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A Christmas carol is a carol whose lyrics center on the theme of Christmas or that has become associated with the Christmas season even though its lyrics may not specifically refer to Christmas. Both types of Christmas carols are included in this list.

Traditional carols mainly focus on the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Other carols focus on more secular Christmas themes, such as winter scenes, family gatherings, and Santa Claus.

Well known carols

  • "Adeste Fideles" ("O Come All Ye Faithful")
    attributed to John Francis Wade around 1743
    "All Hail to Thee"
    "Angels From the Realms of Glory"
    "Angels We Have Heard On High"
    based on traditional carol "Les Anges dans nos Campagnes"
    music is traditional hymn "Gloria"
    English translation by James Chadwick in 1862
    reworded, retitled, and sung by Michael W. Smith as "Gloria"
    "As Lately We Watched"
    "As With Gladness Men of Old"
    "Away in a Manger"
    first published in 1885
    first two stanzas attributed to unknown author
    third stanza written by Dr. John McFarland in 1904
    "Boar's Head Carol"
    "Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heav'nly Light"
    "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella"
    "Carol of the Bells"
    music and Ukrainian lyrics written by Mykola Leontovych in 1916 (originally titled "Shchedryk")
    English lyrics written by Peter Wilhousky in 1936
    "Burgundian Carol"
    "Caroling Caroling"
    music written by Alfred Burt in 1954
    lyrics written by Wihla Hutson in 1954
    "The Cherry-Tree Carol"
    traditional
    "Children, Go Where I Send Thee"
    "Christ Is Born In Bethlehem"
    "Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn"
    "Christmas Auld Lang Syne"
    "Christmas is Coming"
    "Come Buy My Nice Fresh Ivy"
    music written by Turlough O'Carolan (originally titled "O'Carolan's Lament")
    lyrics written by John Keegan in 1849
    "Coventry Carol"
    "Deck the Halls"
    "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
    music written by Jehan Tabourot
    words written by George Ratcliffe Woodward
    "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
    written by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne in 1962
    first recorded by The Harry Simeone Chorale in 1962
    "The First Noël"
    traditional
    "The Friendly Beasts"
    "Gabriel's Message"
    "Gaudete"
    "Gesu Bambino"
    "Gloucester Wassail"
    "Go Tell it on The Mountain"
    "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
    "Good King Wenceslas"
    "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
    music written by Felix Mendelssohn originally as part of Festgesang
    words written by Charles Wesley
    "Here We Come a-Wassailling"
    "Hey, Ho, Nobody Home"
    "The Holly and the Ivy"
    "Huron Carol" ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime")
    "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
    lyrics by Longfellow
    "In The Bleak Midwinter"
    "I Saw Three Ships"
    "I Wonder As I Wander"
    "In Dulci Jubilo" ("Good Christian Men, Rejoice" or "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice")
    "In the Bleak Midwinter"
    "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
    "Joy to the World"
    "Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mild"
    "The Little Drummer Boy"
    written by Katherine Davis, Henry Onorah and Harry Simeone
    first recorded by The Harry Simeone Chorale in 1958
    also recorded by Bob Seger, Percy Faith, Mercy Me, Jars of Clay
    "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"
    "Love Came Down at Christmas"
    "March of the Kings"
    "Mary's Little Boy Child"
    "Masters in This Hall"
    "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" ("Veni, Veni, Emmanuel"; actually an Advent hymn)
    "O Come, Little Children"
    "O Holy Night"
    "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
    retitled and sung by Amy Grant as "Little Town"
    "O Tannenbaum"
    "Of the Father's Love Begotten"
    "Once In Royal David's City"
    "O Sanctissima
    "On Christmas Night all Christians Sing"
    "Out of the East"
    "Pat-A-Pan"
    "The Peace Carol"
    "Personent Hodie"
    "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow"
    "Rocking"
    "Sans Day Carol"
    "Saw Ye Never, in the Twilight"
    "Silent Night"
    written by Franz Xaver Gruber
    "Silver and Gold"
    "Sing We Now of Christmas"
    "The Snow Lay on the Ground"
    "Songs of Praise the Angels Sang"
    "Still, Still, Still"
    "The Sussex Carol"
    "Sweet Little Jesus Boy"
    "There's a Song in the Air"
    "Torches"
    composed by John Joubert in 1951
    "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
    traditional
    "Unto Us a Boy is Born"
    "The Wassail Song"
    "Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne"
    "The Virgin's Slumber Song"
    "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
    traditional
    "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" (actually an Epiphany carol)
    written by Reverand John Henry Hopkins in 1863
    "Wexford Carol"
    "What Child Is This?"
    music is traditional song "Greensleeves"
    words written by William Chatterton Dix
    "While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night"

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