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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
Angels We Have Heard on High
Set to the hymn tune "Gloria" from a traditional French song of unknown origin called "Les Anges dans nos campagnes", with paraphrased English lyrics by James Chadwick
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03.21.25 | 5 MINS
Ave Maria
He wrote it in 1825, aged 28, to the words of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem The Lady of the Lake. The song does contain the words ‘Ave Maria’, but only in reference to the prayer itself.
Franz Schubert (based on Ellens dritter Gesang)
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
Away in a Manger
first published in the late nineteenth century and used widely throughout the English-speaking world
Although it was long claimed to be the work of German religious reformer Martin Luther, the carol is now thought to be wholly American in origin.
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
Blue Christmas
most famously recorded by Elvis Presley
written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson
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03.21.25 | 2 MINS
Frosty the Snowman
first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950 and later recorded by Jimmy Durante in that year.
written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson,
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
Frosty the Snowman (version 2)
Another version by Grandpa Schober
written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Judy Garland originally sang the song but later recorded by Frank Sinatra
written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane in 1943
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
Autry's original recording (in which he pronounces Santa Claus as "Santy Claus") was a top-10 hit on the pop and country charts
composed by Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman and Harriet Melka
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
first recorded by American singer Jimmy Boyd in 1952
music and lyrics by British songwriter Tommie Connor
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
I’ll be Home for Christmas
recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, who scored a top ten hit with the song
written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent
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03.21.25 | 5 MINS
I’ll be Home for Christmas (version 2)
Another version by Grandpa Schober
written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
In 1850, Sears' lyrics were set to "Carol", a tune written for the poem the same year at his request, by Richard Storrs Willis
written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Wayland, Massachusetts.
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03.21.25 | 2 MINS
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
originally titled "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas". Perry Como was the first to record and release the song in 1951.
written in 1951 by Meredith Willson
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
Jingle Bells
one of the most commonly sung. Christmas songs in the world.
written by James Lord Pierpont
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
Jingle Bell Rock
It was first sung by Bobby Helms in 1957. It is often played on the radio during the Christmas season.
composed (written) by Joseph Carleton Beal (1900–1967) and James Ross Boothe (1917–1976).
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
Joy to the World
It is usually sung to the American composer Lowell Mason's 1848 arrangement of a tune attributed to George Frideric Handel.
written in 1719 by the English minister and hymnist Isaac Watts.
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
played during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years holidays' season, although it does not mention any holiday within the lyrics
originally written by Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in 1945.
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
Let There be Peace on Earth
written for and sung by the International Children's Choir created by Easter Beakly and Arthur Granger of the Granger Dance Academy in Long Beach, California.
written by Jill Jackson-Miller and Sy Miller
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03.21.25 | 6 MINS
O Holy Night
Cantique de Noël) is a sacred song about the night of the birth of Jesus Christ, described in the first verse as "the dear Saviour", and frequently performed as a Christmas carol.
composer Adolphe Adam
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
O Little Town of Bethlehem (version 1)
first published in the 1906 English Hymnal.
Based on an 1868 text written by Phillips Brooks,
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
O Little Town of Bethlehem (version 2)
Another version by Grandpa Schober
Based on an 1868 text written by Phillips Brooks
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
a German Christmas song. Based on a traditional folk song that was unrelated to the holiday, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree. Published in 1824.
Songwriter was Ernst Anschütz, based on a 16th-century Silesian folk song by Melchior Franck.
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03.21.25 | 5 MINS
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 and sold over 15 million copies
written by Johnny Marks
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Gene Autry's recording hit No.1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949.
songwriter Johnny Marks
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03.21.25 | 4 MINS
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
The popular song has been recorded by over 200 artists.
written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
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03.21.25 | 5 MINS
Silent Night
It is one of the most recorded Christmas songs, with more than 137,000 known recordings
composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr
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03.21.25 | 5 MINS
The Little Drummer Boy
First recorded in 1951 by the Austrian Trapp Family
written by American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941
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03.21.25 | 3 MINS
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)
a 1958 novelty Christmas song
written and recorded by Ross Bagdasarian (under the stage name of David Seville).
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