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75 Best Christmas Songs Ever

By:

Britni Vigil

11/05/2024

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A playlist of the best Christmas songs ever, ones that need to be on every single Christmas party playlist! Whether you’re looking for Christmas classics, Christmas songs for kids, or even songs from a newer Christmas album or two, these are the best Christmas songs of all time!

Best Christmas songs ever! Perfect for creating your Christmas party playlist!

The Best Christmas Songs List

There is something magical about the first time Mariah Carey’s Christmas classic gets played during the holiday season (whether it’s in December or not). And something even more magical as you watch your family dance along to the holiday classic Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree while you decorate your tree!

There are so many Christmas songs out there these days that it’s hard to keep track. This list is the ultimate list of Christmas songs – only the best of the best! I only included songs that I personally recognize and ones that you’d find on the “best Christmas songs” lists.

I do know quite a bit of Christmas music though so feel free to just use the ones that work best for your group if you think some of them are a bit obscure or not going to be guessed. I didn’t include some of our personal family favorites like Jingle Bells by the Meow Cats – just ones that most people will know!

Most Popular Christmas Songs

For now, here’s a list of the best Christmas songs that would be perfect for any of these Christmas parties or occasions! So invite some friends over for a Christmas wrapping party, put on some music, and enjoy!

I put in the artist for each of these songs that I felt was the most iconic version, but you can easily pick your own version of the song as well!

  1. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams
  2. Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms
  3. You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Thurl Ravenscroft
  4. Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
  5. A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives
  6. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee
  7. The Chipmunk Song by The Chipmunks (also called Christmas, Don’t Be Late)
  8. The Christmas Song by Nat “King” Cole (this is the chestnuts roasting song)
  9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Burl Ives – listen to this one while you play reindeer games
  10. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Bing Crosby (the Michael Buble version is also great!)
  1. Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt
  2. Do You Want to Build a Snowman? by Kristen Bell
  3. Where Are You Christmas? by Faith Hill
  4. All I Want For Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
  5. 12 Days of Christmas by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (although I really like the Pentatonix version if you’re into pop acapella)
  6. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland
  7. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Frank Sinatra (I really like the Josh Groban one too)
  8. Frosty the Snowman by Bing Crosby
  9. Angels We Have Heard on High by Josh Groban
  10. Mary, Did You Know? by Carrie Underwood
  1. Last Christmas by Wham!
  2. Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul McCartney
  3. Happy Xmas by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
  4. Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley
  5. The Christmas Shoes by NewSong
  6. Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi Trio (from A Charlie Brown Christmas)
  7. Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys
  8. Silent Night by Frank Sinatra
  1. We Three Kings by Greater Vision
  2. Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen (my favorite Christmas song EVER – there are other versions of Santa Claus is Comin to Town but this one is the best).
  3. We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Bing Crosby
  4. Jingle Bells by Mickey and the Gang
  5. Away in a Manger by Carrie Underwood
  6. Sleigh Ride by The Ronettes
  7. Carol of the Bells by John Williams
  8. Little Drummer Boy by Harry Simeone Chorale
  9. O Come, All Ye Faithful by Nat King Cole
  10. O Holy Night by Celine Dion
  11. Let It Snow by Dean Martin
  12. Silver Bells by Bing Crosby
  13. Deck the Halls by Nat King Cole
  14. Ave Maria by Andrea Bocelli
  15. Joy to the World by Mariah Carey
  16. White Christmas by Bing Crosby
  17. The First Noel by Andy Williams
  18. What Child is This by Carrie Underwood
  19. Here Comes Santa Claus by Gene Autry
  20. All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth by Alvin & The Chipmunks
  21. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Jackson 5 (Dolly Parton is classic too!)
  22. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer by Dr. Elmo
  23. Do You Hear What I Hear? by Whitney Houston
  24. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Nat King Cole
  25. Winter Wonderland by Bing Crosby
  26. Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Frank Sinatra (although I really like the Zoey Deschanel version!)
  27. Up On the Housetop by Gene Autry
  28. O, Little Town of Bethlehem by Nat King Cole
  29. Go Tell It On the Mountain by Sara Evans
  30. Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry
  31. O Tannenbaum (similar to O Christmas Tree) by Vince Guaraldi Trio
  32. What Christmas Means to Me by Stevie Wonder
  33. Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy combo by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
  34. Let It Go by Idina Menzel
  35. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Casting Crowns
  36. Christmas Sarajevo 12/24 by Trans Siberian Orchestra
  37. What’s This by Danny Elfman (from Nightmare Before Christmas)
  38. Please Come Home For Christmas by The Eagles
  39. There’s No Place like Home by Perry Como
  40. My Favorite Things by Julie Andrews (if you think this is Christmas)
  41. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by Gayla Peevey
  42. I’m Getting Nuttin’ for Christmas by Shirley Temple
  43. March of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Mariinsky Orchestra (from The Nutcracker)
  44. We Need A Little Christmas by Johnny Mathis
  45. Welcome Christmas by Danny Elfman (from The Grinch)
  46. Here We Come A Wassailing by Choir of St. John Cantius
  47. Hot Chocolate by Tom Hanks (from Polar Express)

Honorable Mention

I have to also give a shoutout to the Fairytale of New York by The Pogues (featuring Kirsty MacColl) because the song is great but the recreation called Fairytale of Philadelphia by the Kelce brothers this year is fantastic if you hadn’t heard it yet.

Christmas Music Games

This also makes a perfect playlist for any Christmas games you might want to play that need music!

Three of my favorite party games are musical ones. In How Do You Doo, players have to sing “Doos” to get other players to guess a song.

In Name that Tune, players have to guess the song title and artist to win points for their team.

And in Christmas music bingo, you play bingo with a shuffled playlist instead of numbers – it’s so fun!

I posted about How Do You Doo here and Name that Tune here, so I won’t go into the full instructions now.

Or if you’d rather skip the playlist and see how well people know their Christmas music, this Christmas carol chaos printable game is awesome!

Downloadable Christmas Songs List

I’ve created three different downloadable Christmas song lists that you can use for any of the Christmas music games I mentioned above!

  1. One for music lovers, meaning it’s the harder version without any hints/artists
  2. One that should be used for How Do You Doo that has hints (to help people who may not know which song Sleigh Ride for instance is)
  3. One that’s just in a list (not for cutting out) for Name That Tune. 

<< Download the Music Lover “hard” version for How Do You Doo >>

<< Download the easy How Do You Doo version >>

<< Download the Name that Tune version>> 

Apple Music Playlist

If you want an actual playlist, this Apple Christmas Essentials playlist is pretty much my list just missing a few songs but it’s pretty close and it’s available to the public!

FAQs about Christmas Songs

What is the number one Christmas song of all time?

White Christmas by Bing Crosby is the best-selling Christmas/holiday single of all time according to the Guinesss Book of World Records!

Where can I listen to Christmas songs for free?

Christmas songs are available to listen to for free using various music streaming services or good old fashioned radio stations! Some streaming services like Pandora or Spotify have free plans that will allow you to listen to music for free with ads in between song sets!

Are there any good new Christmas albums?

I’m a big fan of listening to new Christmas music every year and some of my favorite new songs in the past few years include the Hallelujah duet by Carrie Underwood and John Legend, various songs by Pentatonix (their entire Christmas album is amazing), and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hannah Waddingham (from Ted Lasso).

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  1. Rosemary hansen
    12/08/2024

    Can’t find the name that tune little cards of 60 best songs for people to pick from.

    Reply
    1. Britni Vigil
      12/09/2024

      You can get them in this post –> https://www.playpartyplan.com/christmas-name-that-tune/

      Reply
  2. John Doe
    12/15/2022

    no

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  3. Vonda Sauls
    11/16/2022

    l love country music

    Reply
  4. Carolyn J Wilkinson
    11/29/2021

    You are sooo much fun!!

    Reply
    1. Britni Vigil
      11/29/2021

      aww thank you!

      Reply
  5. Julie
    12/11/2018

    Is there an actual link to download the music snippets of these songs? All I get on the 3 links is a written copy of the songs. Thanks,
    Julie

    Reply
    1. BritniV
      12/12/2018

      No, unfortunately that would be a copyright violation for me to provide the songs themselves. I just have the lists and you can decide which ones you want to use them download them on your own.

      Reply
  6. Sue
    12/07/2018

    Would any ideas for large groups of adults to play. I belong to an emergency services group this is for the Xmas party

    Reply
    1. BritniV
      12/07/2018

      Here is a list of our most recent Christmas party games –> https://www.playpartyplan.com/christmas-games/

      Reply
  7. Kristine
    12/07/2018

    Thank you so much for all the ideas! Like Amanda, I’m having trouble with the downloads for both versions of “How Do You Doo?” I get a “404” page not found error for both of them.

    Reply
    1. BritniV
      12/11/2018

      Emailed you a copy!

      Reply
      1. Kristine Krohn
        12/13/2018

        Thank you!

      2. BritniV
        12/14/2018

        Your welcome!

  8. Danielle Kessler
    12/04/2018

    Hello! I am trying to click the link to download the song list for the How do you doo game and it is not working. Says 404 error. Can you please email to me?

    Reply
    1. BritniV
      12/11/2018

      Emailed!

      Reply
  9. Amanda
    11/28/2018

    Hi- I am clicking the links (I tried safari and chrome) and the first two links for the game are not working.

    Reply
    1. BritniV
      12/03/2018

      If you go to the bottom of the page it says download and gives you a couple of options (3). Click on those links depending on the game you want. If it still doesn’t work. Email me and let me know what you need and I will get you a copy. Sorry.

      Reply
      1. Naomi
        12/10/2018

        I cannot figure out how to email you (find your email address) to get the links for the music downloads I need. Unfortunately the links on your site are not working. ☹️

      2. BritniV
        12/11/2018

        The links are fixed now (sorry about that – a plugin update broke them and I had to find the original files), and I’ve emailed you a copy of the PDF lists!

  10. Lisa Brennan
    11/08/2018

    Thanks for creative party games.

    Reply
  11. Joy
    12/02/2017

    This is the best game! Please don’t ever delete your link to it. The links to the songs are the PERFECT sampling of the songs!! FYI- frosty and rudolf are links to books, not the song and joy to the world is the oldies version, not the Christmas carol. But, I love, love, love your list and post. Great job And thank you sooo much! Merry Christmas!

    Reply
    1. BritniV
      12/03/2017

      Thanks so much Joy, just fixed those links!

      Reply
  12. Cindy
    11/09/2017

    Love love love your ideas and games!!

    Reply

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