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A Christmas song is a song which is normally sung during the Christmas period, and usually has some Christmas or winter related theme. If the song is traditional, or specifically has a religious content, then it is often called a Christmas carol, though some might also be called Christmas hymns.
Some songs, such as White Christmas, are songs which have become popular over the Christmas period, and often songs are introduced in films, specifically for Christmas. Such songs are not strictly Christmas carols. Some songs have little relationship to Christmas, but are hyped up over the period. Each year, record companies compete for the Christmas number one single spot, usually, but not always, with a Christmas-related song.
In the UK Cliff Richard is famed for his many attempts, with some success, to get the Christmas number one single.
List of Christmas songs
General Christmas songs
The following songs are well known for being performed by more than one different artists:
Best known by one particular artist
The following songs are best known for being performed by one particular artist:
Not intended as a Christmas song
Some songs are frequently associated with Christmas because of the time they were released rather than explicit references to the holiday. They are sometimes given a Christmas feel by adding sleigh bells or by recording a Christmas video.
- Stop The Cavalry – Jona Lewie (1980) (added "Wish I was at home for Christmas" when he realised the release date)
- Stay Another Day – East 17 (1994) (added sleigh bells)
Christmas albums
Some artists record albums dedicated to Christmas or winter. These collections often contain covers of well-known Christmas songs or carols.
Some bands produce Christmas albums exclusively for their fan clubs, including The Beatles who first released such an album in 1963 [1] (http://www.beatlefans.com/xmas.htm). Also popular are the Various Artists collections such as The Best Christmas Album in the World...Ever!.
German language Christmas carols tend to be less blitheful, more cerimonious than English ones:
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
- Heiligste Nacht
- Ihr Kinderlein kommet
- Menschen, die ihr wart verloren
- O du fröhliche
- Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
- Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
- Zu Bethlehem geboren
- Alle Jahre wieder
- Kling Glöckchen
- Lasst uns froh und munter sein
- Leise rieselt der Schnee
- Morgen, Kinder, wird's was geben
- O Tannenbaum
- Süßer die Glocken nie klingen
- Wir sagen euch an
- Es wird scho glei dumper
- Es hat sich heut' eröffnet
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