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Growing up in an immigrant family, we didn’t really celebrate Christmas but I’ve always loved the holiday season and have completely embraced it since having kids. I want them to have many nostalgic memories of our holidays together, and listening to Christmas music is a must! Since our internet at home is too slow to stream, I’ve been downloading Christmas albums including the Home Alone soundtrack, Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack, The Glee Christmas Album, The Essentials Now That’s What I Call Christmas, Christmas 16 Most Requested Songs, and A Pentatonix Christmas; they’ll be playing on nonstop repeat this entire month!

I’ve compiled over 80 kids’, classic, modern, and religious holiday songs below. I tried to include the most popular version, as well as multiple interpretations across different music genres!

I pretty much love most Christmas songs, but O Holy Night tops my list. Mr. Bee’s favorite Christmas song is O Tannenbaum from the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack.

KIDS

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry, Burl Ives, Jack Johnson
• Frosty the Snowman – Gene Autry, Ronettes, The Chipmunks
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Perry Como, The Chipmunks
• Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Doris Day, The Chipmunks
• The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) – The Chipmunks
• The Grinch Song
• Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer – Elmo and Patsy
• Run Rudolph Run – Chuck Berry
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Jackson 5
• Christmas is Coming – John Denver and the Muppets
• Jingle Bells – Perry Como, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Disney, Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Let it Go (Disney’s Frozen) Vivaldi’s Winter – The Piano Guys
• Up on the House Top – Gene Autry, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Kimberly Locke
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas – The Chipmunks
• O Christmas Tree – Boney M, Glee Cast

MODERN

• Grown-up Christmas List – Amy Grant
• Where are you Christmas? – Faith Hill
• Please Come Home for Christmas – Jon Bon Jovi
• 2000 Miles – Pretenders
• Last Christmas – Wham
• Christmas is All Around – Billy Mack, Love Actually Soundtrack
• All I Want for Christmas is You – Mariah Carey, Love Actually
• Oh Santa! – Mariah Carey
• Happy Xmas – John Lennon
• Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney
• Mistletoe – Justin Beiber
• Little Saint Nick – Beach Boys
• Winter Wonderland/Here Comes Santa Claus – Anna Kendrik & Snoop Dog/Pitch Perfect
• This Christmas – Donny Hathaway
• Xmas Time is Here Again – My Morning Jacket
• O Tannenbaum,  Linus and Lucy, Christmastime is Here – Vince Guaraldi Trio, Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack
• Christmas Lights – Coldplay
• Fairytale of New York – The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
• The Chanukah Song – Adam Sandler

CLASSICS

• O Holy Night – Kings College Choir, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Celine/Whitney/Mariah, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, N’SYNC, Josh Groban, Sufjan Stevens, John Berry, Glee Cast, Lea Michele, Home Alone Soundtrack, Shane and Shane
• The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) – Nat King Cole
• Pachelbel Canon in D Christmas Version – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
• Let it Snow – Dean Martin
• Winter Wonderland – Johnny Mathis, Carpenters, Jason Mraz, Michael Buble
• White Christmas – Bing Crosby, The Drifters/Home Alone Soundtrack
• Rocking Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
• Christmas Canon – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
• Baby It’s Cold Outside – Dean Martin, Elf Soundtrack, Lady Gaga/Joseph Gordon Levitt, Glee Cast, Idina Menzel/Michael Buble
• Hallelujah – Pentatonix, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen
• Carol of the Bells – Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Pentatonix, Home Alone, The Bird and the Bee
• Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy – Tchaikovsky
• March from the Nutcracker Ballet
• I’ll be Home for Christmas – Frank Sinatra, She & Him
• Silver Bells – Bing Crosby/Rosemary Clooney, Ray Conniff Singers
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra, Carpenters, Robert Goulet, Judy Garland, Coldplay
• The Twelve Days of Christmas – Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, Perry Como
• There’s no Place Like Home for the Holidays – Perry Como
• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Andy Williams
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra, She & Him, Coldplay
• Holly Jolly Christmas – Burl Ives
• Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Ronettes, Carpenters
• Let it Snow! – Dean Martin, Boyz II Men, Harry Connick Jr., Christina Perri
• Deck the Halls – James Taylor
• Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms
• Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano
• Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
• Auld Lang Syne – Guy Lombardo
• Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt
• It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Johnny Mathis, Bing Crosby, Perry Como and the Fontaine Sisters
• Merry Christmas, Darling – The Carpenters
• Merry Christmas Baby – Charles Brown
• Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love, Mariah Carey

RELIGIOUS

• Silent Night, Holy Night – Bing Crosby, Temptations, Kelly Clarkson feat. Reba Mcentire & Trisha Yearwood, Sinead O’ Connor
• Joy to the World – Boney M, Whitney Houston, David Archuleta & Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• Do You Hear What I Hear – Bing Crosby, Harry Simeone Chorale, Abandon Kansas
• It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Johnny Mathis, Josh Groban
• What Child is This? – Johnny Mathis, Andrea Bocelli & Mary J. Blige, Charlie Brown Christmas, Lindsey Sterling, Greensleeves
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – Enya, The Piano Guys
• Angels We Have Heard on High – Home Free, Sixpence None the Richer
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Annie Lennox
• We Three Kings – Jennifer Avalon
• O Come All Ye Faithful – Anne Murray, Mariah Carey
• O Little Town of Bethlehem – Vienna Boys Choir
• Good King Wenceslas – Bing Crosby, The Irish Rovers
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Charlie Brown Soundtrack, Celtic Woman, Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• The Little Drummer Boy – Bing Crosby & David Bowie, Harry Simeone Chorale, Pentatonix
• Go Tell it On the Mountain – Sarah Evans, Nana Mouskouri, Seabird
• Here We Come A-Caroling – Perry Como
• The First Noel – Mariah Carey
• Ding Dong Merrily on High – King’s College Cambridge
• Away in a Manger – Casting Crowns

Please share — what holiday songs top your list, and which versions?