated with <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a> or other gift-bringers also came during 19th century, including "<a href="/wiki/Up_on_the_Housetop" title="Up on the Housetop">Up on the Housetop</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Jolly_Old_St._Nicholas" class="mw-redirect" title="Jolly Old St. Nicholas">Jolly Old St. Nicholas</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-PsychVictorian_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PsychVictorian-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many older Christmas hymns were also translated or had lyrics added to them during this period, particularly in 1871 when <a href="/wiki/John_Stainer" title="John Stainer">John Stainer</a> published a widely influential collection entitled "<i>Christmas Carols New & Old</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-PsychVictorian_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PsychVictorian-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/William_Sandys_(antiquarian)" title="William Sandys (antiquarian)">William Sandys</a>'s <i>Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern</i> (1833), contained the first appearance in print of many now-classic English carols, and contributed to the mid-Victorian revival of the holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singing carols in church was instituted on Christmas Eve 1880 (<a href="/wiki/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols" title="Nine Lessons and Carols">Nine Lessons and Carols</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Truro_Cathedral" title="Truro Cathedral">Truro Cathedral</a>, Cornwall, England, which is now seen in churches all over the world.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to one of the only observational research studies of Christmas caroling, Christmas observance and caroling traditions vary considerably between nations in the 21st century, while the actual sources and meanings of even high-profile songs are commonly misattributed, and the motivations for carol singing can in some settings be as much associated with family tradition and national cultural heritage as with religious beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christmas festivities, including music, are also celebrated in a more secular fashion by such institutions as the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Village" title="Santa Claus Village">Santa Claus Village</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Rovaniemi" title="Rovaniemi">Rovaniemi</a>, Finland.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alms">Alms</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicolae_Ionescu_-_Children_carolers_in_Bucharest,_1929.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Nicolae_Ionescu_-_Children_carolers_in_Bucharest%2C_1929.jpg/220px-Nicolae_Ionescu_-_Children_carolers_in_Bucharest%2C_1929.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Nicolae_Ionescu_-_Children_carolers_in_Bucharest%2C_1929.jpg/330px-Nicolae_Ionescu_-_Children_carolers_in_Bucharest%2C_1929.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Nicolae_Ionescu_-_Children_carolers_in_Bucharest%2C_1929.jpg/440px-Nicolae_Ionescu_-_Children_carolers_in_Bucharest%2C_1929.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption>Child Christmas carolers in Bucharest, Romania 1929</figcaption></figure> <p>The tradition of singing Christmas carols in return for <a href="/wiki/Alms" title="Alms">alms</a> or charity began in England in the seventeenth century after the <a href="/wiki/English_Restoration" class="mw-redirect" title="English Restoration">Restoration</a>. Town musicians or 'waits' were licensed to collect money in the streets in the weeks preceding Christmas, the custom spread throughout the population by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries up to the present day. Also from the seventeenth century, there was the English custom, predominantly involving women, of taking a <a href="/wiki/Wassail" title="Wassail">wassail</a> bowl to their neighbors to solicit gifts, accompanied by carols. Despite this long history, many Christmas carols date only from the nineteenth century onwards, with the exception of songs such as the "<a href="/wiki/Wexford_Carol" title="Wexford Carol">Wexford Carol</a>", "<a href="/wiki/God_Rest_You_Merry_Gentlemen" class="mw-redirect" title="God Rest You Merry Gentlemen">God Rest You Merry Gentlemen</a>", "As I Sat on a Sunny Bank", "<a href="/wiki/The_Holly_and_the_Ivy" title="The Holly and the Ivy">The Holly and the Ivy</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the "<a href="/wiki/Coventry_Carol" title="Coventry Carol">Coventry Carol</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Three_Ships" title="I Saw Three Ships">I Saw Three Ships</a>". The practice of ordinary Christian church members of various denominations going door to door and singing carols continues in many parts of the world, such as in India; residents give money to the carolers, which churches distribute to the poor.<sup id="cite_ref-Carvalho2016_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carvalho2016-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Church_feasts">Church feasts</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="Liturgical year">Liturgical year</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RLR_3898_(5261831846).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/RLR_3898_%285261831846%29.jpg/220px-RLR_3898_%285261831846%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/RLR_3898_%285261831846%29.jpg/330px-RLR_3898_%285261831846%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/RLR_3898_%285261831846%29.jpg/440px-RLR_3898_%285261831846%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3812" data-file-height="2844" /></a><figcaption>The large repertoire of Advent and Christmas church music plays an important role in services</figcaption></figure> <p>The importance of <a href="/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a> and the feast of <a href="/wiki/Christmastide" title="Christmastide">Christmastide</a> within the church year means there is a large repertoire of music specially composed for performance in church services celebrating the Christmas story. Various composers from the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_music" title="Baroque music">Baroque era</a> to the 21st century have written <a href="/wiki/Christmas_cantata" title="Christmas cantata">Christmas cantatas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motet" title="Motet">motets</a>. Some notable compositions include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tallis" title="Thomas Tallis">Thomas Tallis</a>: <i>Mass "Puer natus est nobis"</i> (1554)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina" title="Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina">Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/O_magnum_mysterium_(Palestrina)" title="O magnum mysterium (Palestrina)">O magnum mysterium</a></i> (1569)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlande_de_Lassus" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlande de Lassus">Orlande de Lassus</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Resonet_in_laudibus" title="Resonet in laudibus">Resonet in laudibus</a></i> (1569)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Sch%C3%BCtz" title="Heinrich Schütz">Heinrich Schütz</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Weihnachtshistorie" class="mw-redirect" title="Weihnachtshistorie">Weihnachtshistorie</a></i> (1664)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>: several <a href="/wiki/Bach_cantata" title="Bach cantata">cantatas</a> for <a href="/wiki/Church_cantata_(Bach)#Christmas" title="Church cantata (Bach)">Christmas to Epiphany</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Oratorio" title="Christmas Oratorio">Christmas Oratorio</a></i> (1734)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakub_Jan_Ryba" title="Jakub Jan Ryba">Jakub Jan Ryba</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Czech_Christmas_Mass" title="Czech Christmas Mass">Czech Christmas Mass</a> "Hey, Master!"</i> (1796)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Bruckner" title="Anton Bruckner">Anton Bruckner</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Virga_Jesse_(Bruckner)" title="Virga Jesse (Bruckner)">Virga Jesse floruit</a></i> (1885)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classical_music">Classical music</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DSC_2693_(11406583246).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/DSC_2693_%2811406583246%29.jpg/220px-DSC_2693_%2811406583246%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/DSC_2693_%2811406583246%29.jpg/330px-DSC_2693_%2811406583246%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/DSC_2693_%2811406583246%29.jpg/440px-DSC_2693_%2811406583246%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7281" data-file-height="4096" /></a><figcaption>Classical concerts are popular at Christmas, such as this performance in a church in Sweden</figcaption></figure> <p>Many large-scale religious compositions are performed in a concert setting at Christmas. Performances of <a href="/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">George Frideric Handel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Oratorio" title="Oratorio">oratorio</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)" title="Messiah (Handel)">Messiah</a></i> are a fixture of Christmas celebrations in some countries,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and although it was originally written for performance at <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>, it covers aspects of the Biblical Christmas narrative.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Informal <a href="/wiki/Scratch_Messiah" title="Scratch Messiah">Scratch Messiah</a> performances involving public participation are very popular in the Christmas season.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Oratorio" title="Christmas Oratorio">Christmas Oratorio</a></i> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Weihnachts-Oratorium</i></span>, <span class="nowrap">BWV 248</span>), written for Christmas 1734, describes the <a href="/wiki/Birth_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Birth of Jesus">birth of Jesus</a>, the annunciation to the shepherds, the <a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_shepherds" class="mw-redirect" title="Adoration of the shepherds">adoration of the shepherds</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Circumcision_of_Christ" title="Feast of the Circumcision of Christ">circumcision and naming of Jesus</a>, the journey of the <a href="/wiki/Magi" title="Magi">Magi</a>, and the adoration of the Magi.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi" title="Antonio Vivaldi">Antonio Vivaldi</a> composed the Violin Concerto RV270 "<i>Il Riposo per il Santissimo Natale</i>" ("For the Most Holy Christmas"). <a href="/wiki/Arcangelo_Corelli" title="Arcangelo Corelli">Arcangelo Corelli</a> composed the <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Concerto_(Corelli)" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Concerto (Corelli)">Christmas Concerto</a></i> in 1690. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cornelius" title="Peter Cornelius">Peter Cornelius</a> composed a cycle of six songs related to Christmas themes he called <i><a href="/wiki/Weihnachtslieder,_Op._8_(Cornelius)" title="Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8 (Cornelius)">Weihnachtslieder</a></i>. Setting his own poems for solo voice and piano, he alluded to older Christmas carols in the accompaniment of two of the songs. </p><p>Other classical works associated with Christmas include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marc-Antoine_Charpentier" title="Marc-Antoine Charpentier">Marc-Antoine Charpentier</a>, 9 vocal settings and 2 instrumental settings : <ul><li><i>Messe de Minuit</i> H.9 for soloists, choir, flûtes, strings and bc (1690)</li> <li><i>In nativitatem Domini canticum</i> H.314 for 4 voices, 2 flutes, 2 violins and bc (1670)</li> <li><i>Canticum in nativitatem Domini</i> H.393 for 3 voies, 2 treeble instruments and bc (1675)</li> <li><i>Pastorale de Noël</i> H.414 for soloists, choir, 2 treeble instruments and bc (1683–85)</li> <li><i>Oratorio de Noël</i> H.416 for soloists, choir, flutes, strings and bc (1690)</li> <li><i>Dialogus inter angelos et pastores Judae in nativitatem Domini</i> H.420 for soloists, choir, flutes, strings and bc (1695?)</li> <li><i>In nativitate Domini Nostri Jesu Christi canticum</i> H.421 for 3 voices and bc (1698–99)</li> <li><i>Pastorale de Noël</i> H.482 for soloists, choir, 2 treeble viols and bc (1683–85)</li> <li><i>Pastorale de Noël</i> H.483 H.483 a H.483 b for soloists, choir, 2 flutes, 2 treeble viols and bc (1683–85)</li> <li><i>Noël pour les instruments</i> H.531 for flutes, strings and bc (1688?)</li> <li><i>Noël sur les instruments</i> H.534 for flutes, strings and bc (1698)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christus_(Mendelssohn)" title="Christus (Mendelssohn)">Christus</a></i> (1847) an unfinished oratorio by <a href="/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn" title="Felix Mendelssohn">Felix Mendelssohn</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27enfance_du_Christ" title="L'enfance du Christ">L'enfance du Christ</a></i> (1853–54) by <a href="/wiki/Hector_Berlioz" title="Hector Berlioz">Hector Berlioz</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oratorio_de_No%C3%ABl" title="Oratorio de Noël">Oratorio de Noël</a></i> (1858) by <a href="/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Camille Saint-Saëns</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker" title="The Nutcracker">The Nutcracker</a></i> (1892) by <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_on_Christmas_Carols" title="Fantasia on Christmas Carols">Fantasia on Christmas Carols</a></i> (1912) and <i><a href="/wiki/Hodie" title="Hodie">Hodie</a></i> (1954), both by <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams" title="Ralph Vaughan Williams">Ralph Vaughan Williams</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Ceremony_of_Carols" title="A Ceremony of Carols">A Ceremony of Carols</a></i> (1942) by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_choir_of_Natural_History_Museum,_Science_Museum_and_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_staff_members_sing_carols_in_the_central_hall_of_the_Natural_History_Museum_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/A_choir_of_Natural_History_Museum%2C_Science_Museum_and_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_staff_members_sing_carols_in_the_central_hall_of_the_Natural_History_Museum_02.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/A_choir_of_Natural_History_Museum%2C_Science_Museum_and_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_staff_members_sing_carols_in_the_central_hall_of_the_Natural_History_Museum_02.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/A_choir_of_Natural_History_Museum%2C_Science_Museum_and_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_staff_members_sing_carols_in_the_central_hall_of_the_Natural_History_Museum_02.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Museum staff singing Christmas carols in the <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum, London</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Songs which are traditional, even some without a specific religious context, are often called <a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Christmas carols</a>. Each of these has a rich history, some dating back many centuries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standards">Standards</h3></div> <p>A popular set of traditional carols that might be heard at any Christmas-related event include:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-things_2014_12_13_byu_edu_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-things_2014_12_13_byu_edu-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-classics_2012_12_14_rutgers_edu_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-classics_2012_12_14_rutgers_edu-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_music2004.ogg" title="File:Christmas music2004.ogg">'A collection of traditional Christmas music'</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="475" data-mwtitle="Christmas_music2004.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Christmas_music2004.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/Christmas_music2004.ogg/Christmas_music2004.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">performed by James D. Blodget on a Roland U-20 synthesizer, December 23, 2004.</div></div><hr /><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Joy-to-the-World_KB.ogg" title="File:Joy-to-the-World KB.ogg">"Joy to the World"</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="102" data-mwtitle="Joy-to-the-World_KB.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Joy-to-the-World_KB.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/Joy-to-the-World_KB.ogg/Joy-to-the-World_KB.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Performed a cappella by Kim Butler on December 15, 2006.</div></div><hr /><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:I_Saw_Three_Ships.ogg" title="File:I Saw Three Ships.ogg">"I Saw Three Ships"</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="12" data-mwtitle="I_Saw_Three_Ships.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/I_Saw_Three_Ships.ogg/I_Saw_Three_Ships.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/I_Saw_Three_Ships.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Tune of traditional English Christmas carol transcribed by CambridgeBayWeather.</div></div><hr /><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:El_Noi_de_la_Mare_(guitar).ogg" title="File:El Noi de la Mare (guitar).ogg">"El Noi de la Mare"</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_3" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="133" data-mwtitle="El_Noi_de_la_Mare_(guitar).ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/El_Noi_de_la_Mare_%28guitar%29.ogg/El_Noi_de_la_Mare_%28guitar%29.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/El_Noi_de_la_Mare_%28guitar%29.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">A traditional <a href="/wiki/Catalonia" title="Catalonia">Catalan</a> Christmas carol, arranged for guitar.</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing these files? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Angels_We_Have_Heard_on_High" title="Angels We Have Heard on High">Angels We Have Heard on High</a>" (in the UK the text of "<a href="/wiki/Angels_from_the_Realms_of_Glory" title="Angels from the Realms of Glory">Angels from the Realms of Glory</a>" is sung to this tune)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Away_in_a_Manger" title="Away in a Manger">Away in a Manger</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deck_the_Halls" title="Deck the Halls">Deck the Halls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ding_Dong_Merrily_on_High" title="Ding Dong Merrily on High">Ding Dong Merrily on High</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_First_Noel" title="The First Noel">The First Noel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain_(song)" title="Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)">Go Tell It on the Mountain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God_Rest_You_Merry,_Gentlemen" title="God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen">God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_King_Wenceslas" title="Good King Wenceslas">Good King Wenceslas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing" title="Hark! The Herald Angels Sing">Hark! The Herald Angels Sing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Three_Ships" title="I Saw Three Ships">I Saw Three Ships</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Came_Upon_the_Midnight_Clear" title="It Came Upon the Midnight Clear">It Came Upon the Midnight Clear</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Joy_to_the_World" title="Joy to the World">Joy to the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Tannenbaum" title="O Tannenbaum">O Christmas Tree</a>" (<i>O Tannenbaum</i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adeste_Fideles" class="mw-redirect" title="Adeste Fideles">O Come, All Ye Faithful</a>" (<i>Adeste Fideles</i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_come,_O_come,_Emmanuel" class="mw-redirect" title="O come, O come, Emmanuel">O come, O come, Emmanuel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Holy_Night" title="O Holy Night">O Holy Night</a>" (<i>Cantique de Noël</i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Little_Town_of_Bethlehem" title="O Little Town of Bethlehem">O Little Town of Bethlehem</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Once_in_Royal_David%27s_City" title="Once in Royal David's City">Once in Royal David's City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Silent_Night" title="Silent Night">Silent Night</a>" (<i>Stille Nacht, heilige Nach</i>t)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)" title="The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)">The Twelve Days of Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Three_Kings_of_Orient_Are" class="mw-redirect" title="We Three Kings of Orient Are">We Three Kings of Orient Are</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas" title="We Wish You a Merry Christmas">We Wish You a Merry Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Child_Is_This%3F" title="What Child Is This?">What Child Is This?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/While_Shepherds_Watched_Their_Flocks" class="mw-redirect" title="While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks">While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks</a>"</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kol%C4%99dnicy_2008.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kol%C4%99dnicy_2008.JPG/220px-Kol%C4%99dnicy_2008.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kol%C4%99dnicy_2008.JPG/330px-Kol%C4%99dnicy_2008.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kol%C4%99dnicy_2008.JPG/440px-Kol%C4%99dnicy_2008.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Carol singers in festive costume in Poland</figcaption></figure> <p>These songs hearken from centuries ago, the oldest ("Wexford Carol") originating in the 12th century. The newest came together in the mid- to late-19th century. Many began in non-English speaking countries, often with non-Christmas themes, and were later converted into English carols with English lyrics added—not always translated from the original, but newly created—sometimes as late as the early 20th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_secular_Christmas_songs">Early secular Christmas songs</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Christmas_music" title="Special:EditPage/Christmas music">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Among the earliest secular Christmas songs was "<a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)" title="The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)">The Twelve Days of Christmas</a>", which first appeared in 1780 in England (its melody would not come until 1909); the English West Country carol "<a href="/wiki/We_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas" title="We Wish You a Merry Christmas">We Wish You a Merry Christmas</a>" has antecedents dating to the 1830s but was not published in its modern form until Arthur Warrell introduced it to a wider audience in 1935. As the secular mythos of the holiday (such as <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a> in his modern form) emerged in the 19th century, so too did secular Christmas songs. <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Hanby" title="Benjamin Hanby">Benjamin Hanby</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Up_on_the_House_Top" class="mw-redirect" title="Up on the House Top">Up on the House Top</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Emily_Huntington_Miller" title="Emily Huntington Miller">Emily Huntington Miller</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Jolly_Old_Saint_Nicholas" title="Jolly Old Saint Nicholas">Jolly Old Saint Nicholas</a>" were among the first explicitly secular Christmas songs in the United States, both dating to the 1860s; they were preceded by "<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bells" title="Jingle Bells">Jingle Bells</a>", written in 1857 but not explicitly about Christmas, and "<a href="/wiki/O_Tannenbaum" title="O Tannenbaum">O Christmas Tree</a>," written in 1824 but only made about a Christmas tree after being translated from its original German. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Published_Christmas_music">Published Christmas music</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_Vaughan_Williams,_1954.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams%2C_1954.jpg/220px-Ralph_Vaughan_Williams%2C_1954.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams%2C_1954.jpg/330px-Ralph_Vaughan_Williams%2C_1954.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams%2C_1954.jpg/440px-Ralph_Vaughan_Williams%2C_1954.jpg 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="704" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams" title="Ralph Vaughan Williams">Ralph Vaughan Williams</a> (1872–1958), a British composer who helped to popularise many medieval and folk carols for the modern age<sup id="cite_ref-Heffer_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heffer-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Christmas music has been published as <a href="/wiki/Sheet_music" title="Sheet music">sheet music</a> for centuries. One of the earliest collections of printed Christmas music was <i><a href="/wiki/Piae_Cantiones" title="Piae Cantiones">Piae Cantiones</a></i>, a Finnish songbook first published in 1582 which contained a number of songs that have survived today as well-known Christmas carols. The publication of Christmas music books in the 19th century, such as <i>Christmas Carols, New and Old</i> (<a href="/wiki/Henry_Ramsden_Bramley" title="Henry Ramsden Bramley">Bramley</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Stainer" title="John Stainer">Stainer</a>, 1871), played an important role in widening the popular appeal of carols.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a> (OUP) published some highly successful Christmas music collections such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The Oxford Book of Carols">The Oxford Book of Carols</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Martin_Shaw" title="Martin Shaw">Martin Shaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams" title="Ralph Vaughan Williams">Ralph Vaughan Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Percy_Dearmer" title="Percy Dearmer">Percy Dearmer</a>, 1928), which revived a number of early folk songs and established them as modern standard carols.<sup id="cite_ref-Heffer_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heffer-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by the bestselling <i><a href="/wiki/Carols_for_Choirs" title="Carols for Choirs">Carols for Choirs</a></i> series (<a href="/wiki/David_Willcocks" title="David Willcocks">David Willcocks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Jacques" title="Reginald Jacques">Reginald Jacques</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Rutter" title="John Rutter">John Rutter</a>), first published in 1961 and now available in a five volumes. The popular books have proved to be a popular resource for choirs and church congregations in the English-speaking world, and remain in print today.<sup id="cite_ref-morris-obit-telegraph_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morris-obit-telegraph-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Christmas Carols, New and Old</i> (1871)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Book_of_Carols" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Book of Carols">Oxford Book of Carols</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carols_for_Choirs" title="Carols for Choirs">Carols for Choirs</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" class="mw-redirect" title="New Oxford Book of Carols">New Oxford Book of Carols</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i>A Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols</i> (1992)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Choirmasters_poll">Choirmasters poll</h3></div> <p>In 2008, <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Music_Magazine" title="BBC Music Magazine">BBC Music Magazine</a></i> published a poll of the "50 Greatest Carols", compiled from the views of choral experts and choirmasters in the UK and the US. The resulting list of the top ten favored Christmas carols and <a href="/wiki/Motet" title="Motet">motets</a> was:<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc-pr_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-pr-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Bleak_Midwinter" title="In the Bleak Midwinter">In the Bleak Midwinter</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Harold_Darke" title="Harold Darke">Harold Darke</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_Dulci_Jubilo" class="mw-redirect" title="In Dulci Jubilo">In Dulci Jubilo</a>" – traditional</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Spotless_Rose" class="mw-redirect" title="A Spotless Rose">A Spotless Rose</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Howells" title="Herbert Howells">Herbert Howells</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Down" title="Bethlehem Down">Bethlehem Down</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Warlock" title="Peter Warlock">Peter Warlock</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Coventry_Carol" title="Coventry Carol">Lully, Lulla</a>" – traditional</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Shall_Be_My_Dancing_Day" title="Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day">Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trinity_Carol_Roll" title="Trinity Carol Roll">There Is No Rose</a>" - traditional (15th c.)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Come,_All_Ye_Faithful" title="O Come, All Ye Faithful">O Come, All Ye Faithful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Of_the_Father%27s_Heart_Begotten" title="Of the Father's Heart Begotten">Of the Father's Heart Begotten</a>"</li> <li>"What Sweeter Music" – <a href="/wiki/John_Rutter" title="John Rutter">John Rutter</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_Christmas_songs">Popular Christmas songs</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Christmas_music" title="Special:EditPage/Christmas music">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christmas hit singles in the United States">List of Christmas hit singles in the United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Best-selling_Christmas/holiday_singles_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Best-selling Christmas/holiday singles in the United States">Best-selling Christmas/holiday singles in the United States</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Christmas/holiday_albums_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in the United States">List of best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in the United States</a></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers" title="American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers">American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers</a> (ASCAP) in 2016, "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Coots" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred Coots">Fred Coots</a> and Haven Gillespie in 1934, is the most played holiday song of the last 50 years. It was first performed by <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cantor" title="Eddie Cantor">Eddie Cantor</a>, live, on his radio show in November 1934. <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Dorsey" title="Tommy Dorsey">Tommy Dorsey</a> and his orchestra recorded their version in 1935, followed later by a range of artists including Frank Sinatra in 1948, <a href="/wiki/The_Supremes" title="The Supremes">The Supremes</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Jackson_5" title="The Jackson 5">The Jackson 5</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">The Beach Boys</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glenn Campbell</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> recorded a rock rendition in December 1975. </p><p>Long-time Christmas classics from prior to the "rock era"<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> still dominate the holiday charts – such as "<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!" title="Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!">Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Winter_Wonderland" title="Winter Wonderland">Winter Wonderland</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Sleigh_Ride" title="Sleigh Ride">Sleigh Ride</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Have_Yourself_a_Merry_Little_Christmas" title="Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas">Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</a>". Songs from the rock era to enter the top tier of the season's canon<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> include "<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Christmastime" title="Wonderful Christmastime">Wonderful Christmastime</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, "<a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_You" title="All I Want for Christmas Is You">All I Want for Christmas Is You</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Afanasieff" title="Walter Afanasieff">Walter Afanasieff</a> and "<a href="/wiki/Last_Christmas" title="Last Christmas">Last Christmas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Wham!" title="Wham!">Wham!</a> Radio industry writer Sean Ross noted after the 2004 holiday season that it usually takes about ten years for a song to become a Christmas standard.<sup id="cite_ref-ross2005_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross2005-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most popular set of these titles—heard over airwaves, on the Internet, in shopping malls, in elevators and lobbies, even on the street during the Christmas season—have been composed and performed from the 1930s onward. (Songs published before 1925 are all out of copyright, are no longer subject to ASCAP royalties and thus do not appear on their list.) In addition to Bing Crosby, major acts that have popularized and successfully covered a number of the titles in the top 30 most performed Christmas songs in 2015 include Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Andy Williams, and the Jackson 5. </p><p>Since the mid-1950s, much of the Christmas music produced for popular audiences has explicitly romantic overtones, only using Christmas as a setting. The 1950s also featured the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Novelty_song" title="Novelty song">novelty songs</a> that used the holiday as a target for satire and source for comedy. Exceptions such as "<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Shoes_(song)" title="The Christmas Shoes (song)">The Christmas Shoes</a>" (2000) have re-introduced Christian themes as complementary to the secular Western themes, and myriad traditional carol <a href="/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover versions</a> by various artists have explored virtually all <a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">music genres</a>. The 1980s and 1990s saw a revival of interest in instrumental Christmas music, including the <a href="/wiki/New_Age_music" class="mw-redirect" title="New Age music">New Age</a> <a href="/wiki/Synthpop" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthpop">synthpop</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mannheim_Steamroller" title="Mannheim Steamroller">Mannheim Steamroller</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Symphonic_metal" title="Symphonic metal">symphonic metal</a> of <a href="/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a>, particularly among older listeners.<sup id="cite_ref-ross2005_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross2005-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Most-performed_Christmas_songs">Most-performed Christmas songs</h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"The world may have changed profoundly over the last 50 years, but these songs have been part of the holiday spirit for generations. Part of the wonder of music is how it helps us continue to create real memories and traditions. These treasured songs are very special to so many people and are a beloved part of ASCAP's repertoire." </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter)" title="Paul Williams (songwriter)">Paul Williams</a>, President and chairman, <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers" title="American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers">American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers</a> (ASCAP)</cite></p> </div> <p>The top thirty most-played holiday songs for the 2015 holiday season are ranked here, all titles written or co-written by ASCAP songwriters and composers.<sup id="cite_ref-ASCAP_2016_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASCAP_2016-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of these songs in some way describe or are reminiscent of Christmas traditions, how <a href="/wiki/Western_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Christian">Western Christian</a> countries tend to celebrate the holiday, i.e., with caroling, <a href="/wiki/Mistletoe" title="Mistletoe">mistletoe</a>, exchanging of presents, a Christmas tree, feasting, jingle bells, etc. Celebratory or sentimental, and nostalgic in tone, they hearken back to simpler times with memorable holiday practices—expressing the desire either to be with someone or at home for Christmas. The winter-related songs celebrate the climatic season, with all its snow, dressing up for the cold, sleighing, etc. </p><p>Many titles help define the mythical aspects of modern Christmas celebration: <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a> bringing presents, coming down the chimney, being pulled by <a href="/wiki/Reindeer" title="Reindeer">reindeer</a>, etc. New mythical characters are created, defined, and popularized by these songs; "<a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a>", adapted from a major retailer's promotional poem, was introduced to radio audiences by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a> in 1949. His follow-up a year later introduced "<a href="/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman" title="Frosty the Snowman">Frosty the Snowman</a>", the central character of his song. Though overtly religious, and authored (at least partly) by a writer of many church hymns, no drumming child appears in any biblical account of the Christian nativity scene. This character was introduced to the tradition by Katherine K. Davis in her "<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy" title="The Little Drummer Boy">The Little Drummer Boy</a>" (written in 1941, with a popular version being released in 1958). <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> introduced "<a href="/wiki/Shadrack,_the_Black_Reindeer" title="Shadrack, the Black Reindeer">Shadrack, the Black Reindeer</a>" in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Most performed Christmas songs in 2015 according to ASCAP </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Song</th> <th>Composer(s)</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Type </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="coots !"><a href="/wiki/J._Fred_Coots" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Fred Coots">J. Fred Coots</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Haven_Gillespie" title="Haven Gillespie">Haven Gillespie</a></td> <td>1934</td> <td>Mythical </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Have_Yourself_a_Merry_Little_Christmas" title="Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas">Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="blane !"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Blane" title="Ralph Blane">Ralph Blane</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Martin" title="Hugh Martin">Hugh Martin</a></td> <td>1944</td> <td>Celebratory/Sentimental </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Winter_Wonderland" title="Winter Wonderland">Winter Wonderland</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="bernard !"><a href="/wiki/Felix_Bernard" title="Felix Bernard">Felix Bernard</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bernhard_Smith" title="Richard Bernhard Smith">Richard B. Smith</a></td> <td>1934</td> <td>Seasonal </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!" title="Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!">Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="cahn !"><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Cahn" title="Sammy Cahn">Sammy Cahn</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a></td> <td>1945</td> <td>Seasonal </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>"<span data-sort-value="christ !"><a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Song" title="The Christmas Song">The Christmas Song</a></span>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="tormé !"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Torm%C3%A9" title="Mel Tormé">Mel Tormé</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wells_(songwriter)" title="Robert Wells (songwriter)">Robert Wells</a></td> <td>1944</td> <td>Traditions </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bell_Rock" title="Jingle Bell Rock">Jingle Bell Rock</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="beal !">Joseph Carleton Beal</span>, James Ross Boothe</td> <td>1957</td> <td>Celebratory/Seasonal </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_the_Most_Wonderful_Time_of_the_Year" title="It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year">It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="pola !"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Pola" title="Edward Pola">Edward Pola</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/George_Wyle" title="George Wyle">George Wyle</a></td> <td>1963</td> <td>Seasonal/Traditions </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Sleigh_Ride" title="Sleigh Ride">Sleigh Ride</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="anderson !"><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Anderson" title="Leroy Anderson">Leroy Anderson</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Parish" title="Mitchell Parish">Mitchell Parish</a></td> <td>1948</td> <td>Seasonal/Birthday </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="marks !"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marks" title="Johnny Marks">Johnny Marks</a></span></td> <td>1939/1949</td> <td>Mythical </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Beginning_to_Look_a_Lot_Like_Christmas" title="It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas">It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="mered !"><a href="/wiki/Meredith_Willson" title="Meredith Willson">Meredith Willson</a></span></td> <td>1951</td> <td>Traditions/Celebratory </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="berlin !"><a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a></span></td> <td>1940</td> <td>Seasonal/Sentimental </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>"<span data-sort-value="holly !"><a href="/wiki/A_Holly_Jolly_Christmas" title="A Holly Jolly Christmas">A Holly Jolly Christmas</a></span>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="marks !"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marks" title="Johnny Marks">Johnny Marks</a></span></td> <td>1964/65</td> <td>Traditions/Celebratory </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Carol_of_the_Bells" title="Carol of the Bells">Carol of the Bells</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="wilhousky !"><a href="/wiki/Peter_J._Wilhousky" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter J. Wilhousky">Peter J. Wilhousky</a></span></td> <td>1936</td> <td>Celebratory </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Around_the_Christmas_Tree" title="Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree">Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="marks !"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marks" title="Johnny Marks">Johnny Marks</a></span></td> <td>1958</td> <td>Traditions </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_You" title="All I Want for Christmas Is You">All I Want for Christmas Is You</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="carey !"><a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Afanasieff" title="Walter Afanasieff">Walter Afanasieff</a></td> <td>1994</td> <td>Sentimental </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman" title="Frosty the Snowman">Frosty the Snowman</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="nelson !"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nelson_(songwriter)" title="Steve Nelson (songwriter)">Steve Nelson</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_E._Rollins" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter E. Rollins">Walter E. Rollins</a></td> <td>1950</td> <td>Mythical </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_Christmas_(song)" title="Blue Christmas (song)">Blue Christmas</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="hayes !">Billy Hayes</span>, Jay W. Johnson</td> <td>1957</td> <td>Traditions </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>"<span data-sort-value="home !"><a href="/wiki/Home_for_the_Holidays_(song)" title="Home for the Holidays (song)">(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays</a></span>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="allen !"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Allen_(musicwriter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Allen (musicwriter)">Bob Allen</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Stillman" title="Al Stillman">Al Stillman</a></td> <td>1954</td> <td>Traditions/Sentimental </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>"<span data-sort-value="little !"><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy" title="The Little Drummer Boy">The Little Drummer Boy</a></span>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="davis !"><a href="/wiki/Katherine_K._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine K. Davis">Katherine K. Davis</a></span>, Henry V. Onorati, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Simeone" title="Harry Simeone">Harry Simeone</a></td> <td>1941</td> <td>Christian-based </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Hear_What_I_Hear%3F" title="Do You Hear What I Hear?">Do You Hear What I Hear?</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="baker !"><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Shayne_Baker" title="Gloria Shayne Baker">Gloria Shayne Baker</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Regney" title="Noël Regney">Noël Regney</a></td> <td>1962</td> <td>Traditions </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Silver_Bells" title="Silver Bells">Silver Bells</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="livingston !"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Livingston" title="Jay Livingston">Jay Livingston</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Evans" title="Ray Evans">Ray Evans</a></td> <td>1950</td> <td>Traditions </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Outside" title="Baby, It's Cold Outside">Baby, It's Cold Outside</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="loesser !"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Loesser" title="Frank Loesser">Frank Loesser</a></span></td> <td>1948</td> <td>Seasonal </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Mommy_Kissing_Santa_Claus" title="I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="connor !"><a href="/wiki/Tommie_Connor" title="Tommie Connor">Tommie Connor</a></span></td> <td>1952</td> <td>Novelty </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Feliz_Navidad_(song)" title="Feliz Navidad (song)">Feliz Navidad</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="felic !"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Feliciano" title="José Feliciano">José Feliciano</a></span></td> <td>1970</td> <td>Celebratory </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve/Sarajevo_12/24" title="Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24">Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="paul !"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Oliva" title="Jon Oliva">Jon Oliva</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Neill_(rock_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul O'Neill (rock producer)">Paul O'Neill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kinkel" title="Robert Kinkel">Robert Kinkel</a></td> <td>1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Historical_fiction" title="Historical fiction">Historical fiction</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Christmas" title="Last Christmas">Last Christmas</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="michael !"><a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a></span></td> <td>1984</td> <td>Sentimental </td></tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Here_Comes_Santa_Claus" title="Here Comes Santa Claus">Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="autry !"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Oakley_Haldeman" title="Oakley Haldeman">Oakley Haldeman</a></td> <td>1947</td> <td>Mythical/Christian-based </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Baby" title="Santa Baby">Santa Baby</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="javits !">Joan Ellen Javits</span>, Philip Springer, Tony Springer, and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a></td> <td>1953</td> <td>Novelty </td></tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_Holiday_(song)" title="Happy Holiday (song)">Happy Holiday</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="berlin !"><a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a></span></td> <td>1948</td> <td>Celebratory </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Christmastime" title="Wonderful Christmastime">Wonderful Christmastime</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="mccart !"><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a></span></td> <td>1979</td> <td>Celebratory </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>The above-ranking results from an aggregation of performances of all different artist versions of each cited holiday song, across all forms of media, from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015.</i><sup id="cite_ref-ASCAP_2016_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASCAP_2016-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Of the top 30 most performed Christmas songs in 2015, 13 (43%) were written in the 1930s or 1940s and 12 (40%) were written in the 1950s and 1960s; only five (17%) were written from the 1970s on, two (7%) were from after 1990, and none after 1995. This phenomenon was noted in the webcomic <a href="/wiki/Xkcd" title="Xkcd">xkcd</a> and referred to as "a massive project to carefully recreate...<a href="/wiki/Baby_boomer" class="mw-redirect" title="Baby boomer">baby boomers</a>' childhoods".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The newest song in the top 30 most performed Christmas songs – "All I Want for Christmas is You", co-written and performed by Mariah Carey in 1994 – entered the list for the first time in 2015; the song hit the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> top 10 for the first time in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was named "the UK's favourite Christmas song" the same year by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Troy Powers and Andy Stone wrote a song <a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_You_(Vince_Vance_%26_The_Valiants_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="All I Want for Christmas Is You (Vince Vance & The Valiants song)">with the same title</a> and theme,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which <a href="/wiki/Vince_Vance_%26_the_Valiants" title="Vince Vance & the Valiants">Vince Vance & the Valiants</a> recorded in 1989 and independently became popular at the same time as Carey's song. The melody is similar to <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Vinton" title="Bobby Vinton">Bobby Vinton</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Belongs_to_Only_You" title="My Heart Belongs to Only You">My Heart Belongs to Only You</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Whitburn_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitburn-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Johnny Marks wrote three songs that appear in these most-performed Christmas songs in 2015: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Holly Jolly Christmas", and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree". Irving Berlin wrote two: "White Christmas" and "Happy Holiday". These are the only songwriters to appear on the list more than once – and both are non-Christian.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gene Autry was the first to sing three songs on the list of top 30 most performed Christmas songs in 2015 – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Frosty the Snowman", and "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" – co-writing the latter song.</li> <li>Two of the songs, "Carol of the Bells" and "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24", rely on the same melody, <a href="/wiki/Mykola_Leontovych" title="Mykola Leontovych">Mykola Leontovych</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Shchedryk_(song)" title="Shchedryk (song)">Shchedryk</a>", which was published in 1918 and is thus out of copyright, no longer subject to ASCAP royalties. The lyrics to "Carol of the Bells" are still under copyright. The copyright on "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" extends only to the <a href="/wiki/Arrangement_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrangement (music)">arrangement</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christmas_song_surveys">Christmas song surveys</h3></div> <p>In 2007 surveys of United States radio listeners by two different research groups,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the most liked songs were standards such as <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>" (1942), <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Song_(Chestnuts_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)">The Christmas Song</a>" (1946), and <a href="/wiki/Burl_Ives" title="Burl Ives">Burl Ives</a>' "<a href="/wiki/A_Holly_Jolly_Christmas" title="A Holly Jolly Christmas">A Holly Jolly Christmas</a>" (1965). Other favorites like "<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Around_the_Christmas_Tree" title="Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree">Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a>, 1958), "<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bell_Rock" title="Jingle Bell Rock">Jingle Bell Rock</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Bobby_Helms" title="Bobby Helms">Bobby Helms</a>, 1957) and <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Ono" title="Yoko Ono">Yoko Ono</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Happy_Xmas_(War_Is_Over)" title="Happy Xmas (War Is Over)">Happy Xmas</a>" (1971), scored well in one study. Also "loved" were <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mathis" title="Johnny Mathis">Johnny Mathis</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Hear_What_I_Hear%3F" title="Do You Hear What I Hear?">Do You Hear What I Hear?</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Simeone_Chorale" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Simeone Chorale">Harry Simeone Chorale</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Little_Drummer_Boy" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Drummer Boy">Little Drummer Boy</a>" (1958). </p><p>Among the most-hated Christmas songs, according to Edison Media Research's 2007 survey, are <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bells" title="Jingle Bells">Jingle Bells</a>?", the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson 5">Jackson 5</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town</a>", <a href="/wiki/Elmo_%26_Patsy" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmo & Patsy">Elmo & Patsy</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Grandma_Got_Run_Over_by_a_Reindeer" title="Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer">Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/O_Holy_Night" title="O Holy Night">O Holy Night</a>" as performed by cartoon characters from <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a></i>. The "most-hated Christmastime recording" is a rendition of "Jingle Bells" by <a href="/wiki/The_Singing_Dogs" title="The Singing Dogs">Carl Weissmann's Singing Dogs</a>, a revolutionary novelty song originally released in 1955, and re-released as an edited version in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2004 focus group from Edison, conducted solely among the <a href="/wiki/Key_demographic" title="Key demographic">key demographic</a> of women age 30 to 49, listed "Jingle Bells?," the Singing Dogs "Jingle Bells," the <i>South Park</i> "O Holy Night" rendition, a <a href="/wiki/Guido_subculture" class="mw-redirect" title="Guido subculture">Guido</a> parody of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Christmas_(song)" title="Blue Christmas (song)">Blue Christmas</a>" as performed by <a href="/wiki/Porky_Pig" title="Porky Pig">Porky Pig</a> impersonator Seymour Swine.<sup id="cite_ref-ross2005_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross2005-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine ranked <a href="/wiki/Darlene_Love" title="Darlene Love">Darlene Love</a>'s version of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (1963) first on its list of The Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs in December 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-RSS_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSS-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You", co-written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, was No. 1 on <i>Billboard</i>'s Holiday Digital Songs chart in December 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-Slate_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slate-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Fairytale_of_New_York" title="Fairytale of New York">Fairytale of New York</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Pogues" title="The Pogues">The Pogues</a> is cited as the best Christmas song of all time in various television, radio and magazine related polls in the United Kingdom and Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2021 <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a> survey of 1,000 adults ranked the most hated Christmas songs, counting only those songs that a majority of those polls recognized and listing the songs independent of any artist who may have recorded them. "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Baby" title="Santa Baby">Santa Baby</a>" ranked atop the list; a side note from a news article covering the list noted that much of that hatred came from the <a href="/wiki/Madonna_Ciccone" class="mw-redirect" title="Madonna Ciccone">Madonna</a> cover version from <i><a href="/wiki/A_Very_Special_Christmas" title="A Very Special Christmas">A Very Special Christmas</a></i>, which gets more airplay than <a href="/wiki/Eartha_Kitt" title="Eartha Kitt">Eartha Kitt</a>'s original. Other songs that ranked high in terms of listener revulsion included "<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Mommy_Kissing_Santa_Claus" title="I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</a>," "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" and "<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Christmastime" title="Wonderful Christmastime">Wonderful Christmastime</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pinnacle_Media_Worldwide_survey">Pinnacle Media Worldwide survey</h4></div> <p>The Pinnacle Media Worldwide survey divided its listeners into music-type categories: </p> <ul><li>"Adult contemporary" listeners rated <a href="/wiki/Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Around_the_Christmas_Tree" title="Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree">Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree</a>" best.</li> <li>"Adult Top 40" fans liked <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Helms" title="Bobby Helms">Bobby Helms</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bell_Rock" title="Jingle Bell Rock">Jingle Bell Rock</a>".</li> <li>"Hip-hop/R&B" fans liked the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson 5">Jackson 5</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town</a>".</li> <li>"Country" listeners ranked <a href="/wiki/Burl_Ives" title="Burl Ives">Burl Ives</a>' "<a href="/wiki/A_Holly_Jolly_Christmas" title="A Holly Jolly Christmas">A Holly Jolly Christmas</a>" No. 1.</li> <li>"Smooth jazz" fans liked "<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Song" title="The Christmas Song">The Christmas Song</a>" as sung by <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom_and_Ireland">United Kingdom and Ireland</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Most_played_songs">Most played songs</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom">List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>A collection of chart hits recorded in a bid to be crowned the UK <a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_number_one_singles_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christmas number one singles (UK)">Christmas No. 1 single</a> during the 1970s and 1980s have become some of the most popular holiday tunes in the United Kingdom. <a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_(band)" title="Band Aid (band)">Band Aid</a>'s 1984 song "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" is the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart#Best-selling_singles" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">second-best-selling single in UK Chart history</a>. "<a href="/wiki/Fairytale_of_New_York" title="Fairytale of New York">Fairytale of New York</a>", released by <a href="/wiki/The_Pogues" title="The Pogues">The Pogues</a> in 1987, is regularly voted the British public's favourite-ever Christmas song. It is also the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British <a href="/wiki/Glam_rock" title="Glam rock">glam rock</a> bands had major hit singles with Christmas songs in the 1970s. "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Xmas_Everybody" title="Merry Xmas Everybody">Merry Xmas Everybody</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Slade" title="Slade">Slade</a>, "<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_It_Could_Be_Christmas_Everyday" title="I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday">I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Wizzard" title="Wizzard">Wizzard</a>, and "<a href="/wiki/Lonely_This_Christmas" title="Lonely This Christmas">Lonely This Christmas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mud_(band)" title="Mud (band)">Mud</a> all remain hugely popular.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, <a href="/wiki/PRS_for_Music" title="PRS for Music">PRS for Music</a> (who collect and pay royalties to its 75,000 song-writing and composing members) conducted a survey of the top ten most played Christmas songs in the UK over the past year. The list was as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Song title</th> <th>Composer(s)</th> <th>Performer(s)</th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Fairytale_of_New_York" title="Fairytale of New York">Fairytale of New York</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="finer !"><a href="/wiki/Jem_Finer" title="Jem Finer">Jem Finer</a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Shane_MacGowan" title="Shane MacGowan">Shane MacGowan</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="pogues !"><a href="/wiki/The_Pogues" title="The Pogues">The Pogues</a></span> with <a href="/wiki/Kirsty_MacColl" title="Kirsty MacColl">Kirsty MacColl</a></td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_You_(Mariah_Carey_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey song)">All I Want for Christmas Is You</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="carey !"><a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Afanasieff" title="Walter Afanasieff">Walter Afanasieff</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="carey !">Mariah Carey</span></td> <td>1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="geld !"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Midge_Ure" title="Midge Ure">Midge Ure</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_(band)" title="Band Aid (band)">Band Aid</a></td> <td>1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Christmas" title="Last Christmas">Last Christmas</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="micha !"><a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wham!" title="Wham!">Wham!</a></td> <td>1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="coots !"><a href="/wiki/John_Frederick_Coots" title="John Frederick Coots">John Frederick Coots</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Haven_Gillespie" title="Haven Gillespie">Haven Gillespie</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="reser !"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Reser" title="Harry Reser">Harry Reser</a></span></td> <td>1934 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Hear_What_I_Hear%3F" title="Do You Hear What I Hear?">Do You Hear What I Hear?</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="regney !"><a href="/wiki/Noel_Regney" class="mw-redirect" title="Noel Regney">Noel Regney</a></span>, Gloria Shayn</td> <td><span data-sort-value="crosby !"><a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a></span></td> <td>1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_Christmas_(War_Is_Over)" class="mw-redirect" title="Happy Christmas (War Is Over)">Happy Christmas (War Is Over)</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="lenn !"><a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="lenn !">John Lennon</span></td> <td>1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Christmastime" title="Wonderful Christmastime">Wonderful Christmastime</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="mcca !"><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a></span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="mcca !">Paul McCartney</span></td> <td>1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_It_Could_Be_Christmas_Everyday" title="I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday">I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="wood !"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Wood" title="Roy Wood">Roy Wood</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wizzard" title="Wizzard">Wizzard</a></td> <td>1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Merry_Xmas_Everybody" title="Merry Xmas Everybody">Merry Xmas Everybody</a>"</td> <td><span data-sort-value="hold !"><a href="/wiki/Noddy_Holder" title="Noddy Holder">Noddy Holder</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lea_(musician)" title="Jim Lea (musician)">Jim Lea</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slade" title="Slade">Slade</a></td> <td>1973 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Included in the 2009 and 2008 lists are such other titles as <a href="/wiki/Jona_Lewie" title="Jona Lewie">Jona Lewie</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Stop_the_Cavalry" title="Stop the Cavalry">Stop the Cavalry</a>", <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town</a>", <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Step_into_Christmas" title="Step into Christmas">Step into Christmas</a>", <a href="/wiki/Mud_(band)" title="Mud (band)">Mud</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Lonely_This_Christmas" title="Lonely This Christmas">Lonely This Christmas</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Walking_in_the_Air" title="Walking in the Air">Walking in the Air</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Aled_Jones" title="Aled Jones">Aled Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakin%27_Stevens" title="Shakin' Stevens">Shakin' Stevens</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_Everyone" title="Merry Christmas Everyone">Merry Christmas Everyone</a>", <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rea" title="Chris Rea">Chris Rea</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Driving_Home_for_Christmas" title="Driving Home for Christmas">Driving Home for Christmas</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Mistletoe_and_Wine" title="Mistletoe and Wine">Mistletoe and Wine</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Saviour%27s_Day_(song)" title="Saviour's Day (song)">Saviour's Day</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a>. </p><p>The best Christmas song "to get adults and children in the festive spirit for the party season in 2016" was judged by the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i> to be "Fairytale of New York".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas is You" was declared "the UK's favourite Christmas song", narrowly beating out "Fairytale of New York" according to a "points system" created by <i>The Independent</i> in 2017. Both score well ahead of all others on the list of top twenty Christmas songs in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"The Christmas song is a genre in its own right . . More than any other type of music, it spans and links generations with disparate musical taste buds."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Ellis Rich, Chairman of PRS for Music</cite></p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Christmas_Number_Ones">Christmas Number Ones</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_Singles_Chart_Christmas_number_ones" class="mw-redirect" title="List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones">List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_Singles_Chart_Christmas_number_ones" title="List of Irish Singles Chart Christmas number ones">List of Irish Singles Chart Christmas number ones</a></div> <p>The "Christmas Number One" – songs reaching the top spot on either the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">Irish Singles Chart</a>, or occasionally both, on the edition preceding Christmas – is considered a major achievement in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Christmas number one benefits from broad publicity, so much so that the <a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_Singles_Chart_Christmas_number_twos" class="mw-redirect" title="List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number twos">songs that attempt but fail to achieve the honor and finish second</a> also get widespread attention. <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">Social media</a> campaigns have been used to try to encourage sales of specific songs so that they could reach number one.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cn1-Choir_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cn1-Choir-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These songs develop an association with Christmas or the holiday season from their chart performance, but the association tends to be shorter-lived than for the more traditionally-themed Christmas songs. Notable longer-lasting examples include <a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_(band)" title="Band Aid (band)">Band Aid</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" (No. 1, 1984, the second-biggest selling single in UK Chart history; two re-recordings also hit No. 1 in 1989 and 2004), <a href="/wiki/Slade" title="Slade">Slade</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Xmas_Everybody" title="Merry Xmas Everybody">Merry Xmas Everybody</a>" (No. 1, 1973), and <a href="/wiki/Wham!" title="Wham!">Wham!</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Last_Christmas" title="Last Christmas">Last Christmas</a>" (No. 2, 1984). <i>Last Christmas</i> would go on to hold the UK record for highest-selling single not to reach No. 1, until it finally topped the chart on January 1, 2021, helped by extensive streaming in the final week of December 2020; it eventually reached Christmas number one in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spice_Girls" title="Spice Girls">Spice Girls</a>, and <a href="/wiki/LadBaby" title="LadBaby">LadBaby</a> are the only artists to have achieved consecutive Christmas number-one hits on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>, with LadBaby the only artist to have five consecutive Christmas number-ones. The Beatles annually between 1963 and 1965 (with a fourth in 1967), the Spice Girls between 1996 and 1998, and LadBaby between 2018 and 2022 (all five of LadBaby's Christmas number-ones were <a href="/wiki/Parody_music" title="Parody music">parodies</a> of other popular songs that included a <a href="/wiki/Running_gag" title="Running gag">running gag</a> mentioning <a href="/wiki/Sausage_roll" title="Sausage roll">sausage rolls</a>). "<a href="/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody" title="Bohemian Rhapsody">Bohemian Rhapsody</a>" is the only recording to have ever been Christmas number one twice, in both 1975 and 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three of the four different Band Aid recordings of "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" have been number one in Christmas week. </p><p>At the turn of the 21st century, songs associated with <a href="/wiki/Reality_show" class="mw-redirect" title="Reality show">reality shows</a> became a frequent source of Christmas number ones in the UK. In 2002, <i><a href="/wiki/Popstars:_The_Rivals" title="Popstars: The Rivals">Popstars: The Rivals</a></i> produced the top three singles on the British Christmas charts. The "rival" groups produced by the series—the <a href="/wiki/Girl_group" title="Girl group">girl group</a> <a href="/wiki/Girls_Aloud" title="Girls Aloud">Girls Aloud</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Boy_band" title="Boy band">boy band</a> <a href="/wiki/One_True_Voice" title="One True Voice">One True Voice</a>—finished first and second respectively on the charts. Failed contestants <a href="/wiki/The_Cheeky_Girls" title="The Cheeky Girls">The Cheeky Girls</a> charted with a novelty hit, "<a href="/wiki/Cheeky_Song_(Touch_My_Bum)" title="Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)">Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)</a>", at third. Briton <a href="/wiki/Will_Young" title="Will Young">Will Young</a>, winner of the first <i><a href="/wiki/Pop_Idol" title="Pop Idol">Pop Idol</a></i>, charted at the top of the Irish charts in 2003. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (UK TV series)">The X Factor</a></i> also typically concluded in December during its run; the winner's debut single earned the Christmas number one in at least one of the two countries every year from 2005 to 2014, and in both countries in five of those ten years. Each year since 2008 has seen protest campaigns to outsell the <i>X Factor</i> single (which benefits from precisely-timed release and corresponding media buzz) and prevent it from reaching number one. In 2009, as the result of a campaign intended to counter the phenomenon, <a href="/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine" title="Rage Against the Machine">Rage Against the Machine</a>'s 1992 single "<a href="/wiki/Killing_in_the_Name" title="Killing in the Name">Killing in the Name</a>" reached number one in the UK instead of that year's <i>X Factor</i> winner, <a href="/wiki/Joe_McElderry" title="Joe McElderry">Joe McElderry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, "<a href="/wiki/Wherever_You_Are_(2011_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wherever You Are (2011 song)">Wherever You Are</a>", the single from a choir of military wives assembled by the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Choir_(TV_series)" title="The Choir (TV series)">The Choir</a></i>, earned the Christmas number-one single in Britain—upsetting <i>X Factor</i> winners <a href="/wiki/Little_Mix" title="Little Mix">Little Mix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the Military Wives Choir single not being released in Ireland, Little Mix won Christmas number-one in Ireland that year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3></div> <p>Situated in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_hemisphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern hemisphere">southern hemisphere</a>, where seasons are reversed from the northern, the heat of early summer in Australia affects the way Christmas is celebrated and how <a href="/wiki/Northern_hemisphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern hemisphere">northern hemisphere</a> Christmas traditions are followed. <a href="/wiki/Australians" title="Australians">Australians</a> generally spend Christmas outdoors, going to the beach for the day, or heading to campgrounds for a vacation. International visitors to Sydney at <a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmastime</a> often go to <a href="/wiki/Bondi_Beach" title="Bondi Beach">Bondi Beach</a> where tens of thousands gather on Christmas Day. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blandfordia_nobilis_Berowra_Valley.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Blandfordia_nobilis_Berowra_Valley.JPG/170px-Blandfordia_nobilis_Berowra_Valley.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Blandfordia_nobilis_Berowra_Valley.JPG/255px-Blandfordia_nobilis_Berowra_Valley.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Blandfordia_nobilis_Berowra_Valley.JPG/340px-Blandfordia_nobilis_Berowra_Valley.JPG 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><i>Blandfordia nobilis</i>, or Christmas Bells, of eastern Australia</figcaption></figure> <p>The tradition of an Australian Christmas Eve carol service lit by candles, started in 1937 by Victorian radio announcer <a href="/wiki/Norman_Banks_(broadcaster)" title="Norman Banks (broadcaster)">Norman Banks</a>, has taken place in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> annually since then. <a href="/wiki/Carols_by_Candlelight" title="Carols by Candlelight">Carols by Candlelight</a> events can be "huge gatherings . . televised live throughout the country" or smaller "local community and church events." <a href="/wiki/Carols_in_the_Domain" title="Carols in the Domain">Carols in the Domain</a> in Sydney is now a "popular platform for the stars of stage and music." </p><p>Some homegrown Christmas songs have become popular. <a href="/wiki/William_G._James" title="William G. James">William G. James</a>' six sets of <i>Australian Christmas Carols</i>, with words by John Wheeler, include "The Three Drovers", "The Silver Stars are in the Sky", "Christmas Day", "Carol of the Birds" and others. "Light-hearted Australian Christmas songs" have become "an essential part of the Australian Christmas experience." <a href="/wiki/Rolf_Harris" title="Rolf Harris">Rolf Harris</a>' "Six White Boomers", <a href="/wiki/Colin_Buchanan_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colin Buchanan (entertainer)">Colin Buchanan</a>'s "Aussie Jingle Bells", and the "Australian Twelve Days of Christmas",<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> proudly proclaim the differing traditions Down Under. A verse from "Aussie Jingle Bells" makes the point: </p> <div class="poem"> <p>Engine's getting hot<br /> Dodge the kangaroos<br /> <a href="/wiki/Swagman" title="Swagman">Swaggie</a> climbs aboard<br /> He is welcome too<br /> All the family is there<br /> Sitting by the pool<br /> Christmas Day, the Aussie way<br /> By the barbecue!<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> <p>"The <a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)" title="The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)">Twelve Days of Christmas</a>" has been revised to fit the Australian context, as an example: "On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: 12 parrots prattling, 11 <a href="/wiki/Numbat" title="Numbat">numbats</a> nagging, 10 lizards leaping, 9 <a href="/wiki/Wombat" title="Wombat">wombats</a> working, 8 <a href="/wiki/Dingo" title="Dingo">dingoes</a> digging, 7 possums playing, 6 <a href="/wiki/Brolga" title="Brolga">brolgas</a> dancing, 5 kangaroos, 4 koalas cuddling, 3 <a href="/wiki/Kookaburra" title="Kookaburra">kookaburras</a> laughing, 2 pink <a href="/wiki/Galah" title="Galah">galahs</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/Emu" title="Emu">emu</a> up a gum tree."<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other popular Australian Christmas songs include: 'White Wine in the Sun" by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Minchin" title="Tim Minchin">Tim Minchin</a>, "Aussie Jingle Bells" by Bucko & Champs, "Christmas Photo" by <a href="/wiki/John_Williamson_(singer)" title="John Williamson (singer)">John Williamson</a>, "Go Santa, Go" by <a href="/wiki/The_Wiggles" title="The Wiggles">The Wiggles</a>, and "Six White Boomers" by <a href="/wiki/Russel_Coight" class="mw-redirect" title="Russel Coight">Russel Coight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Australian carols that do exist are mostly novelty re-workings of existing songs with the holly and the ivy replaced by gum trees and wattle. Santa swapping his fur hat for a corked <a href="/wiki/Akubra" title="Akubra">Akubra</a> and a token Aboriginal word is deemed sufficient to localise the celebration of the day a Middle Eastern tradesman wasn't actually born.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Ben Anderson, <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Review" title="Daily Review">Daily Review</a></i></cite></div></blockquote> <p>"My Little Christmas Belle" (1909) composed by Joe Slater (1872-1926) to words by Ward McAlister (1872–1928) celebrates eastern Australian <a href="/wiki/Flora" title="Flora">flora</a> coming into bloom during the heat of Christmas. <i><a href="/wiki/Blandfordia_nobilis" title="Blandfordia nobilis">Blandfordia nobilis</a></i>, also known as Christmas Bells, are the specific subject of the song—with the original <a href="/wiki/Sheet_music" title="Sheet music">sheet music</a> bearing a depiction of the blossom.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whereas "The Holly and The Ivy" (1937) by Australian Louis Lavater (1867–1953) mentions northern hemisphere foliage.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australian singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(Australian_musician)" title="Paul Kelly (Australian musician)">Paul Kelly</a> first released "<a href="/wiki/How_to_Make_Gravy" title="How to Make Gravy">How to Make Gravy</a>" as part of a four-track EP November 4, 1996, through <a href="/wiki/White_Label_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="White Label Records">White Label Records</a>. The title track, written by Kelly, tells the story in a letter to his brother from a newly imprisoned man who laments how he will be missing the family Christmas. It received a Song of the Year nomination at the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Australasian_Performing_Right_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Australasian Performing Right Association">Australasian Performing Right Association</a> (APRA) Music Awards. Kelly's theme reflects a national experience with Christmas: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>A lot of the early imagery of Christmas in Australia is related to isolation and distance. You’ve got <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Mail" title="The Sydney Mail">the Sydney Mail</a></i> in 1879 saying ’The revels of Christmas tide cannot endure the ordeal of immigration’. It's that sense that it's alien here and we’re so conscious of being away from family and that figures very prominently in the imagery of Christmas back in that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Nicholas Brown, <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippines">Philippines</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Filipino_Christmas_carols_and_songs" title="List of Filipino Christmas carols and songs">List of Filipino Christmas carols and songs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Philippines" title="Christmas in the Philippines">Christmas in the Philippines</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christmas_music&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Philippines, a tropical country, has a long tradition of Christmas music influenced by its climate and cultural traditions. Originally building from Spanish and American influences, Filipinos has developed its own Christmas music traditions. These began as far back as 1933, with carols written by Vicente D. Rubil and <a href="/wiki/Levi_Celerio" title="Levi Celerio">Levi Celerio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most Filipino Christmas music is written in the <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a> language, and some in English and other <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines">Philippine languages</a>. </p><p>Most Filipino Christmas songs describe the local Christmas traditions and traditions such as caroling, <i><a href="/wiki/Parol" title="Parol">parol</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Simbang_Gabi" title="Simbang Gabi">Simbang Gabi</a>/<a href="/wiki/Misa_de_Gallo" title="Misa de Gallo">Misa de Gallo</a>, returning to one's hometown for the holidays and the <a href="/wiki/Nochebuena" class="mw-redirect" title="Nochebuena">Nochebuena</a>. Songs can be celebratory or sentimental, with the sentimental songs aimed toward <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Filipinos" title="Overseas Filipinos">overseas Filipinos</a> who long for the Christmas season in the Philippines. Other songs describe the Biblical narrative of Christmas or call to love and charity. The most popular Filipino Christmas song is <a href="/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan" title="Jose Mari Chan">Jose Mari Chan's</a> "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Our_Hearts" title="Christmas in Our Hearts">Christmas in Our Hearts</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of that song led to a Christmas album from Chan with the same name, which went on to become the best-selling album in <a href="/wiki/Original_Pilipino_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Original Pilipino Music">Original Pilipino Music</a> (OPM) music with more than 800,000 albums sold. </p><p>Radio stations in the Philippines usually play Christmas music, both local and foreign, as early as September up to Christmas Day or New Year's Eve, but Philippine radio stations usually do not switch to an all-Christmas format, instead interspersing Christmas music onto their regular music programming.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major television networks in the Philippines also have a tradition of producing Christmas-themed <a href="/wiki/Station_identification" title="Station identification">station IDs</a>, which take the form of promotional music videos, some of which became popular such as "<a href="/wiki/Star_ng_Pasko" title="Star ng Pasko">Star ng Pasko</a>" and "Thank You, Thank You, Ang Babait Ninyo" produced for <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN" title="ABS-CBN">ABS-CBN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_popular_Christmas_songs">Other popular Christmas songs</h3></div> <p>"<a href="/wiki/Jolly_Old_Saint_Nicholas" title="Jolly Old Saint Nicholas">Jolly Old Saint Nicholas</a>" originated with a poem by <a href="/wiki/Emily_Huntington_Miller" title="Emily Huntington Miller">Emily Huntington Miller</a> (1833-1913), published as "Lilly's Secret" in <i>The Little Corporal Magazine</i> December 1865. Lyrics have also been attributed to <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Hanby" title="Benjamin Hanby">Benjamin Hanby</a>, who wrote <a href="/wiki/Up_on_the_Housetop" title="Up on the Housetop">Up on the Housetop</a> in 1864, but the words commonly heard today resemble Miller's 1865 poem. <a href="/wiki/James_Ramsey_Murray" title="James Ramsey Murray">James R. Murray</a> is attributed as composer in the first publication of the music in <i>School Chimes, A New School Music Book</i> by <a href="/wiki/S._Brainard%27s_Sons" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Brainard's Sons">S. Brainard's Sons</a> in 1874. Early notable recordings were made by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Smith_(rockabilly_singer)" title="Ray Smith (rockabilly singer)">Ray Smith</a> (1949), <a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a> (1961), <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a> (1962), and <a href="/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks" title="Alvin and the Chipmunks">Alvin and the Chipmunks</a> (1963). </p><p>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Got_My_Love_to_Keep_Me_Warm" title="I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm">I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm</a>", introduced in the musical film <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Avenue" title="On the Avenue">On the Avenue</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Powell" title="Dick Powell">Dick Powell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alice_Faye" title="Alice Faye">Alice Faye</a> in 1937, was written by Irving Berlin. "<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Boy_that_Santa_Claus_Forgot" title="The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot">The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot</a>" – written by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carr_(composer)" title="Michael Carr (composer)">Michael Carr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Connor" title="Tommie Connor">Tommie Connor</a>, and Jimmy Leach in 1937 – was notably performed by <a href="/wiki/Vera_Lynn" title="Vera Lynn">Vera Lynn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>. "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home_for_Christmas" title="I'll Be Home for Christmas">I'll Be Home for Christmas</a>", by lyricist <a href="/wiki/Kim_Gannon" title="Kim Gannon">Kim Gannon</a> and composer <a href="/wiki/Walter_Kent" title="Walter Kent">Walter Kent</a>, was recorded by <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a> in 1943. "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_Baby" title="Merry Christmas Baby">Merry Christmas Baby</a>" is credited to Lou Baxter and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Moore%27s_Three_Blazers" title="Johnny Moore's Three Blazers">Johnny Moore</a>, whose group originally recorded it in 1947, featuring singer and pianist <a href="/wiki/Charles_Brown_(musician)" title="Charles Brown (musician)">Charles Brown</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kay_Thompson" title="Kay Thompson">Kay Thompson</a> introduced her "The Holiday Season" in 1945, which later became part of a medley by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Williams" title="Andy Williams">Andy Williams</a>. "<a href="/wiki/A_Marshmallow_World" title="A Marshmallow World">A Marshmallow World</a>" (sometimes called "It's a Marshmallow World") was written in 1949 by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sigman" title="Carl Sigman">Carl Sigman</a> (lyrics) and <a href="/wiki/Peter_DeRose" title="Peter DeRose">Peter DeRose</a> (music). </p><p>More popular songs which reference the Nativity include "<a href="/wiki/I_Wonder_as_I_Wander" title="I Wonder as I Wander">I Wonder as I Wander</a>" (1933), "<a href="/wiki/Mary%27s_Boy_Child" title="Mary's Boy Child">Mary's Boy Child</a>" (1956), <a href="/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy" title="The Little Drummer Boy">"Carol of the Drum" ("Little Drummer Boy")</a> (1941), and "<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Hear_What_I_Hear%3F" title="Do You Hear What I Hear?">Do You Hear What I Hear?</a>" (1962). </p><p>Other titles and recordings added to the popular Christmas song canon<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> include: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1950s">1950s</h4></div> <ul><li>1950: "<a href="/wiki/(Everybody%27s_Waitin%27_for)_The_Man_with_the_Bag" title="(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag">(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Irving_Taylor_(songwriter)" title="Irving Taylor (songwriter)">Irving Taylor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Brooks" title="Dudley Brooks">Dudley Brooks</a>; popularized by <a href="/wiki/Kay_Starr" title="Kay Starr">Kay Starr</a>.</li> <li>1950: "Dixieland Band from Santa Claus Land" by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dorsey" title="Jimmy Dorsey">Jimmy Dorsey</a> and his orchestra.</li> <li>1950: "A Marshmallow World", written by Carl Sigman and Peter DeRose; released by Bing Crosby (backed by The Lee Gordon Singers and the Sonny Burke Orchestra).</li> <li>1950: "<a href="/wiki/Mele_Kalikimaka" title="Mele Kalikimaka">Mele Kalikimaka</a>"; written in 1949 by R. Alex Anderson; released by Bing Crosby and <a href="/wiki/The_Andrews_Sisters" title="The Andrews Sisters">The Andrews Sisters</a> as a single (with "Poppa Santa Claus" on the reverse side). The title is the closest approximation of the pronunciation of "Merry Christmas" possible in the <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_language" title="Hawaiian language">Hawaiian language</a>.</li> <li>1951: "Christmas Choir", released by <a href="/wiki/Patti_Page" title="Patti Page">Patti Page</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_with_Patti_Page" title="Christmas with Patti Page">Christmas with Patti Page</a></i>.</li> <li>1951: "<a href="/wiki/Suzy_Snowflake" title="Suzy Snowflake">Suzy Snowflake</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Sid_Tepper" title="Sid Tepper">Sid Tepper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_C._Bennett" title="Roy C. Bennett">Roy C. Bennett</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Clooney" title="Rosemary Clooney">Rosemary Clooney</a> as a 78 RPM record through <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>.</li> <li>1953: "<a href="/wiki/Up_on_the_Housetop" title="Up on the Housetop">Up on the Housetop</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Hanby" title="Benjamin Hanby">Benjamin Hanby</a> in 1864; popularized by Gene Autry.</li> <li>1954: "<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Waltz" title="The Christmas Waltz">The Christmas Waltz</a>", written by Sammy Cahn and <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> on the B-side of his version of "<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>" and later <i><a href="/wiki/A_Jolly_Christmas_from_Frank_Sinatra" title="A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra">A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra</a> (1957)</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sinatra_Family_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas" title="The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas">The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas</a> (1968)</i>.</li> <li>1955: "The First Snowfall" written by Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke and recorded by <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a> on November 22, 1955.</li> <li>1956: "<a href="/wiki/I_Heard_the_Bells_on_Christmas_Day" title="I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day">I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day</a>", written by Johnny Marks from a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow" title="Henry Wadsworth Longfellow">Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</a>; released by Bing Crosby as a single (with "Christmas Is A-Comin' (May God Bless You)" on B-side).</li> <li>1956: "<a href="/wiki/Mary%27s_Boy_Child" title="Mary's Boy Child">Mary's Boy Child</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Jester_Hairston" title="Jester Hairston">Jester Hairston</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Belafonte" title="An Evening with Belafonte">An Evening with Belafonte</a></i>.</li> <li>1957: "<a href="/wiki/Mistletoe_and_Holly" title="Mistletoe and Holly">Mistletoe and Holly</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>, Dok Stanford, and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Sanicola" title="Hank Sanicola">Hank Sanicola</a>; recorded by Sinatra with orchestra conducted by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Jenkins" title="Gordon Jenkins">Gordon Jenkins</a>, released as a Capitol 7" 45 single backed with "<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Waltz" title="The Christmas Waltz">The Christmas Waltz</a>". Included on <i><a href="/wiki/A_Jolly_Christmas_From_Frank_Sinatra" class="mw-redirect" title="A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra">A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra</a></i>.</li> <li>1958: "<a href="/wiki/Run_Rudolph_Run" title="Run Rudolph Run">Run Rudolph Run</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Berry" title="Chuck Berry">Chuck Berry</a> (though <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marks" title="Johnny Marks">Johnny Marks</a> successfully took songwriting credit on <a href="/wiki/Derivative_work" title="Derivative work">derivative work</a> grounds in a lawsuit),<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> released as a single on <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess Records</a>.</li> <li>1959: "Caroling, Caroling", written by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Burt" title="Alfred Burt">Alfred Burt</a> in 1953; recorded by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Waring" title="Fred Waring">Fred Waring</a> on <i>The Sounds of Christmas</i>.</li> <li>1959: "<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_of_Christmas" title="The Secret of Christmas">The Secret of Christmas</a>", written by Sammy Cahn and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Van_Heusen" title="Jimmy Van Heusen">Jimmy Van Heusen</a> for Bing Crosby, first performed in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Say_One_for_Me" title="Say One for Me">Say One for Me</a></i>; Crosby recorded the song with an arrangement by <a href="/wiki/Frank_DeVol" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank DeVol">Frank DeVol</a> for a single that year released by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1960s">1960s</h4></div> <ul><li>1960: "Caroling, Caroling", written by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Burt" title="Alfred Burt">Alfred Burt</a> in 1953; popularized by Nat King Cole on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magic_of_Christmas_(Nat_King_Cole_album)" title="The Magic of Christmas (Nat King Cole album)">The Magic of Christmas</a></i>.</li> <li>1960: "<a href="/wiki/Please_Come_Home_for_Christmas" title="Please Come Home for Christmas">Please Come Home for Christmas</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Brown_(musician)" title="Charles Brown (musician)">Charles Brown</a> and Gene Redd; released by Brown on <i>Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs</i> (since becoming associated with <a href="/wiki/The_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="The Eagles">the Eagles</a>' 1978 cover).</li> <li>1960: "<a href="/wiki/Must_Be_Santa_(song)" title="Must Be Santa (song)">Must Be Santa</a>", written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks;<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first released by <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Miller" title="Mitch Miller">Mitch Miller</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Billboard_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billboard-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Steele" title="Tommy Steele">Tommy Steele</a>'s cover of the song reaching No. 40 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1960: "<a href="/wiki/Dominick_the_Donkey" title="Dominick the Donkey">Dominick the Donkey</a>" written by Ray Allen, Wandra Merrell, and Sam Saltzberg; recorded by <a href="/wiki/Lou_Monte" title="Lou Monte">Lou Monte</a> on <a href="/wiki/Roulette_Records" title="Roulette Records">Roulette Records</a>. The song describes a donkey who helps <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a> bring presents ("made in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>") to children in Italy "because <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer" title="Santa Claus's reindeer">the reindeer</a> cannot climb" Italy's hills.</li> <li>1961: "The Merriest", "Ring a Merry Bell" and "Seven Shades of Snow", all written by Connie Pearce and Arnold Miller; released by <a href="/wiki/June_Christy" title="June Christy">June Christy</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/This_Time_of_Year" title="This Time of Year">This Time of Year</a>.</i></li> <li>1961: "We Wish You the Merriest", written and recorded by <a href="/wiki/Les_Brown_(bandleader)" title="Les Brown (bandleader)">Les Brown</a>; released by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Waring" title="Fred Waring">Fred Waring</a>'s Pennsylvanians on <i><a href="/wiki/12_Songs_of_Christmas_(Frank_Sinatra,_Bing_Crosby,_and_Fred_Waring_album)" title="12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album)">12 Songs of Christmas</a></i> in 1964.</li> <li>1963: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_(Baby_Please_Come_Home)" title="Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)">Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Greenwich" title="Ellie Greenwich">Ellie Greenwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Barry" title="Jeff Barry">Jeff Barry</a> with <a href="/wiki/Phil_Spector" title="Phil Spector">Phil Spector</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Darlene_Love" title="Darlene Love">Darlene Love</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Gift_for_You_from_Phil_Spector" title="A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector">A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector</a>.</i></li> <li>1963: "<a href="/wiki/Happy_Holidays" class="mw-redirect" title="Happy Holidays">Happy Holidays</a>/The Holiday Season" medley by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Williams" title="Andy Williams">Andy Williams</a> of Irving Berlin's 1942 classic with <a href="/wiki/Kay_Thompson" title="Kay Thompson">Kay Thompson</a>'s "The Holiday Season" from 1945.</li> <li>1963: "<a href="/wiki/Little_Saint_Nick" title="Little Saint Nick">Little Saint Nick</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson" title="Brian Wilson">Brian Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Love" title="Mike Love">Mike Love</a>; released by the <a href="/wiki/Beach_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach Boys">Beach Boys</a> as a single and included on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys%27_Christmas_Album" title="The Beach Boys' Christmas Album">The Beach Boys' Christmas Album</a></i> in 1964.</li> <li>1963: "<a href="/wiki/Pretty_Paper_(song)" title="Pretty Paper (song)">Pretty Paper</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>; sung by <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>. Nelson had a hit with his own song in 1978.</li> <li>1964: "<a href="/wiki/Silver_and_Gold_(Burl_Ives_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver and Gold (Burl Ives song)">Silver and Gold</a>", written by Johnny Marks; sung by <a href="/wiki/Burl_Ives" title="Burl Ives">Burl Ives</a> on the Rankin-Bass Christmas special <i><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(TV_special)" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a>.</i></li> <li>1964: "<a href="/wiki/Babes_in_Toyland_(operetta)#Musical_numbers" title="Babes in Toyland (operetta)">Toyland</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Victor_Herbert" title="Victor Herbert">Victor Herbert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glen_McDonough" class="mw-redirect" title="Glen McDonough">Glen McDonough</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Operetta" title="Operetta">operetta</a> <a href="/wiki/Babes_in_Toyland_(operetta)" title="Babes in Toyland (operetta)"><i>Babes in Toyland</i></a> (originally produced in 1903); released by <a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Doris_Day_Christmas_Album" title="The Doris Day Christmas Album">The Doris Day Christmas Album</a></i>.</li> <li>1964: "<a href="/wiki/Claude_Thornhill#Cover_versions_of_"Snowfall"" title="Claude Thornhill">Snowfall</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Claude_Thornhill" title="Claude Thornhill">Claude Thornhill</a> in 1941, with lyrics later added by his wife, Ruth Thornhill; covered by <a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Doris_Day_Christmas_Album" title="The Doris Day Christmas Album">The Doris Day Christmas Album</a></i>.</li> <li>1965: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Time_Is_Here" title="Christmas Time Is Here">Christmas Time Is Here</a>", written for <i><a href="/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas" title="A Charlie Brown Christmas">A Charlie Brown Christmas</a></i> animated TV special; harmonized by the choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael, California</a>.</li> <li>1965: "<a href="/wiki/My_Favorite_Things_(song)" title="My Favorite Things (song)">My Favorite Things</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II" title="Oscar Hammerstein II">Oscar Hammerstein</a> for the 1959 musical, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music" title="The Sound of Music">The Sound of Music</a></i>; recorded by <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross_and_the_Supremes" class="mw-redirect" title="Diana Ross and the Supremes">Diana Ross and the Supremes</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_(The_Supremes_album)" title="Merry Christmas (The Supremes album)">Merry Christmas</a>.</i></li> <li>1965: "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Looked_a_Lot_Like_Daddy" title="Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy">Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Buck_Owens" title="Buck Owens">Buck Owens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Don_Rich" title="Don Rich">Don Rich</a>; released by Owens as single with "All I Want for Christmas, Dear, Is You" on the <a href="/wiki/B-side" class="mw-redirect" title="B-side">B-side</a>.</li> <li>1966: "<a href="/wiki/We_Need_a_Little_Christmas" title="We Need a Little Christmas">We Need a Little Christmas</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> for the Broadway musical <i><a href="/wiki/Mame_(musical)" title="Mame (musical)">Mame</a></i>, and first performed by <a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> in that 1966 production; popularly covered by <a href="/wiki/Percy_Faith" title="Percy Faith">Percy Faith</a> & His Orchestra on <i>Christmas Is... Percy Faith.</i></li> <li>1966: "The Happiest Christmas Tree", written by Cathy Lynn; recorded by Nat King Cole.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1967: "<a href="/wiki/Snoopy%27s_Christmas" title="Snoopy's Christmas">Snoopy's Christmas</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/George_David_Weiss" title="George David Weiss">George David Weiss</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hugo_%26_Luigi" title="Hugo & Luigi">Hugo & Luigi</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Guardsmen" title="The Royal Guardsmen">the Royal Guardsmen</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Snoopy_and_His_Friends" title="Snoopy and His Friends">Snoopy and His Friends</a></i>.</li> <li>1967: "<a href="/wiki/What_Christmas_Means_to_Me" title="What Christmas Means to Me">What Christmas Means to Me</a>" written by Allen Story, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Gordy_Gaye" title="Anna Gordy Gaye">Anna Gordy Gaye</a>, and George Gordy; recorded by <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Someday_at_Christmas" title="Someday at Christmas">Someday at Christmas</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1970s">1970s</h4></div> <ul><li>1970: "<a href="/wiki/Give_Love_on_Christmas_Day" title="Give Love on Christmas Day">Give Love on Christmas Day</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/The_Corporation_(record_production_team)" title="The Corporation (record production team)">The Corporation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Berry_Gordy" title="Berry Gordy">Berry Gordy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alphonzo_Mizell" class="mw-redirect" title="Alphonzo Mizell">Alphonzo Mizell</a>, Christine Perren, <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Perren" title="Freddie Perren">Freddie Perren</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Deke_Richards" title="Deke Richards">Deke Richards</a>); recorded by the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson 5">Jackson 5</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jackson_5_Christmas_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jackson 5 Christmas Album">The Jackson 5 Christmas Album</a></i>.</li> <li>1970: "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_Darling" title="Merry Christmas Darling">Merry Christmas Darling</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Carpenter_(musician)" title="Richard Carpenter (musician)">Richard Carpenter</a> with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Pooler" title="Frank Pooler">Frank Pooler</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/The_Carpenters" title="The Carpenters">the Carpenters</a> as a single (re-released 1974 & 1977); remixed on <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Portrait" title="Christmas Portrait">Christmas Portrait</a></i> in 1978 with new vocal by <a href="/wiki/Karen_Carpenter" title="Karen Carpenter">Karen Carpenter</a>.</li> <li>1970: "<a href="/wiki/This_Christmas_(Donny_Hathaway_song)" title="This Christmas (Donny Hathaway song)">This Christmas</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Donny_Hathaway" title="Donny Hathaway">Donny Hathaway</a> (as "Donny Pitts") and Nadine Theresa McKinnor; recorded by Hathaway and released as a single (with "Be There" on the B-side).</li> <li>1971: "My Christmas Card To You" released by <a href="/wiki/The_Partridge_Family" title="The Partridge Family">the Partridge Family</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/A_Partridge_Family_Christmas_Card" title="A Partridge Family Christmas Card">A Partridge Family Christmas Card</a>.</i></li> <li>1971: "<a href="/wiki/River_(Joni_Mitchell_song)" title="River (Joni Mitchell song)">River</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>; released by her on <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Blue (Joni Mitchell album)">Blue</a>.</i></li> <li>1973: "<a href="/wiki/Step_into_Christmas" title="Step into Christmas">Step into Christmas</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Taupin" title="Bernie Taupin">Bernie Taupin</a>; released by John as a stand-alone single (with "Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas" on B-side).</li> <li>1974: "<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_in_Father_Christmas" title="I Believe in Father Christmas">I Believe in Father Christmas</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Lake" title="Greg Lake">Greg Lake</a> with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sinfield" title="Peter Sinfield">Peter Sinfield</a>; released by Lake as a single (with "Humbug" on B-side). Instrumental riff between verses interpolated from "Troika" portion of <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev" title="Sergei Prokofiev">Sergei Prokofiev</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Kij%C3%A9_(Prokofiev)" title="Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)">Lieutenant Kijé</a> Suite</i>, written for 1934 <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> film, <i><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Kij%C3%A9_(film)" title="Lieutenant Kijé (film)">Lieutenant Kijé</a></i></li> <li>1975: "<a href="/wiki/A_Spaceman_Came_Travelling" title="A Spaceman Came Travelling">A Spaceman Came Travelling</a>", written by Christopher Davison; released under Davison's stage name <a href="/wiki/Chris_de_Burgh" title="Chris de Burgh">Chris de Burgh</a> as a single, taken from his album <i><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Train_and_Other_Stories" title="Spanish Train and Other Stories">Spanish Train and Other Stories</a></i>.</li> <li>1976: "<a href="/wiki/When_a_Child_Is_Born#Johnny_Mathis_version" title="When a Child Is Born">When a Child is Born</a>" (original melody titled "<a href="/wiki/Soleado" title="Soleado">Soleado</a>"), written by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sentacruz_Ensemble" title="Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble">Ciro Dammicco</a> (alias "Zacar") and <a href="/wiki/Dario_Baldan_Bembo" title="Dario Baldan Bembo">Dario Baldan Bembo</a> in 1973 (<a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English language</a> lyrics written later by Fred Jay); released by <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mathis" title="Johnny Mathis">Johnny Mathis</a> as single entitled "When A Child Is Born (Soleado)" with "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" on the B-side.</li> <li>1977: "<a href="/wiki/Celebrate_Me_Home_(song)" title="Celebrate Me Home (song)">Celebrate Me Home</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Loggins" title="Kenny Loggins">Kenny Loggins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_James_(musician)" title="Bob James (musician)">Bob James</a>; recorded by Loggins as title track of his debut solo album <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrate_Me_Home" title="Celebrate Me Home">Celebrate Me Home</a></i>.</li> <li>1977: "<a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas_(song)" title="Father Christmas (song)">Father Christmas</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Davies" title="Ray Davies">Ray Davies</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">the Kinks</a> as a single (with "Prince of the Punks" on B-side).</li> <li>1977: "<a href="/wiki/Peace_on_Earth/Little_Drummer_Boy" title="Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy">Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy</a>", "The Little Drummer Boy" written in 1941 by <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Kennicott_Davis" title="Katherine Kennicott Davis">Katherine Kennicott Davis</a>; "Peace on Earth" written by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Fraser_(composer)" title="Ian Fraser (composer)">Ian Fraser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Grossman_(composer)" title="Larry Grossman (composer)">Larry Grossman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Buz_Kohan" title="Buz Kohan">Alan Kohan</a>; medley recorded by <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a> for the television special, <i><a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby%27s_Merrie_Olde_Christmas" title="Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas">Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas</a></i>. (Bowie single released 1982.)</li> <li>1978: "<a href="/wiki/Mary%27s_Boy_Child_%E2%80%93_Oh_My_Lord" title="Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord">Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord</a>", written by Jester Hairston in 1956 with new song by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Farian" title="Frank Farian">Frank Farian</a>, Fred Jay, and Hela Lorin; medley released by <a href="/wiki/Boney_M" class="mw-redirect" title="Boney M">Boney M</a> as a single.</li> <li>1978: "<a href="/wiki/Please_Come_Home_for_Christmas" title="Please Come Home for Christmas">Please Come Home for Christmas</a>", written by Charles Brown and Gene Redd in 1960; cover released by <a href="/wiki/The_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="The Eagles">the Eagles</a> as a single (with "Funky New Year" on B-side)</li> <li>1979: "<a href="/wiki/Grandma_Got_Run_Over_by_a_Reindeer" title="Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer">Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer</a>"; written by Randy Brooks; released by <a href="/wiki/Elmo_%26_Patsy" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmo & Patsy">Elmo & Patsy</a> as a single (with "Christmas" on B-side).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1980s">1980s</h4></div> <ul><li>1980: "It Must Have Been The Mistletoe (Our First Christmas)", written by Doug Konecky and Justin Wilde; released by <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_at_Our_House" title="Christmas at Our House">Christmas at Our House</a></i>.</li> <li>1980: "<a href="/wiki/Same_Old_Lang_Syne" title="Same Old Lang Syne">Same Old Lang Syne</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fogelberg" title="Dan Fogelberg">Dan Fogelberg</a>; released as a single by Folgelberg in 1980 (with "Hearts and Crafts" on B-side). It was included on his 1981 album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Innocent_Age" title="The Innocent Age">The Innocent Age</a></i>.</li> <li>1980: "<a href="/wiki/Stop_The_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop The Cavalry">Stop The Cavalry</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Jona_Lewie" title="Jona Lewie">Jona Lewie</a>; released by Lewie as a single (with "Laughing Tonight" on B-side).</li> <li>1981: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_is_the_Time_to_Say_%27I_Love_You%27" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas is the Time to Say 'I Love You'">Christmas is the Time to Say 'I Love You'</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Billy_Squier" title="Billy Squier">Billy Squier</a>; released by him by as the B-side of his hit, "<a href="/wiki/My_Kinda_Lover" title="My Kinda Lover">My Kinda Lover</a>".</li> <li>1981: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Wrapping" title="Christmas Wrapping">Christmas Wrapping</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Butler_(musician)" title="Chris Butler (musician)">Chris Butler</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/The_Waitresses" title="The Waitresses">The Waitresses</a> as a single (with "Christmas Fever" by <a href="/wiki/Charlelie_Couture" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlelie Couture">Charlelie Couture</a> on B-side). Also included in a Christmas compilation album.</li> <li>1982: "<a href="/wiki/Hard_Candy_Christmas" title="Hard Candy Christmas">Hard Candy Christmas</a>"; written by <a href="/wiki/Carol_Hall" title="Carol Hall">Carol Hall</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Little_Whorehouse_in_Texas" title="The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas">The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</a></i>; released by <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> as a single (with "Act Like a Fool" on B-side).</li> <li>1984: "<a href="/wiki/Another_Rock_and_Roll_Christmas" title="Another Rock and Roll Christmas">Another Rock and Roll Christmas</a>"; written by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Glitter" title="Gary Glitter">Gary Glitter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Leander" title="Mike Leander">Mike Leander</a> and Edward Seago; released by Gary Glitter as a single, with the instrumental version as the B-side. The song had appeared earlier in the year on his 1984 album <i><a href="/wiki/Boys_Will_Be_Boys_(Gary_Glitter_album)" title="Boys Will Be Boys (Gary Glitter album)">Boys Will Be Boys</a></i>.</li> <li>1984: "<a href="/wiki/Thank_God_It%27s_Christmas" title="Thank God It's Christmas">Thank God It's Christmas</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Brian_May" title="Brian May">Brian May</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Taylor_(Queen_drummer)" title="Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)">Roger Taylor</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a> as a single (with "<a href="/wiki/The_Works_(Queen_album)#"Man_on_the_Prowl"" title="The Works (Queen album)">Man on the Prowl</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Works_(Queen_album)#"Keep_Passing_the_Open_Windows"" title="The Works (Queen album)">Keep Passing the Open Windows</a>" on B-side).</li> <li>1984: "Another Lonely Christmas", written by <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Prince_and_the_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince and the Revolution">Prince and the Revolution</a> as a single.</li> <li>1984: "<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood_song)" title="The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)">The Power of Love</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Holly_Johnson" title="Holly Johnson">Holly Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gill_(FGTH_drummer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Gill (FGTH drummer)">Peter Gill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Toole_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark O'Toole (musician)">Mark O'Toole</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Nash" class="mw-disambig" title="Brian Nash">Brian Nash</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood" title="Frankie Goes to Hollywood">Frankie Goes to Hollywood</a> as a single (with "The World Is My Oyster" on B-side).</li> <li>1985: "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_Everyone" title="Merry Christmas Everyone">Merry Christmas Everyone</a>"; written by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Heatlie" title="Bob Heatlie">Bob Heatlie</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Shakin%27_Stevens" title="Shakin' Stevens">Shakin' Stevens</a> as a single (with "With My Heart" and "Blue Christmas" on B-side).</li> <li>1985: "There's a New Kid in Town", written by <a href="/wiki/Don_Cook" title="Don Cook">Don Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curly_Putman" title="Curly Putman">Curly Putman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Keith_Whitley" title="Keith Whitley">Keith Whitley</a>.</li> <li>1987: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hollis" title="Christmas in Hollis">Christmas in Hollis</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Simmons" title="Joseph Simmons">Joseph Simmons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels" title="Darryl McDaniels">Darryl McDaniels</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Mizell" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason Mizell">Jason Mizell</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Run_D.M.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Run D.M.C.">Run D.M.C.</a> on two Christmas compilation albums: <i><a href="/wiki/A_Very_Special_Christmas_(album)" title="A Very Special Christmas (album)">A Very Special Christmas</a></i> and <i>Christmas Rap,</i> and as a single (with "Peter Piper" on B-side).</li> <li>1988: "<a href="/wiki/Driving_Home_for_Christmas" title="Driving Home for Christmas">Driving Home for Christmas</a>"; written by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rea" title="Chris Rea">Chris Rea</a>; originally released as one of two new songs on Rea's first compilation album <i><a href="/wiki/New_Light_Through_Old_Windows" title="New Light Through Old Windows">New Light Through Old Windows</a></i> in October, then issued as the fourth single from the album in December.</li> <li>1988: "<a href="/wiki/Mistletoe_and_Wine" title="Mistletoe and Wine">Mistletoe and Wine</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Paul_(screenwriter)" title="Jeremy Paul (screenwriter)">Jeremy Paul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Stewart_(writer)" title="Leslie Stewart (writer)">Leslie Stewart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keith_Strachan" title="Keith Strachan">Keith Strachan</a> for the 1976 musical, <i>Scraps</i> (an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen" title="Hans Christian Andersen">Hans Christian Andersen</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Match_Girl" title="The Little Match Girl">The Little Match Girl</a>"); released by <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a> as a single (with "Marmaduke" on B-side), and on his album <i><a href="/wiki/Private_Collection:_1979%E2%80%931988" title="Private Collection: 1979–1988">Private Collection: 1979–1988</a>.</i></li> <li>1989: "<a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_You_(Vince_Vance_%26_The_Valiants_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="All I Want for Christmas Is You (Vince Vance & The Valiants song)">All I Want for Christmas Is You</a>", written by Troy Powers and Andy Stone; released by <a href="/wiki/Vince_Vance_%26_The_Valiants" class="mw-redirect" title="Vince Vance & The Valiants">Vince Vance & The Valiants</a> as a single.</li> <li>1989: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" by <a href="/wiki/The_Ramones" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ramones">The Ramones</a> on their <i><a href="/wiki/Brain_Drain_(album)" title="Brain Drain (album)">Brain Drain</a></i> album.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1990s">1990s</h4></div> <ul><li>1990: "<a href="/wiki/Saviour%27s_Day_(song)" title="Saviour's Day (song)">Saviour's Day</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Eaton_(UK_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Eaton (UK musician)">Chris Eaton</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a> as a single (with "Where You Are" on B-side).</li> <li>1990: "<a href="/wiki/Grown-Up_Christmas_List" title="Grown-Up Christmas List">Grown-Up Christmas List</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/David_Foster" title="David Foster">David Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linda_Thompson_(actress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Linda Thompson (actress)">Linda Thompson-Jenner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Amy_Grant" title="Amy Grant">Amy Grant</a>; released by <a href="/wiki/David_Foster" title="David Foster">David Foster</a> with <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Cole" title="Natalie Cole">Natalie Cole</a> for his album <i>River of Love</i> (with a 1992 version by <a href="/wiki/Amy_Grant" title="Amy Grant">Amy Grant</a>).</li> <li>1991: "<a href="/wiki/Mary,_Did_You_Know%3F" title="Mary, Did You Know?">Mary, Did You Know?</a>", with lyrics written by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lowry" title="Mark Lowry">Mark Lowry</a> (in 1984) and music by <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Greene" title="Buddy Greene">Buddy Greene</a>; originally recorded by <a href="/wiki/Michael_English_(American_singer)" title="Michael English (American singer)">Michael English</a> on a self-titled album (with a 1996 version by <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wynonna_Judd" title="Wynonna Judd">Wynona Judd</a>).</li> <li>1992: "<a href="/wiki/All_Alone_on_Christmas" title="All Alone on Christmas">All Alone on Christmas</a>", written and arranged by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Zandt" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Van Zandt">Steve Van Zandt</a>; recorded by <a href="/wiki/Darlene_Love" title="Darlene Love">Darlene Love</a> as a single with members of <a href="/wiki/The_E_Street_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="The E Street Band">The E Street Band</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Miami_Horns" title="The Miami Horns">The Miami Horns</a>. Originally featured on <i><a href="/wiki/Home_Alone_2:_Lost_in_New_York#Soundtrack" title="Home Alone 2: Lost in New York">Home Alone 2: Lost in New York</a> soundtrack</i>.</li> <li>1992: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_All_Over_Again" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas All Over Again">Christmas All Over Again</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers" title="Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers">Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers</a> on the album box set <i><a href="/wiki/Playback_(Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers_album)" title="Playback (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)">Playback</a></i></li> <li>1993: "<a href="/wiki/Hey_Santa!" title="Hey Santa!">Hey Santa!</a>", written (with the help of Jack Kugell) and sung by <a href="/wiki/Carnie_Wilson" title="Carnie Wilson">Carnie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Wilson" title="Wendy Wilson">Wendy Wilson</a> on the album of the same name.</li> <li>1994: "<a href="/wiki/The_Chanukah_Song" title="The Chanukah Song">The Chanukah Song</a>"; written by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Sandler" title="Adam Sandler">Adam Sandler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Morton" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Morton">Lewis Morton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ian_Maxtone-Graham" title="Ian Maxtone-Graham">Ian Maxtone-Graham</a>; originally performed by Sandler on <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Weekend_Update" title="Weekend Update">Weekend Update</a></i> segment on December 3, 1994. Released as a single by Sandler in 1995 from <i><a href="/wiki/What_the_Hell_Happened_to_Me%3F" title="What the Hell Happened to Me?">What the Hell Happened to Me?</a></i>.</li> <li>1996: "<a href="/wiki/How_to_Make_Gravy" title="How to Make Gravy">How to Make Gravy</a>" written and performed by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(Australian_musician)" title="Paul Kelly (Australian musician)">Paul Kelly</a> in Australia.</li> <li>1998: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Canon" title="Christmas Canon">Christmas Canon</a>" by the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a> on their album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Attic" title="The Christmas Attic">The Christmas Attic</a></i></li> <li>1998: "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas,_Happy_Holidays" title="Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays">Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays</a>" by <a href="/wiki/NSYNC" title="NSYNC">NSYNC</a> from the albums <i><a href="/wiki/Home_for_Christmas_(NSYNC_album)" title="Home for Christmas (NSYNC album)">Home for Christmas</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Winter_Album_(NSYNC_album)" title="The Winter Album (NSYNC album)">The Winter Album</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2000s">2000s</h4></div> <ul><li>2000: "<a href="/wiki/My_Only_Wish_(This_Year)" title="My Only Wish (This Year)">My Only Wish (This Year)</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a> off the compilation album, <i><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Christmas" title="Platinum Christmas">Platinum Christmas</a></i></li> <li>2000: "<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You,_Christmas%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="Where Are You, Christmas?">Where Are You, Christmas?</a>" co-written by <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Will_Jennings" title="Will Jennings">Will Jennings</a>, but recorded by <a href="/wiki/Faith_Hill" title="Faith Hill">Faith Hill</a>. The song was originally recorded by Carey, but because of a <a href="/wiki/Legal_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal case">legal case</a> with her ex-husband <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Mottola" title="Tommy Mottola">Tommy Mottola</a>, it could not be released, so it was re-recorded and released by Faith Hill.</li> <li>2002: "Maybe This Christmas" by Ron Sexsmith from the compilation album of the same name.</li> <li>2003: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Time_(Don%27t_Let_the_Bells_End)" title="Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)">Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Darkness_(band)" title="The Darkness (band)">The Darkness</a></li> <li>2004: "<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Josh_Groban_song)" title="Believe (Josh Groban song)">Believe</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Glen_Ballard" title="Glen Ballard">Glen Ballard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Silvestri" title="Alan Silvestri">Alan Silvestri</a> for <a href="/wiki/Josh_Groban" title="Josh Groban">Josh Groban</a></li> <li>2004: "<a href="/wiki/Joseph%27s_Lullaby" title="Joseph's Lullaby">Joseph's Lullaby</a>" by <a href="/wiki/MercyMe" title="MercyMe">MercyMe</a> from the album <a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Sessions" title="The Christmas Sessions">The Christmas Sessions</a></li> <li>2004: "<a href="/wiki/Wizards_in_Winter" title="Wizards in Winter">Wizards in Winter</a>", an instrumental written and composed by <a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Neill_(rock_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul O'Neill (rock producer)">Paul O'Neill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kinkel" title="Robert Kinkel">Robert Kinkel</a>, performed by the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a></li> <li>2007: "<a href="/wiki/Mistletoe_(Colbie_Caillat_song)" title="Mistletoe (Colbie Caillat song)">Mistletoe</a>" written by Stacy Blue and <a href="/wiki/Colbie_Caillat" title="Colbie Caillat">Colbie Caillat</a>, and performed by Caillat.</li> <li>2008: "<a href="/wiki/White_Is_in_the_Winter_Night" class="mw-redirect" title="White Is in the Winter Night">White Is in the Winter Night</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Enya" title="Enya">Enya</a> on the album, <i><a href="/wiki/And_Winter_Came..." title="And Winter Came...">And Winter Came...</a></i></li> <li>2009: "<a href="/wiki/It_Doesn%27t_Often_Snow_at_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas">It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a> (UK No. 40 hit)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010s">2010s</h4></div> <ul><li>2010: "<a href="/wiki/Oh_Santa!" title="Oh Santa!">Oh Santa!</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a> from her album <i><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_II_You" title="Merry Christmas II You">Merry Christmas II You</a></i>. A new version, featuring <a href="/wiki/Ariana_Grande" title="Ariana Grande">Ariana Grande</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hudson" title="Jennifer Hudson">Jennifer Hudson</a>, was released in 2020 for the <i><a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey%27s_Magical_Christmas_Special" title="Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special">Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special's</a></i> soundtrack.</li> <li>2010: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Lights_(song)" title="Christmas Lights (song)">Christmas Lights</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a></li> <li>2010: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Harlem" title="Christmas in Harlem">Christmas in Harlem</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> from the <a href="/wiki/GOOD_Fridays" title="GOOD Fridays">GOOD Fridays</a> series of releases under the <a href="/wiki/GOOD_Music" title="GOOD Music">GOOD Music</a> label</li> <li>2011: "<a href="/wiki/Mistletoe_(Justin_Bieber_song)" title="Mistletoe (Justin Bieber song)">Mistletoe</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a> from his album <i><a href="/wiki/Under_the_Mistletoe" title="Under the Mistletoe">Under the Mistletoe</a></i></li> <li>2012: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Sand_(song)" title="Christmas in the Sand (song)">Christmas in the Sand</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Colbie_Caillat" title="Colbie Caillat">Colbie Caillat</a> from her album of the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Sand" title="Christmas in the Sand">same name</a>; meant to conjure up (humorously) what Christmas might be like in Hawaii</li> <li>2013: "<a href="/wiki/Underneath_the_Tree" title="Underneath the Tree">Underneath the Tree</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a> on her album <i><a href="/wiki/Wrapped_in_Red" title="Wrapped in Red">Wrapped in Red</a></i></li> <li>2013: "<a href="/wiki/One_More_Sleep" title="One More Sleep">One More Sleep</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a> on her album <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas,_with_Love" title="Christmas, with Love">Christmas, with Love</a></i></li> <li>2013: "<a href="/wiki/Wrapped_in_Red_(song)" title="Wrapped in Red (song)">Wrapped in Red</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Arrison" title="Ashley Arrison">Ashley Arrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aben_Eubanks" title="Aben Eubanks">Aben Eubanks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shane_McAnally" title="Shane McAnally">Shane McAnally</a> and recorded by Clarkson as the opening track on her sixth studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/Wrapped_in_Red" title="Wrapped in Red">Wrapped in Red</a></i></li> <li>2014: "<a href="/wiki/That%27s_Christmas_to_Me" title="That's Christmas to Me">That's Christmas to Me</a>" by a cappella group <a href="/wiki/Pentatonix" title="Pentatonix">Pentatonix</a> (No. 2 <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>, double platinum by <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)</li> <li>2014: "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Tell_Me" title="Santa Tell Me">Santa Tell Me</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ariana_Grande" title="Ariana Grande">Ariana Grande</a> on her EP <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Kisses_(EP)" title="Christmas Kisses (EP)">Christmas Kisses</a></i></li> <li>2015: "<a href="/wiki/Every_Day%27s_Like_Christmas" title="Every Day's Like Christmas">Every Day's Like Christmas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kylie_Minogue" title="Kylie Minogue">Kylie Minogue</a> on her album <i><a href="/wiki/Kylie_Christmas" title="Kylie Christmas">Kylie Christmas</a></i></li> <li>2017: "<a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Coming_for_Us" title="Santa's Coming for Us">Santa's Coming for Us</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Sia" title="Sia">Sia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kurstin" title="Greg Kurstin">Greg Kurstin</a> and released by Sia on <i><a href="/wiki/Everyday_Is_Christmas_(album)" title="Everyday Is Christmas (album)">Everyday Is Christmas</a></i></li> <li>2017: "<a href="/wiki/Snowman_(Sia_song)" title="Snowman (Sia song)">Snowman</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Sia" title="Sia">Sia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kurstin" title="Greg Kurstin">Greg Kurstin</a> and released by Sia on <i><a href="/wiki/Everyday_Is_Christmas_(album)" title="Everyday Is Christmas (album)">Everyday Is Christmas</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020s">2020s</h4></div> <ul><li>2020 "<a href="/wiki/Holiday_(Lil_Nas_X_song)" title="Holiday (Lil Nas X song)">Holiday</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lil_Nas_X" title="Lil Nas X">Lil Nas X</a></li> <li>2020: "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Saves_the_Year" title="Christmas Saves the Year">Christmas Saves the Year</a>" a single written and recorded by <a href="/wiki/Twenty_One_Pilots" title="Twenty One Pilots">Twenty One Pilots</a>; released after a <a href="/wiki/Twitch_(service)" title="Twitch (service)">Twitch</a> stream where lead singer <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Joseph" title="Tyler Joseph">Tyler Joseph</a> played in a <i><a href="/wiki/Fortnite" title="Fortnite">Fortnite</a></i> tournament sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Chipotle_Mexican_Grill" title="Chipotle Mexican Grill">Chipotle</a> in hopes to raise money for <a href="/wiki/Make-A-Wish_Foundation" title="Make-A-Wish Foundation">Make-A-Wish Foundation</a>.</li> <li>2021: "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_(song)" title="Merry Christmas (song)">Merry Christmas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Three_Lions_(song)#"Three_Lions_(It's_Coming_Home_for_Christmas)"" title="Three Lions (song)">Three Lions (It's Coming Home for Christmas)</a> by Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds; due to the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022 FIFA World Cup</a> taking place in <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> the tournament started in November instead of June. As a result, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Skinner" title="Frank Skinner">Frank Skinner</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Baddiel" title="David Baddiel">David Baddiel</a> recorded a new version of their iconic Three Lions song to make references to both Christmas and the success of the <a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_football_team" title="England women's national football team">England Lionesses</a> in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Women%27s_Euro_2022" title="UEFA Women's Euro 2022">Women's Euro 2022</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christmas_songs_from_musicals">Christmas songs from musicals</h3></div> <p>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Got_My_Love_to_Keep_Me_Warm" title="I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm">I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm</a>", written by Irving Berlin, was introduced in the musical film <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Avenue" title="On the Avenue">On the Avenue</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Powell" title="Dick Powell">Dick Powell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alice_Faye" title="Alice Faye">Alice Faye</a> in 1937. "<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>" was introduced in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Holiday_Inn_(film)" title="Holiday Inn (film)">Holiday Inn</a></i> (1942), while "<a href="/wiki/Have_Yourself_a_Merry_Little_Christmas" title="Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas">Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</a>" was from <i><a href="/wiki/Meet_Me_in_St._Louis" title="Meet Me in St. Louis">Meet Me in St. Louis</a></i> (1944), and "<a href="/wiki/Silver_Bells" title="Silver Bells">Silver Bells</a>" <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lemon_Drop_Kid" title="The Lemon Drop Kid">The Lemon Drop Kid</a></i> (1950). The operetta <i><a href="/wiki/Babes_in_Toyland_(operetta)" title="Babes in Toyland (operetta)">Babes in Toyland</a></i> (1903) featured the song "Toyland". The 1934 film adaptation, a <a href="/wiki/Laurel_and_Hardy" title="Laurel and Hardy">Laurel and Hardy</a> musical film known by alternative titles, opened with the song. Introducing Christmas-themed songs that have yet to achieve popularity, <i><a href="/wiki/Scrooge_(1970_film)" title="Scrooge (1970 film)">Scrooge</a></i> (1970) included "Father Christmas", "December the 25th", and the Academy Award-nominated "Thank You Very Much". </p><p>"Mistletoe and Wine" was written for a 1976 musical entitled <i>Scraps</i>, which was an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl". "<a href="/wiki/Hard_Candy_Christmas" title="Hard Candy Christmas">Hard Candy Christmas</a>" was written by Carol Hall for the 1982 musical, <i>The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</i>, and later released by Dolly Parton as a single. <i><a href="/wiki/Tim_Burton%27s_The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas">Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas</a></i> (1993) features Christmas-themed songs like "Making Christmas", "What's This?", "Town Meeting Song", and "Jack's Obsession". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christmas_novelty_songs">Christmas novelty songs</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Christmas_music" title="Special:EditPage/Christmas music">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Christmas+music%22">"Christmas music"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Christmas+music%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Christmas+music%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Christmas+music%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Christmas+music%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Christmas+music%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Novelty_song" title="Novelty song">Novelty song</a></div> <p>Musical parodies of the season – comical or nonsensical songs performed principally for their comical effect – are often heard around Christmas. Many novelty songs employ unusual lyrics, subjects, sounds, or instrumentation, and may not even be particularly musical. The term arose in the <a href="/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley" title="Tin Pan Alley">Tin Pan Alley</a> world of popular songwriting, with novelty songs achieving great popularity during the 1920s and 1930s. </p><p>The Christmas novelty song genre, which got its start with "<a href="/wiki/I_Yust_Go_Nuts_at_Christmas" title="I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas">I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas</a>" written by <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Yorgesson" class="mw-redirect" title="Yogi Yorgesson">Yogi Yorgesson</a> and sung by him with the Johnny Duffy Trio in 1949, includes such notable titles as: </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bells" title="Jingle Bells">Jingle Bells</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Singing_Dogs" title="The Singing Dogs">the Singing Dogs</a> was recorded in 1955 by Don Charles from <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>; considered the work of Carl Weismann, it was revolutionary in its use of the latest recording technology.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Green_Chri$tma$" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Chri$tma$">Green Chri$tma$</a>", a <a href="/wiki/Radio_play" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio play">radio play</a> parody by <a href="/wiki/Stan_Freberg" title="Stan Freberg">Stan Freberg</a> that came out in 1958 and satirized commercial advertising.</li> <li>"I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek," a <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> spin-off song, released in 1964 by <a href="/wiki/The_Go-Go%27s_(British_band)" title="The Go-Go's (British band)">The Go-Go's</a> (the 1960s British band, not the later American band of the same name). Originally intended to help fuel <a href="/wiki/Dalekmania" title="Dalekmania">Dalekmania</a>, it tried to turn the sinister Daleks into another version of <a href="/wiki/The_Chipmunks" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chipmunks">The Chipmunks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Looked_a_Lot_Like_Daddy" title="Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy">Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy</a>", co-written and recorded by <a href="/wiki/Buck_Owens" title="Buck Owens">Buck Owens</a> in 1965, has been covered by other country music stars, including <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Tritt" title="Travis Tritt">Travis Tritt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a>.</li></ul> <p>In the 1970s comedic singing duo <a href="/wiki/Cheech_%26_Chong" title="Cheech & Chong">Cheech & Chong</a>'s debut single in 1971 was "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_and_His_Old_Lady" title="Santa Claus and His Old Lady">Santa Claus and His Old Lady</a>". <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a> did "<a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas_(song)" title="Father Christmas (song)">Father Christmas</a>" in 1977, and <a href="/wiki/Elmo_%26_Patsy" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmo & Patsy">Elmo & Patsy</a> came out with "<a href="/wiki/Grandma_Got_Run_Over_by_a_Reindeer" title="Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer">Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer</a>" in 1979. More recent titles added to the canon include: </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)" title="The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)">The Twelve Days of Christmas</a>" parodies (including one by <a href="/wiki/Bob_and_Doug_McKenzie" title="Bob and Doug McKenzie">Bob and Doug McKenzie</a> in 1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_at_Ground_Zero" title="Christmas at Ground Zero">Christmas at Ground Zero</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" class="mw-redirect" title="Weird Al Yankovic">Weird Al Yankovic</a> (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rusty_Chevrolet" title="Rusty Chevrolet">Rusty Chevrolet</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Da_Yoopers" title="Da Yoopers">Da Yoopers</a>, a parody of "<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bells" title="Jingle Bells">Jingle Bells</a>" (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hollis" title="Christmas in Hollis">Christmas in Hollis</a>", a rap single by <a href="/wiki/Run%E2%80%93D.M.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Run–D.M.C.">Run–D.M.C.</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Rubber_Band_Christmas" title="A Rubber Band Christmas">A Rubber Band Christmas</a></i> – an entire album featuring traditional and popular Christmas songs played on rubber bands, staplers and other office equipment (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Convoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Convoy">Christmas Convoy</a>", a <a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">southern rock</a> song by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brandt" title="Paul Brandt">Paul Brandt</a>, a parody of the <a href="/wiki/C.W._McCall" class="mw-redirect" title="C.W. McCall">C.W. McCall</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Convoy_(song)" title="Convoy (song)">Convoy</a>" (2006)</li></ul> <p>Seattle radio personality <a href="/wiki/Bob_Rivers" title="Bob Rivers">Bob Rivers</a> became nationally famous for his line of novelty Christmas songs and released five albums (collectively known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Twisted_Christmas" title="Twisted Christmas">Twisted Christmas</a></i> quintilogy, after the name of Rivers' radio program, <i>Twisted Radio</i>) consisting entirely of Christmas parodies from 1987 to 2002. "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Shoot_Me_Santa" title="Don't Shoot Me Santa">Don't Shoot Me Santa</a>" was released by <a href="/wiki/The_Killers" title="The Killers">The Killers</a> in 2007, benefiting various AIDS charities. Christmas novelty songs can involve <a href="/wiki/Gallows_humor" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallows humor">gallows humor</a> and even morbid humor like that found in "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_at_Ground_Zero" title="Christmas at Ground Zero">Christmas at Ground Zero</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Night_Santa_Went_Crazy" title="The Night Santa Went Crazy">The Night Santa Went Crazy</a>", both by <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Dan_Band" title="The Dan Band">The Dan Band</a> released several adult-oriented Christmas songs on their 2007 album <i>Ho: A Dan Band Christmas</i> which included "Ho, Ho, Ho" (ho being slang for a prostitute), "I Wanna Rock You Hard This Christmas", "Please Don't Bomb Nobody This Holiday" and "Get Drunk & Make Out This Christmas". </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kristen_Bell" title="Kristen Bell">Kristen Bell</a> and <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> group <a href="/wiki/Straight_No_Chaser_(group)" title="Straight No Chaser (group)">Straight No Chaser</a> "teamed up to poke fun at the modern seasons greeting" with "<a href="/wiki/Text_Me_Merry_Christmas" title="Text Me Merry Christmas">Text Me Merry Christmas</a>": </p> <dl><dd>Text me Merry Christmas</dd> <dd>Let me know you care</dd> <dd>Just a word or two</dd> <dd>Of text from you</dd> <dd>Will remind me you're still there</dd></dl> <p>Straight No Chaser singer Randy Stine said of the song: "We wanted a Christmas song that spoke to how informal communication has become."<sup id="cite_ref-Sieczkowski_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sieczkowski-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Juvenile">Juvenile</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Christmas_music" title="Special:EditPage/Christmas music">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Christmas novelty songs include many sung by young teens, or performed largely for the enjoyment of a young audience. Starting with "<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Mommy_Kissing_Santa_Claus" title="I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</a>" sung by 13-year-old <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Boyd" title="Jimmy Boyd">Jimmy Boyd</a> in 1952, a few other notable novelty songs written to parody the Christmas season and sung by young singers include: </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Want_a_Hippopotamus_for_Christmas" title="I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas">I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas</a>" sung by 10-year-old <a href="/wiki/Gayla_Peevey" title="Gayla Peevey">Gayla Peevey</a> (1953)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nuttin%27_for_Christmas" title="Nuttin' for Christmas">Nuttin' for Christmas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Art_Mooney" title="Art Mooney">Art Mooney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Gordon" title="Barry Gordon">Barry Gordon</a>, who was seven years old when he sang it (1955)</li> <li>"<span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/%C2%BFD%C3%B3nde_Est%C3%A1_Santa_Claus%3F" title="¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?">¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?</a></span></span> (Where is Santa Claus?)" sung by 12-year-old Augie Rios, featuring the Mark Jeffrey Orchestra (1959)</li></ul> <p>Christmas novelty songs aimed at a young audience include: </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_My_Two_Front_Teeth" title="All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth">All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Donald_Yetter_Gardner" title="Donald Yetter Gardner">Donald Yetter Gardner</a> in 1944 and introduced by <a href="/wiki/Spike_Jones_and_his_City_Slickers" class="mw-redirect" title="Spike Jones and his City Slickers">Spike Jones and his City Slickers</a> (1948)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Mommy_Kissing_Santa_Claus" title="I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</a>" with music and lyrics by British songwriter <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Connor" title="Tommie Connor">Tommie Connor</a> was first recorded by 13-year-old <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Boyd" title="Jimmy Boyd">Jimmy Boyd</a> in 1952, reaching No. 1 on the <i>Billboard</i> pop singles chart in December of that year. <a href="/wiki/The_Jackson_5" title="The Jackson 5">The Jackson 5</a> recorded a popular cover in 1970 with a young <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> singing lead.</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Chipmunk_Song_(Christmas_Don%27t_Be_Late)" title="The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)">The Chipmunk Song</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Ross_Bagdasarian_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ross Bagdasarian Sr.">Ross Bagdasarian Sr.</a>/<a href="/wiki/David_Seville" title="David Seville">David Seville</a> and performed by <a href="/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks" title="Alvin and the Chipmunks">Alvin and the Chipmunks</a> (1958)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_a_Mean_One,_Mr._Grinch" title="You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch">You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch</a>" originally done for the 1966 cartoon special <i><a href="/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!" title="How the Grinch Stole Christmas!">How the Grinch Stole Christmas!</a></i>; lyrics written by <a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Dr. Seuss</a>, music by <a href="/wiki/Albert_Hague" title="Albert Hague">Albert Hague</a>, and performed by <a href="/wiki/Thurl_Ravenscroft" title="Thurl Ravenscroft">Thurl Ravenscroft</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Snoopy%27s_Christmas" title="Snoopy's Christmas">Snoopy's Christmas</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Guardsmen" title="The Royal Guardsmen">The Royal Guardsmen</a> in 1967; a follow-up to their earlier song "<a href="/wiki/Snoopy_vs._the_Red_Baron_(song)" title="Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (song)">Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron</a>" recorded in 1966</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_a_Black_Man" title="Santa Claus Is a Black Man">Santa Claus Is a Black Man</a>" by Akim and the Teddy Vann Production Company (1973)</li></ul> <p>The number of Christmas novelty songs is so vast that radio host <a href="/wiki/Dr._Demento" title="Dr. Demento">Dr. Demento</a> devotes an entire month of weekly two-hour episodes to the format each year, and the novelty songs receive frequent requests at radio stations across the country.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-Christian_writers">Non-Christian writers</h3></div> <p>Approximately half of the 30 best-selling Christmas songs by ASCAP members in 2015 were written by <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> composers. <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marks" title="Johnny Marks">Johnny Marks</a> has three top Christmas songs, the most for any writer—"<a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Around_the_Christmas_Tree" title="Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree">Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/A_Holly_Jolly_Christmas" title="A Holly Jolly Christmas">A Holly Jolly Christmas</a>". By far the most recorded Christmas song is "<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> (born Israel Isidore Beilin in Russia)—who also wrote "<a href="/wiki/Happy_Holiday_(song)" title="Happy Holiday (song)">Happy Holiday</a>"—with well over 500 versions in dozens of languages. </p><p>Others include:<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!" title="Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!">Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Cahn" title="Sammy Cahn">Sammy Cahn</a> (born Cohen) and <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a> (who also wrote "<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Waltz" title="The Christmas Waltz">The Christmas Waltz</a>" together)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Winter_Wonderland" title="Winter Wonderland">Winter Wonderland</a>" (composer <a href="/wiki/Felix_Bernard" title="Felix Bernard">Felix Bernard</a> was born Felix William Bernhardt)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Song_(Chestnuts_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)">The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wells_(songwriter)" title="Robert Wells (songwriter)">Robert Wells</a> (born Levinson) and <a href="/wiki/Mel_Torm%C3%A9" title="Mel Tormé">Mel Tormé</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sleigh_Ride" title="Sleigh Ride">Sleigh Ride</a>" (lyricist <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Parish" title="Mitchell Parish">Mitchell Parish</a> was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky in Lithuania)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_the_Most_Wonderful_Time_of_the_Year" title="It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year">It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year</a>" (composer <a href="/wiki/George_Wyle" title="George Wyle">George Wyle</a> was born Bernard Weissman)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Silver_Bells" title="Silver Bells">Silver Bells</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Jay_Livingston" title="Jay Livingston">Jay Livingston</a> (born Jacob Levinson) and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Evans" title="Ray Evans">Ray Evans</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(There%27s_No_Place_Like)_Home_for_the_Holidays" class="mw-redirect" title="(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays">(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Allen_(song_composer)" title="Robert Allen (song composer)">Bob Allen</a> (born Robert Allen Deitcher) and <a href="/wiki/Al_Stillman" title="Al Stillman">Al Stillman</a> (born Albert Silverman)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home_for_Christmas" title="I'll Be Home for Christmas">I'll Be Home for Christmas</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Kent" title="Walter Kent">Walter Kent</a> (born Walter Kauffman) and <a href="/wiki/Buck_Ram" title="Buck Ram">Buck Ram</a> (born Samuel).</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Baby" title="Santa Baby">Santa Baby</a>" by Joan Ellen Javits (Zeeman), niece of Senator <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Javits" title="Jacob Javits">Jacob Javits</a>, and Philip Springer.<sup id="cite_ref-InterfaithFamily_2012_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InterfaithFamily_2012-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Outside" title="Baby, It's Cold Outside">Baby, It's Cold Outside</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Loesser" title="Frank Loesser">Frank Loesser</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Leiber-Stoller" class="mw-redirect" title="Leiber-Stoller">Lyricist Jerome "Jerry" Leiber and composer Mike Stoller</a> wrote "<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Back_in_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Back in Town">Santa Claus Is Back in Town</a>", which <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> debuted on his first <a href="/wiki/Elvis%27_Christmas_Album" title="Elvis' Christmas Album">Christmas album</a> in 1957. "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_(Baby_Please_Come_Home)" title="Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)">Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)</a>" was written by <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Greenwich" title="Ellie Greenwich">Ellie Greenwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Barry" title="Jeff Barry">Jeff Barry</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Phil_Spector" title="Phil Spector">Phil Spector</a>), originally for <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Spector" title="Ronnie Spector">Ronnie Spector</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Ronettes" title="The Ronettes">The Ronettes</a>. It was made into a hit by <a href="/wiki/Darlene_Love" title="Darlene Love">Darlene Love</a> in 1963. </p><p>"Peace on Earth" was written by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Fraser_(composer)" title="Ian Fraser (composer)">Ian Fraser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Grossman_(composer)" title="Larry Grossman (composer)">Larry Grossman</a>, and Alan Kohan as a <a href="/wiki/Counterpoint" title="Counterpoint">counterpoint</a> to "<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy" title="The Little Drummer Boy">The Little Drummer Boy</a>" (1941) to make <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> comfortable recording "<a href="/wiki/Peace_on_Earth/Little_Drummer_Boy" title="Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy">Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy</a>" with <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a> on September 11, 1977 – for Crosby's then-upcoming television special, <i>Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Post_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adopted_Christmas_music">Adopted Christmas music</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Christmas_music" title="Special:EditPage/Christmas music">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>What is known as Christmas music today, coming to be associated with the holiday season in some way, has often been adopted from works initially composed for other purposes. Many tunes adopted into the Christmas canon carry no Christmas connotation at all. Some were written to celebrate other holidays and gradually came to cover the Christmas season. </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Tempus_Adest_Floridum" class="mw-redirect" title="Tempus Adest Floridum">Tempus Adest Floridum</a>", a romantic spring carol with Latin words dating to the 13th-century <i><a href="/wiki/Carmina_Burana" title="Carmina Burana">Carmina Burana</a></i> and a melody attested no later than 1584, became associated with Christmas after <a href="/wiki/John_Mason_Neale" title="John Mason Neale">John Mason Neale</a> set his epic ballad "<a href="/wiki/Good_King_Wenceslas" title="Good King Wenceslas">Good King Wenceslas</a>" to its melody in 1853. Neale's poem does not directly mention Christmas or the nativity but describes Bohemian Duke <a href="/wiki/Wenceslas_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia">Wenceslas I</a>'s journey to aid a poor traveler on a cold <a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Stephen's Day">St. Stephen's Day</a>; that day falls on the day after Christmas and within the traditional <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve Days of Christmas">Twelve Days of Christmas</a>.</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Joy_to_the_World" title="Joy to the World">Joy to the World</a>", with words written by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Watts" title="Isaac Watts">Isaac Watts</a> in 1719 and music by <a href="/wiki/Lowell_Mason" title="Lowell Mason">Lowell Mason</a> (who in turn borrowed liberally from Handel) in 1839, was originally written anticipating the <a href="/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming">Second Coming</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Jingle Bells", first published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in 1857, was originally associated with <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving</a> rather than Christmas.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>With a Welsh melody dating back to the sixteenth century, and English lyrics from 1862, "Deck the Halls" celebrates the <a href="/wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">pagan</a> holiday of <a href="/wiki/Yule" title="Yule">Yule</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Year" title="New Year">New Year</a>, but not explicitly Christmas ("Troll the ancient Yuletide carol/See the blazing Yule before us/While I tell of Yuletide treasure").</li></ul> <p>"Shchedryk", a Ukrainian tune celebrating the arrival of springtime, was adapted in 1936 with English lyrics to become the Christmas carol "Carol of the Bells" and in 1995 as the heavy-metal instrumental "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24." "<a href="/wiki/When_You_Wish_Upon_a_Star" title="When You Wish Upon a Star">When You Wish Upon a Star</a>", an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a>-winning song about dreams, hope, and magic featured in <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Pinocchio_(1940_film)" title="Pinocchio (1940 film)">Pinocchio</a></i> (1940). What later became the main theme for Disney studios was sung by <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Edwards" title="Cliff Edwards">Cliff Edwards</a>, who voiced <a href="/wiki/Jiminy_Cricket" title="Jiminy Cricket">Jiminy Cricket</a> in the film. In Scandinavian countries and Japan, the song is used in reference to the <a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem</a> and the "ask, and it will be given to you" discourse in <a href="/wiki/Matthew_7:7%E2%80%938" title="Matthew 7:7–8">Matthew 7:7–8</a>; in the movie it is in reference to the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Fairy" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Fairy">Blue Fairy</a>. </p><p>Many popular Christmas tunes of the 20th-century mention winter imagery, leading to their being adopted into the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a>. These include: </p> <ul><li>"Winter Wonderland" (1934)</li> <li>"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (1937)</li> <li>"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (1944)</li> <li>"A Marshmallow World" (1949)</li> <li>"Jingle Bell Rock" (1957)</li> <li>"My Favorite Things" (1959)</li></ul> <p>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Want_to_Build_a_Snowman%3F" title="Do You Want to Build a Snowman?">Do You Want to Build a Snowman?</a>" (2013), from the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Frozen_(2013_film)" title="Frozen (2013 film)">Frozen</a></i>, features lyrics that are more of an illustration of the relationship between the two main characters than a general description of winter or the holidays, but its title rhetoric and the winter imagery used throughout the film have led it to be considered a holiday song. </p><p>"Sleigh Ride", composed originally in 1948 as an instrumental by <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Anderson" title="Leroy Anderson">Leroy Anderson</a>, was inspired by a heatwave in Connecticut. The song premiered with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Pops_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Pops Orchestra">Boston Pops Orchestra</a> in May 1948 with no association with Christmas. The lyrics added in 1950 have "nothing to do with Santa, Jesus, presents or reindeer," but the jingling bells and "sleigh" in the title made it a natural Christmas song. Lyricist <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Cahn" title="Sammy Cahn">Sammy Cahn</a> and composer <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a> also found themselves in a heatwave in July 1945 when they wrote "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", inserting no reference to Christmas in the song.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Holiday_(Vampire_Weekend_song)" title="Holiday (Vampire Weekend song)">Holiday</a>" (2010) is about the summer holidays, but has been used in some Christmas ad campaigns. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a> famously sang <a href="/wiki/Franz_Schubert" title="Franz Schubert">Franz Schubert</a>'s setting of "<a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Schubert)" title="Ave Maria (Schubert)">Ave Maria</a>" in his televised Christmas special each year, including the song on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Perry_Como_Christmas_Album" title="The Perry Como Christmas Album">The Perry Como Christmas Album</a></i> (1968). The song, a prayer to the <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Virgin Mary</a> sung in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>, would become a "staple of family holiday record collections."<sup id="cite_ref-Balke_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balke-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American <i>a capella</i> group <a href="/wiki/Pentatonix" title="Pentatonix">Pentatonix</a> released their version of "<a href="/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)" title="Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)">Hallelujah</a>", the 1984 song written by <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a> and covered famously by a number of acts, on <a href="/wiki/A_Pentatonix_Christmas" title="A Pentatonix Christmas">their Christmas album</a> shortly before the songwriter's death in 2016. Besides the <a href="/wiki/Hallelujah" title="Hallelujah">title</a>, and several biblical references, the song contains no connection to Christmas or the holidays <i>per se</i>. Various versions have been added to Christmas music playlists on radio stations in the United States and Canada. </p><p>In the United Kingdom, songs not explicitly tied to Christmas are popularly played during the year-end holidays. "Stop the Cavalry", written and performed by English musician <a href="/wiki/Jona_Lewie" title="Jona Lewie">Jona Lewie</a> in 1980, was intended as a war protest. The line "Wish I was at home for Christmas" with <a href="/wiki/Brass_band" title="Brass band">brass band</a> <a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">arrangements</a> styled it as an appropriate song to play in the Christmas season. Children's songs such as "<a href="/wiki/Mr_Blobby_(song)" title="Mr Blobby (song)">Mr Blobby</a>" (No. 1, 1993) and <a href="/wiki/Can_We_Fix_It%3F" title="Can We Fix It?">the theme from <i>Bob the Builder</i></a> (No. 1, 2000), novelty songs such as <a href="/wiki/Benny_Hill" title="Benny Hill">Benny Hill</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Ernie_(The_Fastest_Milkman_in_the_West)" title="Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)">Ernie</a>" (No. 1, 1971) and <i><a href="/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a>'</i>s "<a href="/wiki/Chocolate_Salty_Balls" title="Chocolate Salty Balls">Chocolate Salty Balls</a>" (No. 2, 1998), and "<a href="/wiki/He_Ain%27t_Heavy,_He%27s_My_Brother" title="He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother">He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother</a>" from an ensemble of <a href="/wiki/Liverpudlian" class="mw-redirect" title="Liverpudlian">Liverpudlian</a> celebrities in commemoration of the 1989 <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillsborough Disaster">Hillsborough Disaster</a> (No. 1, 2012) are often heard around Christmas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Radio_broadcasting_of_Christmas_music">Radio broadcasting of Christmas music</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"There's no other programming tactic in radio history that consistently delivers ratings increases better than Christmas music. Playing Christmas music is all about having a larger audience after Christmas than you did before. People who find the station often stick around after the holidays and discover a new favorite station."<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter1_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter1-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Darren Davis, Senior V.P., <a href="/wiki/IHeartMedia" title="IHeartMedia">Clear Channel</a></cite></p> </div> <p>In the United States, it is common for local <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio stations</a> to gradually begin adding Christmas music to their regular playlists in late-November, typically after <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving</a> (which is generally considered the official start of the holiday season), and sometimes culminating with all-Christmas music by Christmas itself.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More prominently, some stations temporarily drop their regular music <a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">format</a> entirely and switch exclusively to Christmas music for the holiday season.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter practice became more widespread in 2001 after the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, as a means of helping improve the morale of listeners.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although there is a chance that a station's normal audience may be alienated by a switch to all-Christmas music (<a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult contemporary">adult contemporary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oldies" title="Oldies">oldies</a> audiences are generally the most accepting), these risks are outweighed by the increase in <a href="/wiki/Audience_measurement" title="Audience measurement">ratings</a> that such a shift can attract.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter1_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter1-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a chance that after they return to regular programming, a station may be able to retain some of this expanded audience as new, regular listeners.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter1_96-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter1-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arbitron (now <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Audio" title="Nielsen Audio">Nielsen Audio</a>) reported in 2011 that it was not uncommon for a station's average audience to double after switching to Christmas music, citing several large-market stations in 2010 such as Boston's <a href="/wiki/WBGB_(FM)" title="WBGB (FM)">WODS</a>, Los Angeles's <a href="/wiki/KOST" title="KOST">KOST</a>, New York's <a href="/wiki/WLTW" title="WLTW">WLTW</a>, and San Diego's <a href="/wiki/KYXY" title="KYXY">KYXY</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter1_96-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter1-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, Chicago's <a href="/wiki/WLIT-FM" title="WLIT-FM">WLIT-FM</a> roughly quadrupled its audience share between November (2.8) and December (12.4) after making the switch.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The practice may not always transition well into financial success, since advertisers do not universally recognize Nielsen's holiday ratings book.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In some <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">markets</a>, there may be one dominant broadcaster of Christmas music, but this is not always the case.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perceiving a competitive advantage in being the first in a market to begin playing Christmas music, it is not uncommon for some stations to adopt the format prior to Thanksgiving, or even as early as late-October. The practice has been considered an example of <a href="/wiki/Christmas_creep" title="Christmas creep">Christmas creep</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_97-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an extreme example of Christmas creep, at least one station in 2020 (<a href="/wiki/WWIZ" title="WWIZ">WWIZ</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mahoning_Valley" title="Mahoning Valley">Mahoning Valley</a>) flipped to Christmas music in late September, exactly three full months before Christmas; the same station had also been first in the nation in 2019, but had begun two months before Christmas that year, on October 25.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WWIZ was the first of many stations in the United States that had flipped to Christmas especially early in 2020, in part to alleviate stress caused by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The typical Christmas music format in the United States carries a mix of approximately 150 recordings, with a heavy focus on vocal <a href="/wiki/Adult_standards" title="Adult standards">adult standards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middle_of_the_road_(music)" title="Middle of the road (music)">MOR</a> selections (both formats otherwise being rare on major commercial radio since the early 21st century) from before 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-schedulingxmasmusic_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schedulingxmasmusic-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instrumental selections from that era, which generally fall under the <a href="/wiki/Beautiful_music" title="Beautiful music">beautiful music</a> category, are rarely heard and unpopular.<sup id="cite_ref-ross2005_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross2005-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rob Lucas, who for 22 years served as music director and morning host for the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/WBKV#Buffalo's_Christmas_Station" title="WBKV">Star 102.5</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>, outlined his scheduling formula for that station:<sup id="cite_ref-schedulingxmasmusic_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schedulingxmasmusic-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A wider library of core records—over 250 during the station's last season in existence—with 50 or so <a href="/wiki/Rotation_(music)" title="Rotation (music)">power rotation</a> (the most frequently played) records replayed every four hours and most of the rest played two to three times per day;</li> <li>An emphasis on new releases and contemporary and/or upbeat selections, as this not only fit Star's regular format but helped play against the all-Christmas format's reputation of being slow and boring;</li> <li>A willingness to play local artists;</li> <li>Judicious spacing of similar records (a half-hour between different instrumental records or religious songs, 1<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> hours between <a href="/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover versions</a> of the same song, and two hours between songs by the same artist or collective) this would include similar-sounding but different groups that appear on the same album, such as selections from <i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Gift_for_You_from_Phil_Spector" title="A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector">A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector</a></i>);</li> <li>The withholding of <a href="/wiki/Novelty_song" title="Novelty song">novelty songs</a> and other records that do not withstand <a href="/wiki/Recurrent_rotation" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurrent rotation">recurrent rotation</a> without complaints until later in the Christmas season.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The period from late afternoon Christmas Eve to noon Christmas Day, Lucas reserved for heavy rotation of religious and spiritual records, as a nod to the solemnity of the holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-schedulingxmasmusic_107-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schedulingxmasmusic-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As many Christmas songs contain themes strongly associated with Christmas Day (such as references to figures such as <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a>), and popular observance of the Christmas season often ends after December 25 (in contrast to the traditional <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve Days of Christmas">Twelve Days of Christmas</a>, which by definition runs until <a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)" title="Epiphany (holiday)">Epiphany</a> on January 6), most stations typically end their all-Christmas programming at some point on December 25 or 26. If a station opts to continue playing Christmas songs beyond the date itself, Lucas advises that these songs be removed from the playlist, noting a substantial number of seasonal winter records still remain playable through the weekend following Christmas, or even through <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-schedulingxmasmusic_107-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schedulingxmasmusic-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_stunt_format">As a stunt format</h3></div> <p>Christmas music is a popular <a href="/wiki/Stunting_(broadcasting)" title="Stunting (broadcasting)">stunt format</a> for radio stations, either as a "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_July" title="Christmas in July">Christmas in July</a>" promotion, or as a buffer period for transitioning from one format to another. </p><p>The end of a calendar year is a common time period for format switches, often following an all-Christmas format (either immediately, or with a second stunt occurring directly afterward).<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the transition itself can still occur before the end of the holiday season, such as the sudden transition of country station KMPS in Seattle to <a href="/wiki/Soft_adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Soft adult contemporary">soft adult contemporary</a> <a href="/wiki/KSWD_(FM)" title="KSWD (FM)">KSWD</a>, after briefly playing an all-Christmas format following the merger of <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Entercom" class="mw-redirect" title="Entercom">Entercom</a> (its country format had been made redundant by its new sister station <a href="/wiki/KKWF" title="KKWF">KKWF</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Playing Christmas music outside of the holiday season, or otherwise implying that the format is permanent, is a more obvious stunt. In April 2008, the new radio station <a href="/wiki/CFWD-FM" title="CFWD-FM">CFWD-FM</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saskatoon" title="Saskatoon">Saskatoon</a> soft launched with an all-Christmas format in preparation for the station's official launch as a top 40 station.<sup id="cite_ref-starphoenix-wired_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-starphoenix-wired-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-saskatoon-jinglealltheway_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-saskatoon-jinglealltheway-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an extreme case, <a href="/wiki/Adult_hits" title="Adult hits">adult hits</a> station <a href="/wiki/WJSR" title="WJSR">WJSR</a> in Lakeside/Richmond, Virginia maintained a Christmas music format from October 13, 2020, all the way through March 4, 2021, after which it flipped to <a href="/wiki/Classic_hits" title="Classic hits">classic hits</a>; the station had stunted from the beginning of October as "Short Attention Span Radio" before switching to Christmas music.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ironically, WJSR's sister station in the same market—<a href="/wiki/WURV" title="WURV">WURV</a>—had broadcast a 12-hour block of "inappropriately early" Christmas music on October 7, 2015, as a parody of Christmas creep and stations trying to be the first in their market to play Christmas music.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_the_United_States">Outside the United States</h3></div> <p>Christmas music stations in Canada tend to follow a similar pattern to those in the United States but with the addition of <a href="/wiki/Canadian_content" title="Canadian content">Canadian content</a>; because of the relative lack of older Christmas music written or recorded in Canada and/or by Canadians, this leads to a more contemporary sound compared to most American stations.<sup id="cite_ref-ross2020_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross2020-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the growth in digital broadcasting platforms around the world, the opportunity to offer thematic radio formats on a pop-up basis has increased. </p><p>In Ireland, a temporary radio station named <a href="/wiki/Christmas_FM" title="Christmas FM">Christmas FM</a> broadcasts on a temporary license in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a> from November 28 to December 26, solely playing Christmas music. </p><p>In the UK, the <a href="/wiki/Festive_Fifty" title="Festive Fifty">Festive Fifty</a> list of songs as voted for by listeners is broadcast starting on Christmas Day, originally by DJ <a href="/wiki/John_Peel" title="John Peel">John Peel</a>, and nowadays by Internet radio station <a href="/wiki/Dandelion_Radio" title="Dandelion Radio">Dandelion Radio</a>. </p><p>Since the early 2010s, a number of Christmas music stations have broadcast on national and local digital platforms in the United Kingdom, with some also being carried on the FM band. These have included: </p> <ul><li>Smooth Christmas, launched by the then-owner of <a href="/wiki/Smooth_Radio_(2010)" title="Smooth Radio (2010)">Smooth Radio</a>, Guardian Media Group, on national <a href="/wiki/Digital_One" title="Digital One">Digital One</a> DAB in November/December 2011, with the slot used after Christmas by <a href="/wiki/Smooth_70s" title="Smooth 70s">Smooth 70s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort11_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort11-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Christmas station returned around the same timeframe of 2012<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort12_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort12-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with this space taken over after Christmas by <a href="/wiki/Bauer_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bauer Radio">Bauer Radio</a> station <a href="/wiki/Kiss_(UK_radio_station)" title="Kiss (UK radio station)">Kiss</a>. Following the acquisition of Smooth by <a href="/wiki/Global_Media_%26_Entertainment" title="Global Media & Entertainment">Global</a> and the addition of <a href="/wiki/Capital_Xtra" title="Capital Xtra">Capital Xtra</a> to national DAB in October 2013, there was not capacity available for Smooth Christmas to run in 2013, but the service was revived by Global to run in 2014<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort14_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort14-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2015<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort15_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort15-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being superseded by Heart extra Christmas on DAB in subsequent years; the name Smooth Christmas has since been revived as a seasonal pop-up stream within the online Global Player service, playing melodic Christmas hits. Several other streams, such as '<a href="/wiki/Classic_FM_(UK)" title="Classic FM (UK)">Classic FM</a> Christmas' playing thematically appropriate <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>, have also appeared on Global Player at the relevant time of year.</li> <li>Heart extra Christmas / Heart Christmas – Following the launch of national digital station Heart extra in February 2016, Global would annually flip that service to playing continuous Christmas music during November and December of each year. The service broadcast in mono using the older DAB standard in 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort16_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort16-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2017<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort17_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort17-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2018;<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort18_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort18-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following the transition of Heart extra to broadcast in stereo using the DAB+format earlier in 2019, Heart extra Christmas ran in that format in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort19_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort19-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the cancellation of Heart extra in favour of <a href="/wiki/Heart_UK" title="Heart UK">Heart UK</a> on national DAB+ in 2020, Heart Christmas ran from October 2020 as a discrete station at the local tier, broadcast in DAB+ in the London area and in standard DAB in a number of other locations, as well as being available nationwide online.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pulse Christmas / Signal Christmas / The Wave Christmas - in 2014, <a href="/wiki/Wireless_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Wireless Group">Wireless Group</a> (then under the control of UTV Radio) made use of available DAB capacity in three of its FM broadcast areas to launch temporary Christmas stations co-branded with the local FM station names: Pulse Christmas in Bradford/Huddersfield, Signal Christmas in Stoke-on-Trent, and The Wave Christmas in Swansea/southwest Wales. The stations ran annually, appearing each November/December between 2014 and 2019<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort14_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort14-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort15_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort15-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort16_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort16-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort17_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort17-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort18_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort18-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort19_126-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort19-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but ceased thereafter due to the acquisition of Wireless local stations by <a href="/wiki/Bauer_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bauer Radio">Bauer Radio</a> in 2019 and the absorption of these services into Bauer's <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio" title="Hits Radio">Hits Radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a> in 2020. In addition, in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort16_123-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort16-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort17_124-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort17-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wireless additionally ran a similar pop-up Christmas music station, Scottish Sun Christmas, on regional DAB in central Scotland.</li> <li>Nation Xmas – <a href="/wiki/Nation_Broadcasting" title="Nation Broadcasting">Nation Broadcasting</a> ran a Christmas station on DAB in several areas of Wales in November/December 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort15_122-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort15-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and following the festive pop-up these slots were taken by Nation Gold (now <a href="/wiki/Dragon_Radio_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon Radio Wales">Dragon Radio Wales</a>).</li> <li>Magic Christmas / Magic 100% Christmas - <a href="/wiki/Bauer_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bauer Radio">Bauer Radio</a> launched this station, a subsidiary of its main <a href="/wiki/Magic_105.4_FM" class="mw-redirect" title="Magic 105.4 FM">Magic</a> station, on national <a href="/wiki/Digital_One" title="Digital One">Digital One</a> DAB in late 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort17_124-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort17-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> taking over a slot Bauer had been holding since the summer with <a href="/wiki/Kiss_Fresh" title="Kiss Fresh">Kiss Fresh</a>. (After Christmas this slot was taken up by <a href="/wiki/Absolute_Radio_90s" title="Absolute Radio 90s">Absolute Radio 90s</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Kisstory" title="Kisstory">Kisstory</a> occupying the slot since February 2019.) During December 2018 and 2019, rather than launching a standalone Christmas station Bauer instead flipped the playlist of the main Magic service – available on 105.4 FM in London in addition to broadcasting nationally on DAB – to Christmas music. In 2020, Bauer launched an online Christmas music stream, as Magic 100% Christmas, through its websites and apps in August,<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before flipping the main Magic service to play principally Christmas music from November 25. In addition, in December 2018, Bauer launched a temporary Christmas music service, Greatest Hits Christmas, broadcast on 105.2 FM in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Black_Country" class="mw-redirect" title="The Black Country">The Black Country</a> during the period leading up to the relaunch of the frequency as <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a> in January 2019; GHC played Christmas music with announcements regarding the impending new station launch, and information for listeners to the service previously carried on 105.2 FM - <a href="/wiki/Absolute_Radio" title="Absolute Radio">Absolute Radio</a> - as to how they could regain access to Absolute by retuning to a digital platform. GHC was not itself broadcast on digital services.</li> <li>MincePie NonStop – run by <a href="/wiki/UKRD" class="mw-redirect" title="UKRD">UKRD</a> as a sibling service to York FM/DAB station Minster FM, this station was initially an online-only service, being made available on DAB in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort17_124-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort17-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2018<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort18_125-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort18-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2019<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort19_126-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort19-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but did not return in 2020 due to the acquisition of UKRD's stations by Bauer Radio, with the conversion of Minster FM to <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_York_and_North_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits Radio York and North Yorkshire">Greatest Hits Radio York and North Yorkshire</a>. UKRD also ran a pop-up Christmas station in Cornwall, Pirate Christmas – a sibling to <a href="/wiki/Pirate_FM" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirate FM">Pirate FM</a> – on DAB in 2018<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort18_125-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort18-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort19_126-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort19-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> freeing space for this with a reduction in the broadcast bitrate of Pirate FM and its sibling services. Although MincePie NonStop no longer broadcasts, listeners in North Yorkshire were able to access a locally programmed Christmas station on DAB in 2020 with community service YorkMix launching XmasMix on the local digital multiplex.</li> <li>Several other smaller services have appeared on individual local DAB platforms in recent times, either popping up as self-contained stations (such as Radio Marsden Christmas, which ran in Surrey in 2015<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort15_122-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort15-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2017<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort17_124-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort17-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) or as a temporary rebranding of an existing regular station (such as <a href="/wiki/Sandgrounder_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandgrounder Radio">Sandgrounder Radio</a> temporarily renaming as 'Santagrounder' on DAB in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort16_123-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort16-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2017<sup id="cite_ref-Wohnort17_124-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wohnort17-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). <a href="/wiki/Radio_Exe" title="Radio Exe">Radio Exe</a> earned some attention for launching its DAB Christmas service, Radio Exemas, in August 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christmas_music_on_satellite_and_Internet_radio">Christmas music on satellite and Internet radio</h3></div> <p>Outside of traditional AM/FM radio, <a href="/wiki/Satellite_radio" title="Satellite radio">satellite radio</a> provider <a href="/wiki/SiriusXM_Satellite_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="SiriusXM Satellite Radio">SiriusXM</a> typically devotes multiple channels to different genres of Christmas music during the holiday season.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous <a href="/wiki/Internet_radio" title="Internet radio">Internet radio</a> services also offer Christmas music channels, some of them available year-round. <a href="/wiki/Citadel_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Citadel Media">Citadel Media</a> produced <a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Channel" title="The Christmas Channel">The Christmas Channel</a>, a syndicated 24-hour radio network, during the holiday season in past years (though in 2010, Citadel instead included Christmas music on its regular Classic Hits network). <a href="/wiki/Music_Choice" title="Music Choice">Music Choice</a> offers nonstop holiday music to its <a href="/wiki/Digital_cable" title="Digital cable">digital cable</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cable_modem" title="Cable modem">cable modem</a>, and mobile phone subscribers between November 1 and New Year's Day on its "Sounds of the Seasons" (traditional), "R&B" (soul), "Tropicales" (Latin), and "Soft Rock" (contemporary) channels, as well as a year-round "All Christmas" channel. <a href="/wiki/DMX_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="DMX (music)">DMX</a> provides holiday music as part of its SonicTap music service for digital cable and <a href="/wiki/DirecTV" title="DirecTV">DirecTV</a> subscribers, as does <a href="/wiki/Dish_Network" title="Dish Network">Dish Network</a> via its in-house Dish CD music channels. Services such as <a href="/wiki/Muzak" title="Muzak">Muzak</a> also distribute Christmas music to <a href="/wiki/Retail_stores" class="mw-redirect" title="Retail stores">retail stores</a> for use as in-store background music during the holidays. </p><p>The growing popularity of Internet radio has inspired other media outlets to begin offering Christmas music. In 2009 <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a> television station <a href="/wiki/KTVK" title="KTVK">KTVK</a> launched four commercial-free online radio stations including Ho Ho Radio, which streams Christmas music throughout the month of December. </p><p><a href="/wiki/IHeartRadio" title="IHeartRadio">iHeartRadio</a> also has two-year-round stations that are dedicated to Christmas music. One station, iHeart Christmas, focuses on more contemporary holiday music, while the other, iHeart Christmas Classics, offers seasonal music from past decades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output 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Ehret and G. K. Evans, Stephen Greene Press, Vermont, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8289-0378-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8289-0378-6">0-8289-0378-6</a>, 1980.</li> <li><i>Victorian Songs and Music</i> by Olivia Bailey, Caxton Publishing, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84067-468-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-84067-468-7">1-84067-468-7</a>, 2002.</li> <li><i>Spirit of Christmas: A History of Our Best-Loved Carols</i> by Virginia Reynolds and Lesley Ehlers, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88088-414-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-88088-414-2">0-88088-414-2</a>, 2000.</li> <li><i>Christmas Music Companion Fact Book</i> by Dale V. Nobbman, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57424-067-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-57424-067-6">1-57424-067-6</a>, 2000.</li> <li><i>Joel Whitburn presents Christmas in the charts, 1920–2004</i> by Joel Whitburn, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89820-161-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-89820-161-6">0-89820-161-6</a>, 2004.</li> <li><i>Angels We Have Heard: The Christmas Song Stories</i> by James Richliano, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9718810-0-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-9718810-0-6">0-9718810-0-6</a>, 2002.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Curlie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Curlie (page does not exist)">Template:Curlie</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Christmas" class="extiw" title="choralwiki:Category:Christmas">Free Christmas sheet music</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Choral_Public_Domain_Library" title="Choral Public Domain Library">Choral Public Domain Library</a> (ChoralWiki)</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236088147">.mw-parser-output .sister-bar{display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline;font-size:88%;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em 0 0;padding:0 2em}.mw-parser-output .sister-bar-header{margin:0 1em 0 0.5em;padding:0.2em 0;flex:0 0 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style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift-bringer" title="Christmas gift-bringer"><span style="color:white">Gift-bringers</span></a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_(European_folklore)" title="Saint Nicholas (European folklore)">folklore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Befana" title="Befana">Befana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ded_Moroz" title="Ded Moroz">Ded Moroz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas" title="Father Christmas">Father Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandpa_Indian" title="Grandpa Indian">Grandpa Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joulupukki" title="Joulupukki">Joulupukki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julemanden" title="Julemanden">Julemanden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Baba" title="Noel Baba">Noel Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olentzero" title="Olentzero">Olentzero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_No%C3%ABl" title="Père Noël">Père Noël</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinterklaas" title="Sinterklaas">Sinterklaas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_winter_gift-bringers" title="List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas" title="Companions of Saint Nicholas"><span style="color:white">Companions of<br />Saint Nicholas</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belsnickel" title="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_elf" title="Christmas elf">Elves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht" title="Knecht Ruprecht">Knecht Ruprecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krampus" title="Krampus">Krampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Claus" title="Mrs. Claus">Mrs. Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard" title="Père Fouettard">Père Fouettard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_Man" title="Sack Man">Sack Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27_daughter" title="Santa Claus' daughter">Santa Claus' daughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer" title="Santa Claus's reindeer">Santa's reindeer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snegurochka" title="Snegurochka">Snegurochka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zwarte_Piet" title="Zwarte Piet">Zwarte Piet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_traditions" title="Christmas traditions"><span style="color:white">Traditions</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_calendar" title="Advent calendar">Advent calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_candle" title="Advent candle">Advent candle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_wreath" title="Advent wreath">Advent wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boar%27s_Head_Feast" title="Boar's Head Feast">Boar's Head Feast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwibbogen" title="Schwibbogen">Candle arches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_card" title="Christmas card">Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carols_by_Candlelight" title="Carols by Candlelight">Carols by Candlelight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalcade_of_Magi" title="Cavalcade of Magi">Cavalcade of Magi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christingle" title="Christingle">Christingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_jumper" title="Christmas jumper">Christmas jumper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Peace" title="Christmas Peace">Christmas Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cracker" title="Christmas cracker">Crackers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_decoration" title="Christmas decoration">Decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didukh" title="Didukh">Didukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_events_and_celebrations" title="Category:Christmas events and celebrations">Events and celebrations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Seven_Fishes" title="Feast of the Seven Fishes">Feast of the Seven Fishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Santa" title="Flying Santa">Flying Santa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift" title="Christmas gift">Gifts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Santa_Tracker" title="Google Santa Tracker">Google Santa Tracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamper#Christmas_hamper" title="Hamper">Hampers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Posadas" title="Las Posadas">Las Posadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round-robin_letter" title="Round-robin letter">Letters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_lights" title="Christmas lights">Lights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Misrule" title="Lord of Misrule">Lord of Misrule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_market" title="Christmas market">Markets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_meals_and_feasts" title="Category:Christmas meals and feasts">Meals and feasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Mass" title="Midnight Mass">Midnight Mass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_star" title="Moravian star">Moravian star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols" title="Nine Lessons and Carols">Nine Lessons and Carols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa" title="NORAD Tracks Santa">NORAD Tracks Santa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutcracker" title="Nutcracker">Nutcrackers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nutcracker_doll" title="Nutcracker doll">dolls</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_ornament" title="Christmas ornament">Ornaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_parade" title="Santa Claus parade">Parades</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_holiday_season_parades" title="List of Christmas and holiday season parades">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi%C3%B1ata" title="Piñata">Piñatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poinsettia" title="Poinsettia">Poinsettia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_pyramid" title="Christmas pyramid">Pyramids</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A4uchermann" title="Räuchermann">Räuchermann</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas seal">Seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secret_Santa" title="Secret Santa">Secret Santa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spanbaum" title="Spanbaum">Spanbaum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_szopka" title="Kraków szopka">Szopka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stamp" title="Christmas stamp">Stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stocking" title="Christmas stocking">Stockings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve Days of Christmas">Twelve Days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wassailing" title="Wassailing">Wassailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_window" title="Christmas window">Windows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_goat" title="Yule goat">Yule goat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_log" title="Yule log">Yule log</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Observance_of_Christmas_by_country" title="Observance of Christmas by country"><span style="color:white">By country</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Australia" title="Christmas in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Colombia" title="Christmas in Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_and_Christmas_in_Denmark" title="Yule and Christmas in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_England" title="Category:Christmas in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Christmas" title="Ethiopian Christmas">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Finland" title="Christmas in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_France" title="Christmas in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weihnachten" title="Weihnachten">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Nazi_Germany" title="Christmas in Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hungary" title="Christmas in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Iceland" title="Christmas in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Indonesia" title="Christmas in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ireland" title="Christmas in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Italy" title="Christmas in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Mexico" title="Christmas in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Zealand" title="Christmas in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Norway" title="Christmas in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Philippines" title="Christmas in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Poland" title="Christmas in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Romania" title="Christmas in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Russia" title="Christmas in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Scotland" title="Christmas in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Serbia" title="Christmas in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Sweden" title="Christmas in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ukraine" title="Christmas in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Christmas in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Christmas in the American Civil War">American Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hawaii" title="Christmas in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Mexico" title="Christmas in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_United_States_(1946%E2%80%931964)" title="Christmas in the United States (1946–1964)">Post-War United States</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="color:white">Music</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Carols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_carols" title="List of Christmas carols">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_operas" title="List of Christmas operas">Operas</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Popular_Christmas_songs">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom">Hit singles in the UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_popular_Christmas_singles_in_the_United_States" title="List of popular Christmas singles in the United States">Hit singles in the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Christmas_Holiday_charts" title="Billboard Christmas Holiday charts">Music charts (<i>Billboard</i>)</a></li> <li>Music books <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Carols_for_Choirs" title="Carols for Choirs">Carols for Choirs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The Oxford Book of Carols">The Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The New Oxford Book of Carols">The New Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piae_Cantiones" title="Piae Cantiones">Piae Cantiones</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_by_medium" title="Christmas by medium"><span style="color:white">Other media</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas in literature">In literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_novels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christmas novels">novels</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" title="A Christmas Carol">A Christmas Carol</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films" title="List of Christmas films">Films (Christmas,</a> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_in_film" title="Santa Claus in film">Santa,</a> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_horror" title="Christmas horror">Christmas horror</a>)</li> <li>Poetry <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Santeclaus_with_Much_Delight" title="Old Santeclaus with Much Delight">Old Santeclaus with Much Delight</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas" title="A Visit from St. Nicholas">A Visit from St. Nicholas</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_in_the_Workhouse" title="Christmas Day in the Workhouse">Christmas Day in the Workhouse</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Journey of the Magi">Journey of the Magi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tomten" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomten">Tomten</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_television_specials" title="List of Christmas television specials">Christmas television specials</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Yule_Log_(TV_program)" title="Yule Log (TV program)">Yule Log</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading" title="Apollo 8 Genesis reading">Apollo 8 Genesis reading</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%">In<br />modern<br />society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_Conspiracy" title="Advent Conspiracy">Advent Conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(partying)" title="Black Friday (partying)">Black Friday (partying)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)" title="Black Friday (shopping)">Black Friday (shopping)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronner%27s_Christmas_Wonderland" title="Bronner's Christmas Wonderland">Bronner's Christmas Wonderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_club" title="Christmas club">Christmas club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_creep" title="Christmas creep">Christmas creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_(Trading)_Act_2004" title="Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004">Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures" title="Royal Institution Christmas Lectures">Christmas Lectures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Mountains" title="Christmas Mountains">Christmas Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seals" title="Christmas seals">Christmas seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_truce" title="Christmas truce">Christmas truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_controversies" title="Christmas controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Monday" title="Cyber Monday">Cyber Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economics_of_Christmas" title="Economics of Christmas">Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giving_Tuesday" class="mw-redirect" title="Giving Tuesday">Giving Tuesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grinch" title="Grinch">Grinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Christmas_Lottery" title="Spanish Christmas Lottery">El Gordo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jews_and_Christmas" title="Jews and Christmas">Jews and Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_July" title="Christmas in July">In July</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_August_(Yellowstone)" title="Christmas in August (Yellowstone)">In August</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">NBA games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Christmas_Day" title="NFL on Christmas Day">NFL games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikkujoulu" title="Pikkujoulu">Pikkujoulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SantaCon" title="SantaCon">SantaCon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Candy_Castle" title="Santa's Candy Castle">Santa's Candy Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Village" title="Santa Claus Village">Santa Claus Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge" title="Ebenezer Scrooge">Scrooge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Business_Saturday" title="Small Business Saturday">Small Business Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Saturday" title="Super Saturday">Super Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_jumper" title="Christmas jumper">Ugly sweaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_O%27Hanlon" title="Virginia O'Hanlon">Virginia O'Hanlon</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus" title="Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus">Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(weather)" title="White Christmas (weather)">White Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays" title="List of multinational festivals and holidays">Winter festivals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Tribute_to_the_Troops" title="WWE Tribute to the Troops">WWE Tribute to the Troops</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xmas" title="Xmas">Xmas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_dishes" title="List of Christmas dishes"><span style="color:white">Food and<br />drink</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_dinner" title="Christmas dinner"><span style="color:white">Dinner</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joulup%C3%B6yt%C3%A4" title="Joulupöytä">Joulupöytä</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julebord" title="Julebord">Julebord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%AB%C4%8Dios" title="Kūčios">Kūčios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9veillon" title="Réveillon">Réveillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_desserts" title="Thirteen desserts">Thirteen desserts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve-dish_Christmas_Eve_supper" title="Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper">Twelve-dish supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sm%C3%B6rg%C3%A5sbord" class="mw-redirect" title="Smörgåsbord">Smörgåsbord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigilia" title="Wigilia">Wigilia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Sweets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baked_Alaska" title="Baked Alaska">Baked Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candy_cane" title="Candy cane">Candy cane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cake" title="Christmas cake">Cake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cookie" title="Christmas cookie">Cookie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cozonac" title="Cozonac">Cozonac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruitcake" title="Fruitcake">Fruitcake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gingerbread" title="Gingerbread">Gingerbread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutia" title="Kutia">Kutia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mak%C3%B3wki" title="Makówki">Makówki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melomakarono" title="Melomakarono">Melomakarono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mince_pie" title="Mince pie">Mince pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pampushka" title="Pampushka">Pampushka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panettone" title="Panettone">Panettone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavlova_(cake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavlova (cake)">Pavlova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecan_pie" title="Pecan pie">Pecan pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poppy_seed_roll" title="Poppy seed roll">Poppy seed roll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_pudding" title="Christmas pudding">Pudding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumpkin_pie" title="Pumpkin pie">Pumpkin pie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurabiya" title="Qurabiya">Qurabiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_velvet_cake" title="Red velvet cake">Red velvet cake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stollen" title="Stollen">Stollen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Szaloncukor" title="Szaloncukor">Szaloncukor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turr%C3%B3n" title="Turrón">Turrón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_log_(cake)" title="Yule log (cake)">Yule log</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Soup</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Menudo_(soup)" title="Menudo (soup)">Menudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borscht" title="Borscht">Borscht</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Sauces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bread_sauce" title="Bread sauce">Bread sauce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranberry_sauce" title="Cranberry sauce">Cranberry sauce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcurrant_sauce" title="Redcurrant sauce">Redcurrant sauce</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Beverages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_cider" title="Apple cider">Apple cider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champurrado" title="Champurrado">Champurrado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eggnog" title="Eggnog">Eggnog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_chocolate" title="Hot chocolate">Hot chocolate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kissel" title="Kissel">Kissel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulled_wine" title="Mulled wine">Mulled wine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Smoking_Bishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Smoking Bishop">Smoking Bishop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponche_crema" title="Ponche crema">Ponche crema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowball_(cocktail)" title="Snowball (cocktail)">Snowball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Dumplings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hallaca" title="Hallaca">Hallaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierogi" title="Pierogi">Pierogi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamale" title="Tamale">Tamale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varenyky" class="mw-redirect" title="Varenyky">Varenyky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:6.5em">Meat and fish</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carp" title="Carp">Carp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gefilte_fish" title="Gefilte fish">Gefilte fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_ham" title="Christmas ham">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickled_herring" title="Pickled herring">Pickled herring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roast_goose" title="Roast goose">Roast goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romeritos" title="Romeritos">Romeritos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuffing" title="Stuffing">Stuffing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourti%C3%A8re" title="Tourtière">Tourtière</a> (<a href="/wiki/Meat_pie" title="Meat pie">meat pie</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_meat" title="Turkey meat">Turkey</a></li></ul> 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Adeste_Fidelis" class="mw-redirect" title="Adeste Fidelis">Adeste Fidelis</a> (Oh, Come All Ye Faithful)"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_My_Two_Front_Teeth" title="All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth">All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_For_Christmas_Is_You" class="mw-redirect" title="All I Want For Christmas Is You">All I Want For Christmas Is You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Angels_Among_Us" title="Angels Among Us">Angels Among Us</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Angels_We_Have_Heard_on_High" title="Angels We Have Heard on High">Angels We Have Heard on High</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne" title="Auld Lang Syne">Auld Lang Syne</a>"</li> <li>"Ave Maria" <a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Bach/Gounod)" title="Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)">(Bach/Gounod)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Schubert)" title="Ave Maria (Schubert)">(Schubert)</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Away_in_a_Manger" title="Away in a Manger">Away in a Manger</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Outside" title="Baby, It's Cold Outside">Baby, It's Cold Outside</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Back_Door_Santa" title="Back Door Santa">Back Door Santa</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Josh_Groban_song)" title="Believe (Josh Groban song)">Believe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_Christmas_(song)" title="Blue Christmas (song)">Blue Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Lights_(song)" title="Christmas Lights (song)">Carol of the Bells</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Chanukah_Song" title="The Chanukah Song">The Chanukah Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Chipmunk_Song" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chipmunk Song">The Chipmunk Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_(Baby_Please_Come_Home)" title="Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)">Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Dixie" title="Christmas in Dixie">Christmas in Dixie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Killarney" title="Christmas in Killarney">Christmas in Killarney</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Lights" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Lights">Christmas Lights</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Shoes_(song)" title="The Christmas Shoes (song)">The Christmas Shoes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Song_(Merry_Christmas_To_You)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)">The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deck_The_Halls" class="mw-redirect" title="Deck The Halls">Deck The Halls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Hear_What_I_Hear%3F" title="Do You Hear What I Hear?">Do You Hear What I Hear?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Want_to_Build_a_Snowman%3F" title="Do You Want to Build a Snowman?">Do You Want to Build a Snowman?</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Feliz_Navidad_(song)" title="Feliz Navidad (song)">Feliz Navidad</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_First_Noel" title="The First Noel">The First Noel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman" title="Frosty the Snowman">Frosty the Snowman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain_(song)" title="Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)">Go Tell It on the Mountain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God_Rest_You_Merry,_Gentlemen" title="God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen">God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Grandma_Got_Run_Over_by_a_Reindeer" title="Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer">Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)" title="Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)">Hallelujah</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_Holiday/The_Holiday_Season" class="mw-redirect" title="Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season">Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_Xmas_(War_is_Over)" class="mw-redirect" title="Happy Xmas (War is Over)">Happy Xmas (War is Over)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing" title="Hark! The Herald Angels Sing">Hark! The Herald Angels Sing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Have_Yourself_A_Merry_Little_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas">Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_Comes_Santa_Claus_(Down_Santa_Claus_Lane)" class="mw-redirect" title="Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)">Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_We_Come_A-wassailing" title="Here We Come A-wassailing">Here We Come A-wassailing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Holly_and_the_Ivy" title="The Holly and the Ivy">The Holly and the Ivy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Holly_Jolly_Christmas" title="A Holly Jolly Christmas">A Holly Jolly Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Heard_the_Bells_on_Christmas_Day" title="I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day">I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Mommy_Kissing_Santa_Claus" title="I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_Three_Ships" title="I Saw Three Ships">I Saw Three Ships</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Yust_Go_Nuts_At_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas">I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home_for_Christmas_(If_Only_in_My_Dreams)" class="mw-redirect" title="I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)">I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Got_My_Love_To_Keep_Me_Warm" class="mw-redirect" title="I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm">I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_Every_Day_Was_Like_Christmas" title="If Every Day Was Like Christmas">If Every Day Was Like Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_We_Make_It_Through_December" title="If We Make It Through December">If We Make It Through December</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Came_Upon_the_Midnight_Clear" title="It Came Upon the Midnight Clear">It Came Upon the Midnight Clear</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Beginning_To_Look_A_Lot_Like_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas">It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_The_Most_Wonderful_Time_Of_The_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year">It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bell_Rock" title="Jingle Bell Rock">Jingle Bell Rock</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bells" title="Jingle Bells">Jingle Bells</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Joy_to_the_World" title="Joy to the World">Joy to the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Christmas" title="Last Christmas">Last Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!" title="Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!">Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy" title="The Little Drummer Boy">The Little Drummer Boy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Saint_Nick" title="Little Saint Nick">Little Saint Nick</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Man_With_All_The_Toys" class="mw-redirect" title="The Man With All The Toys">The Man With All The Toys</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Marshmallow_World" title="A Marshmallow World">A Marshmallow World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mary,_Did_You_Know%3F" title="Mary, Did You Know?">Mary, Did You Know?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mary%27s_Boy_Child" title="Mary's Boy Child">Mary's Boy Child</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas,_Baby" class="mw-redirect" title="Merry Christmas, Baby">Merry Christmas, Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_Darling" title="Merry Christmas Darling">Merry Christmas Darling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas,_Happy_Holidays" title="Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays">Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">Handel</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mistletoe_(Justin_Bieber_song)" title="Mistletoe (Justin Bieber song)">Mistletoe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Favorite_Things_(song)" title="My Favorite Things (song)">My Favorite Things</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker" title="The Nutcracker">The Nutcracker</a>" (ballet)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nuttin%27_For_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuttin' For Christmas">Nuttin' For Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Holy_Night" title="O Holy Night">O Holy Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Little_Town_of_Bethlehem" title="O Little Town of Bethlehem">O Little Town of Bethlehem</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Tannenbaum" title="O Tannenbaum">O Tannenbaum</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Oh_Santa!" title="Oh Santa!">Oh Santa!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Please_Come_Home_For_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="Please Come Home For Christmas">Please Come Home For Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pretty_Paper_(song)" title="Pretty Paper (song)">Pretty Paper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/River_(Joni_Mitchell_song)" title="River (Joni Mitchell song)">River</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Around_the_Christmas_Tree" title="Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree">Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)">Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Run_Rudolph_Run" title="Run Rudolph Run">Run Rudolph Run</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Same_Old_Lang_Syne" title="Same Old Lang Syne">Same Old Lang Syne</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Baby" title="Santa Baby">Santa Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_and_His_Old_Lady" title="Santa Claus and His Old Lady">Santa Claus and His Old Lady</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Looked_a_Lot_Like_Daddy" title="Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy">Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Santa_Tell_Me" title="Santa Tell Me">Santa Tell Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Silent_Night" title="Silent Night">Silent Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Silver_Bells" title="Silver Bells">Silver Bells</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sleigh_Ride" title="Sleigh Ride">Sleigh Ride</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Snoopy%27s_Christmas" title="Snoopy's Christmas">Snoopy's Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someday_At_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="Someday At Christmas">Someday At Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Step_Into_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="Step Into Christmas">Step Into Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Home_for_the_Holidays_(song)" title="Home for the Holidays (song)">(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Christmas_(Donny_Hathaway_song)" title="This Christmas (Donny Hathaway song)">This Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_One%27s_For_The_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="This One's For The Children">This One's For The Children</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)" title="The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)">The Twelve Days of Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Underneath_the_Tree" title="Underneath the Tree">Underneath the Tree</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Up_on_the_Housetop" title="Up on the Housetop">Up on the Housetop</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Need_A_Little_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="We Need A Little Christmas">We Need A Little Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Three_Kings" title="We Three Kings">We Three Kings</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas" title="We Wish You a Merry Christmas">We Wish You a Merry Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Are_You_Doing_New_Year%27s_Eve%3F" title="What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?">What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Child_Is_This%3F" title="What Child Is This?">What Child Is This?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You_Christmas%3F" title="Where Are You Christmas?">Where Are You Christmas?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Winter_Song_(Sara_Bareilles_and_Ingrid_Michaelson_song)" title="Winter Song (Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson song)">Winter Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Winter_Wonderland" title="Winter Wonderland">Winter Wonderland</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Christmastime" title="Wonderful Christmastime">Wonderful Christmastime</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_a_Mean_One,_Mr._Grinch" title="You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch">You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Aiken" title="Clay Aiken">Clay Aiken</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_with_Love" title="Merry Christmas with Love">Merry Christmas with Love</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Under_the_Mistletoe" title="Under the Mistletoe">Under the Mistletoe</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Bocelli" title="Andrea Bocelli">Andrea Bocelli</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/My_Christmas" title="My Christmas">My Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Boyle" title="Susan Boyle">Susan Boyle</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gift_(Susan_Boyle_album)" title="The Gift (Susan Boyle album)">The Gift</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Season" title="Beyond the Season">Beyond the Season</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Together_(Garth_Brooks_and_Trisha_Yearwood_album)" title="Christmas Together (Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood album)">Christmas Together (Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood album)</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks_%26_the_Magic_of_Christmas" title="Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas">Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9" title="Michael Bublé">Michael Bublé</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_(Michael_Bubl%C3%A9_album)" title="Christmas (Michael Bublé album)">Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_(Mariah_Carey_album)" title="Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album)">Merry Christmas</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_II_You" title="Merry Christmas II You">Merry Christmas II You</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Carpenters" title="The Carpenters">The Carpenters</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Portrait" title="Christmas Portrait">Christmas Portrait</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/When_Christmas_Comes_Around..." title="When Christmas Comes Around...">When Christmas Comes Around...</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Wrapped_in_Red" title="Wrapped in Red">Wrapped in Red</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Song_(Nat_King_Cole_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole album)">The Christmas Song</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Perry_Como_Christmas_Album" title="The Perry Como Christmas Album">The Perry Como Christmas Album</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Perry_Como_Sings_Merry_Christmas_Music" title="Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music">Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Season%27s_Greetings_from_Perry_Como" title="Season's Greetings from Perry Como">Season's Greetings from Perry Como</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Connick,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Connick, Jr.">Harry Connick, Jr.</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/When_My_Heart_Finds_Christmas" title="When My Heart Finds Christmas">When My Heart Finds Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Conniff" title="Ray Conniff">Ray Conniff</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_with_Conniff" title="Christmas with Conniff">Christmas with Conniff</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/We_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas_(Ray_Conniff_album)" title="We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Ray Conniff album)">We Wish You a Merry Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(Bing_Crosby_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="White Christmas (Bing Crosby album)">White Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/These_Are_Special_Times" title="These Are Special Times">These Are Special Times</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Let_There_Be_Peace_on_Earth_(album)" title="Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)">Let There Be Peace on Earth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glee:_The_Music,_The_Christmas_Album" title="Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album">Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Grant" title="Amy Grant">Amy Grant</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_to_Remember_(album)" title="A Christmas to Remember (album)">A Christmas to Remember</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Home_for_Christmas_(Amy_Grant_album)" title="Home for Christmas (Amy Grant album)">Home for Christmas</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Christmas_(album)" title="Tennessee Christmas (album)">Tennessee Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Groban" title="Josh Groban">Josh Groban</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_(Josh_Groban_album)" title="Noël (Josh Groban album)">Noël</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Guaraldi_Trio" class="mw-redirect" title="Vince Guaraldi Trio">Vince Guaraldi Trio</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas_(soundtrack)" title="A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack)">A Charlie Brown Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burl_Ives" title="Burl Ives">Burl Ives</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(soundtrack)" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (soundtrack)">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (soundtrack)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_G" title="Kenny G">Kenny G</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Faith:_A_Holiday_Album" title="Faith: A Holiday Album">Faith: A Holiday Album</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Miracles:_The_Holiday_Album" title="Miracles: The Holiday Album">Miracles: The Holiday Album</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/A_Legendary_Christmas" title="A Legendary Christmas">A Legendary Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Because_It%27s_Christmas" title="Because It's Christmas">Because It's Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannheim_Steamroller" title="Mannheim Steamroller">Mannheim Steamroller</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_25th_Anniversary_Collection" title="Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection">Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Angel:_A_Family_Story" title="The Christmas Angel: A Family Story">The Christmas Angel: A Family Story</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Celebration" title="Christmas Celebration">Christmas Celebration</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Extraordinaire" title="Christmas Extraordinaire">Christmas Extraordinaire</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Aire" title="Christmas in the Aire">Christmas in the Aire</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Song_(album)" title="Christmas Song (album)">Christmas Song</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Symphony_(Mannheim_Steamroller_album)" title="Christmas Symphony (Mannheim Steamroller album)">Christmas Symphony</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/A_Fresh_Aire_Christmas" title="A Fresh Aire Christmas">A Fresh Aire Christmas</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Mannheim_Steamroller_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="Mannheim Steamroller Christmas">Mannheim Steamroller Christmas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Christmas_Album" title="The Dean Martin Christmas Album">The Dean Martin Christmas Album</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mathis" title="Johnny Mathis">Johnny Mathis</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Give_Me_Your_Love_for_Christmas" title="Give Me Your Love for Christmas">Give Me Your Love for Christmas</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_(Johnny_Mathis_album)" title="Merry Christmas (Johnny Mathis album)">Merry Christmas</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Sounds_of_Christmas" title="Sounds of Christmas">Sounds of Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/My_Kind_of_Christmas_(Reba_McEntire_album)" title="My Kind of Christmas (Reba McEntire album)">My Kind of Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_McLachlan" title="Sarah McLachlan">Sarah McLachlan</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Wintersong" title="Wintersong">Wintersong</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Miller" title="Mitch Miller">Mitch Miller</a> & The Gang - <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Sing-Along_with_Mitch" title="Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch">Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Holiday_Sing_Along_with_Mitch" title="Holiday Sing Along with Mitch">Holiday Sing Along with Mitch</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/A_Holly_Dolly_Christmas" title="A Holly Dolly Christmas">A Holly Dolly Christmas</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Christmas_(Kenny_Rogers_and_Dolly_Parton_album)" title="Once Upon a Christmas (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton album)">Once Upon a Christmas (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton album)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentatonix" title="Pentatonix">Pentatonix</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Pentatonix_Christmas" title="The Best of Pentatonix Christmas">The Best of Pentatonix Christmas</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/A_Pentatonix_Christmas" title="A Pentatonix Christmas">A Pentatonix Christmas</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Is_Here!" title="Christmas Is Here!">Christmas Is Here!</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/That%27s_Christmas_to_Me" title="That's Christmas to Me">That's Christmas to Me</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_(Kenny_Rogers_album)" title="Christmas (Kenny Rogers album)">Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Elvis%27_Christmas_Album" title="Elvis' Christmas Album">Elvis' Christmas Album</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Sings_The_Wonderful_World_of_Christmas" title="Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas">Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Jolly_Christmas_from_Frank_Sinatra" title="A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra">A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Album_(Barbra_Streisand_album)" title="A Christmas Album (Barbra Streisand album)">A Christmas Album</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Taylor_Swift_Holiday_Collection" title="The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection">The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra">Trans-Siberian Orchestra</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Attic" title="The Christmas Attic">The Christmas Attic</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve_and_Other_Stories" title="Christmas Eve and Other Stories">Christmas Eve and Other Stories</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Dreams_of_Fireflies" title="Dreams of Fireflies">Dreams of Fireflies</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Christmas_Eve" title="The Lost Christmas Eve">The Lost Christmas Eve</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/My_Gift" title="My Gift">My Gift</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Williams" title="Andy Williams">Andy Williams</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Andy_Williams_Christmas_Album" title="The Andy Williams Christmas Album">The Andy Williams Christmas Album</a></i> – <i><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_(Andy_Williams_album)" title="Merry Christmas (Andy Williams album)">Merry Christmas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Winston" title="George Winston">George Winston</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/December_(George_Winston_album)" title="December (George Winston album)">December</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas_(soundtrack)" title="The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)">The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Christmas!" title="Now That's What I Call Christmas!">Now That's What I Call Christmas!</a></i> (compilation)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Very_Special_Christmas" title="A Very Special Christmas">A Very Special Christmas</a></i> (series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WOW_series#WOW_Christmas" title="WOW series">WOW Christmas</a></i> (series)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recording artists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_Sisters" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrews Sisters">Andrews Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Brickman" title="Jim Brickman">Jim Brickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Brown_(bandleader)" title="Les Brown (bandleader)">Les Brown (bandleader)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Clooney" title="Rosemary Clooney">Rosemary Clooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Faith" title="Percy Faith">Percy Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Freberg" title="Stan Freberg">Stan Freberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Gaither_(gospel_singer)" title="Bill Gaither (gospel singer)">Bill Gaither</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Gleason" title="Jackie Gleason">Jackie Gleason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariana_Grande" title="Ariana Grande">Ariana Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Jones" title="Spike Jones">Spike Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidz_Bop_Kids" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidz Bop Kids">Kidz Bop Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Lanza" title="Mario Lanza">Mario Lanza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lombardo" title="Guy Lombardo">Guy Lombardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Luboff" title="Norman Luboff">Norman Luboff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantovani" title="Mantovani">Mantovani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martina_McBride" title="Martina McBride">Martina McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Morgan" title="Russ Morgan">Russ Morgan</a> (bandleader)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Murray" title="Anne Murray">Anne Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nabors" title="Jim Nabors">Jim Nabors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peerless_Quartet" title="Peerless Quartet">Peerless Quartet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Orchestra" title="Philadelphia Orchestra">Philadelphia Orchestra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Salsoul_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="The Salsoul Orchestra">The Salsoul Orchestra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)" title="Robert Shaw (conductor)">Robert Shaw (conductor)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Simeone" title="Harry Simeone">Harry Simeone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Stafford" title="Jo Stafford">Jo Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_Choir" title="Tabernacle Choir">Tabernacle Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghan_Trainor" title="Meghan Trainor">Meghan Trainor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Waring" title="Fred Waring">Fred Waring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Welk" title="Lawrence Welk">Lawrence Welk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Composers &<br />Songwriters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Anderson" title="Leroy Anderson">Leroy Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Cahn" title="Sammy Cahn">Sammy Cahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Kennicott_Davis" title="Katherine Kennicott Davis">Katherine Kennicott Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">George Frideric Handel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Loesser" title="Frank Loesser">Frank Loesser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marks" title="Johnny Marks">Johnny Marks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mason_Neale" title="John Mason Neale">John Mason Neale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Torm%C3%A9" title="Mel Tormé">Mel Tormé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wells_(songwriter)" title="Robert Wells (songwriter)">Robert Wells</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Record producers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Bradley" title="Owen Bradley">Owen Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Foster" title="David Foster">David Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Gillette" title="Lee Gillette">Lee Gillette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voyle_Gilmore" title="Voyle Gilmore">Voyle Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grean" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Grean">Charles Grean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Mersey" title="Robert Mersey">Robert Mersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Satherley" title="Art Satherley">Art Satherley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sholes" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Sholes">Steve Sholes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Spector" title="Phil Spector">Phil Spector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Scott_Trotter" title="John Scott Trotter">John Scott Trotter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Christmas_Holiday_charts" title="Billboard Christmas Holiday charts"><i>Billboard</i> Christmas Holiday charts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_carols" title="List of Christmas carols">Christmas carols and hymns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films" title="List of Christmas films">Christmas films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_operas" title="List of Christmas operas">Christmas operas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_television_specials" title="List of Christmas television specials">Christmas television specials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom">U.K. Christmas singles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_popular_Christmas_singles_in_the_United_States" title="List of popular Christmas singles in the United States">U.S. Christmas singles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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