The Christmas Songbook
Version 1.2.3.b (November, 2019)

 

The Christmas Songbook (PDF):
An updated version of the
TVUC Christmas Songbook (v. 1.2.3.b)
 has arrived.
I'll be providing individual pages in the new few days.

If you have version 1.2.1.1., you can get just the new files plus an Errata page (pen and ink changes to other existing pages) in this PDF file:
The Christmas Songbook v. 1.2.1.1. Update

Note that the updated songbook is version 1.2.3.b.

For songs out of copyright in the United States (that is, published before 1923), additional details and verses can be found at The Hymns And Carols Of Christmas, a site that I established in 2002; ownership was transferred in 2014 due to ill health. The new owner has added a lot of advertising, but all 4,300+ songs and histories are still there.

The songs in this Songbook arranged in their page number order: The Christmas Songbook v. 1.2.3.

Additional Christmas songs and songbooks can be found on this site in Christmas Songs and Songbooks.

Lots of good music at the Ukulele Band of Alabama website, including lots of Christmas music.

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Dec. 6.

Another late addition is a version of "Sleigh Ride" that omits the troublesome Section B: Sleigh Ride (in C, D, and G).

Dec 5.

Here are three last minute additions:

Dec. 4.

A Christmas favorite is It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (in C, F & G).

Another song sometimes performed during the Christmas holidays, although it makes no reference to Christmas: My Favorite Things.

An update to Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep, which is now in Am, Dm & Em; because of the number of chords, the pages for GCEA and DGBE have been separated, allowing larger type and larger chord diagrams.

Also, we have a slightly different arrangement of It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year in C & G.

Finally, here is an updated edition of the Christmas Songbook 2020 (as of Dec. 4) and a compressed file of all the songs: Christmas Songs 2020.

Nov. 29.

Here's a fun parody posted yesterday at the UkeQuestors Facebook page by UkeJenny. I've transposed from C to G and added chord diagrams: We Three Kings Of Covid Are []. Enjoy!

Nov. 25.

New additions this year:

We got 20 new Christmas songs last year. Here are the songs. Individual songs and YouTube links are below.

 

This is the Christmas Songbook with songs in alphabetical order.

 

Cover

Page Listing

Alphabetical Listing

Errata (Pen and Ink Changes for Version 1.1.2.1.)

Title

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YouTube

A Holly Jolly Christmas

Written by Johnny Marks in 1962 and most famously performed by Burl Ives. The song has since become one of the Top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century

C09

A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives

A Holly Jolly Christmas by Gretchen Wilson

A Sailor’s Christmas (Jimmy Buffet - Roger Guth)

C56

A Sailor’s Christmas by Jimmy Buffett

All I Want for Christmas is You (CW) (Troy Powers - Andy Stone)

C52

All I Want for Christmas is You by Vince Vance and The Valiants featuring Lisa Burgess Stewart (who now records under the name Lisa Layne) (1989)

All I Want for Christmas is You by LeAnn Rimes (2004)

All I Want for Christmas is You (Mariah Carey-Walter Afanasieff)

C60

All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey (1994)

Angels We Have Heard on High - C & G

C01

Angels We Have Heard on High by Ella Fitzgerald

Angels We Have Heard on High by Andy Williams

Angels We Have Heard On High by Pentatonix

Auld Lang Syne

C02

Auld Lang Syne by Susan Boyle

Auld Lang Syne by Lou Rawls (1993)

Auld Lang Syne by Judy Garland.

A very rare radio recording of Judy performing the New Year song in 'Bundles For Britain'. It first aired on January 1, 1941, with an additional patriotic verse.

Auld Lang Syne by Julie Andrews

Auld Lang Syne by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (1947 "78" Recording)

Auld Lang Syne by Celtic Woman from "The Magic of Christmas" (2019)

Away in a Manger

C03

Away in a Manger by Nat King Cole

Away in a Manger by  Faith Hill

Blue Christmas - C & G

C48

Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley (1957)

Blue Christmas by Ernest Tubb (1949)

Blue Christmas by The Beach Boys (1964)

Christmas Don’t Be Late

"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" is a novelty Christmas song written by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (under the stage name of David Seville) in 1958. Bagdasarian sang and recorded the song, varying the tape speeds to produce high-pitched "chipmunk" voices, but the recording credits the vocals to The Chipmunks, Seville's cartoon band. The song won three Grammy Awards in 1958, for Best Comedy Performance, Best Children's Recording, and Best Engineered Record (non-classical).

C24

Christmas Don’t Be Late ("The Chipmonk Song") by Alvin and The Chipmonks & David Seville (the stage name of Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) (1958)

Christmas Don’t Be Late by Amy Grant from "Tennessee Christmas"

Christmas in Dixie (Cook-Gentry-Herndon-Owen)

C36

Christmas in Dixie by Alabama

Christmas Island (Lyle Moraine)

C39

Christmas Island by The Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (1946)

Christmas Island by Leon Redbone (1987)

Christmas Island by Jimmy Buffett (1996)

Christmas Luau (Leonard Hawk)

C54

Christmas Luau by Maui Jam from their album "Aloha Kalikimaka - A Hawaiian Christmas."

Christmas Luau by The Hawaiian Airlines Serenaders (with a hula video filmed on the beautiful grounds of Moanalua Gardens.)

Deck the Halls - C & F

C04

Deck the Halls by Danny Kaye

Deck the Halls by Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Deck the Halls by Rolando Villazón & the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Deck the Halls by Mannheim Steamroller

Do You Hear What I Hear

C28

Do You Hear What I Hear? by the Harry Simeone Chorale

Feliz Navidad

C29

Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano

Frosty the Snowman (Walter Rollins & Steve Nelson, 1950)

C05

Frosty the Snowman by Gene Autry and The Cass County Boys (1950)

Frosty the Snowman by Jimmy Durante from the Rankin/Bass animated TV special (December 7, 1969).

Frosty the Snowman by Lynn Anderson

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (ca. 16th Century), the Christmas Carol in Dickens' "The Christmas Carol" (1843)

C06

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Bing Crosby (1942)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Mariah Carey (1994)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Manheim Steamroller (1984)

Good King Wenceslas (John Mason Neale-Thomas Helmore)

C61

Good King Wenceslas by Bing Crosby

Good King Wenceslas by The Ames Brothers

Good King Wenceslas by Jane Seymore and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer - C F & G

Written by Randy Brooks in 1977, it was recorded and released by Elmo and Patsy in 1979, re-recorded in 1982.  Elmo re-recorded it solo in 1992 and 2000. It topped the Billboard charts in 1985 and 2012. The Irish Rovers covered the song in 1982. There have been a number of parodies including a Norwegian-American version by Stan Boreson, "Lena Got Run Over by a Reindeer" (sadly, it's not on YouTube).

C07

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer by Elmo and Patsy

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer by The Irish Rovers

Hallelujah (Christmas Version) (Leonard Cohen), lyrics by Cloverton

C40

"A Hallelujah Christmas" by Cloverton based on Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

"A Hallelujah Christmas" cover by Chris Jamison, with lyrics

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Written as a "Hymn for Christmas-Day" by Charles Wesley, and included in John Wesley's 1739 collection "Hymns and Sacred Poems," it originally began "Hark how all the Welkin rings". This was changed to "Hark! the Herald Angels sing" by George Whitefield in his 1754 "Collection of Hymns for Social Worship." A second change was made in Tate and Brady's "New Version of the Psalms of David" (1782) adding "Hark! the Herald Angels sing, Glory to the newborn king" at the end of each stanza.

C30

Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Celtic Woman

Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Mahalia Jackson

Hawaiian Twelve Days of Christmas

C42

Hawaiian Twelve Days of Christmas by Nā Leo Pilmehana

Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry-Oakley Haldeman, 1947)

C08

Here Comes Santa Claus by Gene Autry (1947)

Here Comes Santa Claus by Elvis Presley

Here Comes Santa Claus by Mariah Carey

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

The original recording by 13-year-old Jimmy Boyd, recorded on July 15, 1952, reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart in December 1952. One of the most famous covers was by The Jackson 5 in 1970.

C46

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Jimmy Boyd (1952)

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by The Jackson Five (1970)

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by The Ronettes (1963)

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Written by John Rox (1902–1957) and performed by 10-year-old Gayla Peevey, the song peaked at number 24 on Billboard magazine's pop chart in December 1953.

C45

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by Gayla Peevey

I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Hawaiian) (Gannon-Kent-Na Leo Pilimehana)

C23

I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Hawaiian) by Na Leo Pilimehana

I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Written by the lyricists Kim Gannon and Buck Ram with music by composer Walter Kent to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time, it has become a Christmas standard. It was first recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby.

C22

I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Bing Crosby

I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Whitney Houston

I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Michael Bublé

I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Linda Ronstadt

I’ll Be Home for Christmas by the Beach Boys

I’m Getting’ Nuttin’ for Christmas

Written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, it became a hit during the 1955 Christmas season when it appeared in Billboard’s pop charts by five different artists. The highest-charting of these was by Art Mooney and His Orchestra, with six-year-old Barry Gordon as lead vocalist; this version peaked at #6 and became a million-seller. Barry was a child actor in the '50s and '60s, performing on TV and the stage.

C44

Nuttin’ for Christmas by Barry Gordon with Art Mooney and His Orchestra (1955).

Nuttin’ for Christmas by Stan Freberg (1955)

Nuttin’ for Christmas by The Fontane Sisters (1955)

Nuttin’ for Christmas by Joe Ward (1955)

Nuttin’ for Christmas by Ricky Zahnd and the Blue Jeaners (1955)

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

C31

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Ella Fitzgerald from "Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas"

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Celtic Woman (2013)

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Johnny Mathis

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by The Carpenters

Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms)

"Jingle Bell Rock" is an American popular Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957 (after it was recorded in October of that year). It has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas season since then. "Jingle Bell Rock" was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal (1900–1967) and James Ross Boothe (1917–1976).

C25

Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms

Jingle Bells - C10 - C F & G

Written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857.

C10

Jingle Bells by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (1943)

Jingle Bells by Barbra Streisand

Jingle Bells by Nat King Cole

Jingle Bells by Perry Como

Jingle Bells by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Joy to the World - C F & G

C12

Joy to the World by Ella Fitzgerald

Joy to the World by Andy Williams

Joy to the World by Pentatonix

Kani Ka Pele (Hawaiian Jingle Bells)

C11

Kani Ka Pele (Hawaiian Jingle Bells) by The Hawaii Calls Orchestra & Chorus from "A Merry Hawaiian Christmas"

Last Christmas (George Michael)

C37

Last Christmas by Wham!

Let It Snow (Sammy Cahn-Julie Styne)

C32

Let It Snow by Vaughn Monroe

Let It Snow by Frank Sinatra

Let It Snow by Dean Martin

Little Drummer Boy

"The Little Drummer Boy," originally known as "Carol of the Drum," is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical music composer/teacher Katherine K. Davis in 1941. It was recorded 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers and further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry Simeone Chorale.

C13

Carol of the Drum by The Trapp Family Singers

Little Drummer Boy by the Harry Simeone Chorale

Little Drummer Boy by the Pentatonix

Little Drummer Boy by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth by Bing Crosby & David Bowie

Marshmallow World (Carl Sigman & Peter DeRose, 1949)

C49

Marshmallow World by Bing Crosby (1950)

Marshmallow World by Johnny Mathis (1963)

Marshmallow World by Brenda Lee (1964)

Marshmallow World by Dean Martin (1966)

Mary Did You Know (Mark Lowry - Buddy Greene)

C53

Mary Did You Know? by Mark Lowry

Mary Did You Know? by Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd,from the album "The Gift"

Mary Did You Know? by Pentatonix, from "That's Christmas to Me" (2014)

Mary, Did You Know? by Kenny Rogers and Wynonna Judd

Mary, Did You Know? by Kenny Rogers and Wynonna Judd

Mele Kalikimaka - C & G

C14

Mele Kalikimaka / Merry Christmas by The Hawaii Calls Orchestra & Chorus from "A Merry Hawaiian Christmas"

Mele Kalikimaka by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters

Merry Christmas from the Family (Robert Earl Keen) - C & G

C58

Merry Christmas from the Family by Robert Earl Keen (Live Version) (1994)

Merry Christmas from the Family by Robert Earl Keen  (Album Version)

Merry Christmas, Alabama (Jimmy Buffet)

C59

Merry Christmas, Alabama by Jimmy Buffett (1996)

Mixed Nuts (Dr. John)

C47

Mixed Nuts by Dr. John

No Mo’ Christmas Blues - C & Gf

C57

No Mo’ Christmas Blues by Frank De Lima and Honolulu Boy Choir from "Hawai'i's Favorite Christmas Songs"

O Holy Night - C & F

C33

O Holy Night by Nat King Cole (1960)

O Holy Night by Mahalia Jackson (1968)

O Holy Night by Mariah Carey (1994)

O Holy Night by Josh Groban (2002)

O Little Town of Bethlehem

C34

O Little Town of Bethlehem by Nat King Cole

O Little Town of Bethlehem by the Gaither Vocal Band

O Little Town of Bethlehem by Frank Sinatra

Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958; it has since been recorded by numerous other music artists. By the song's 50th anniversary in 2008, Lee's original version had sold over 25 million copies with the 4th most digital downloads sold of any Christmas single.

C26

Rocking Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee (1958)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Johnny Marks)

Robert L. May created Rudolph in 1939 as an assignment for Chicago-based Montgomery Ward. May's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, adapted the story of Rudolph into a song. Gene Autry's recording of the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart the week of Christmas 1949. Autry's recording sold 2.5 million copies the first year, eventually selling a total of 25 million, and it remained the second best-selling record of all time until the 1980s

C15

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry (1949)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra (1950)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Burl Ives (1964)

Run Run Rudolph (Chuck Berry)

A 12-bar blues song, similar to Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and melodically identical to his 1959 "Little Queenie."

C43

Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry (1958)

Run Run Rudolph by Lynyrd Skynyrd (2000)

Run Run Rudolph by Whitney Wolanin (2013)

Run Run Rudolph by Luke Bryan (2008)

Run Run Rudolph by Kelly Clarkston (2013)

Santa Claus is Coming to Town (J. Fred Coots-Henry Gillespie)

Santa Claus is Coming to Town, written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. The song has been recorded by over 200 artists.

C16

Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Frank Sinatra

Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Mariah Carey

Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Michael Bublé

Silent Night - C F & G

Silent Night (German: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht") was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011.

The best known translation was by Rev. John Freeman Young, later 2nd Bishop of Florida, first published in 1859. The song has been recorded by many singers across many music genres. The version sung by Bing Crosby in 1935 is the fourth best-selling single of all-time.

C17

Silent Night by Bing Crosby

Silent Night by Kelly Clarkston with Trisha Yearwood & Reba McEntire

Silent Night by Sinead O'Connor

Silent Night by Kathleen Battle and Christopher Parkening

Silent Night by Frank Sinatra

Silent Night by Kirk Franklin & The Family

Silent Night by Julie Andrews

Silent Night by Men of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Silent Night by David Archuleta and Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Silver Bells (Jay Livingston-Ray Evans, 1950)

Composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. The earliest well-known version was by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the motion picture "The Lemon Drop Kid," filmed in July–August 1950 and released in March 1951.

The first recorded version was by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards on September 8, 1950 with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers, which was released by Decca Records in October 1950.

C18

Silver Bells by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell from the movie "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1951)

Silver Bells by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers (1950)

Silver Bells by Doris Day

Silver Bells by Elvis Presley

Silver Bells by Andy Williams

Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson-Mitchell Parish)

C27

Sleigh Ride by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra

Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson & His Pops Concert Orchestra

Sleigh Ride by The Ronettes

Sleigh Ride by Johnny Mathis

The First Noel

The First Noel, a carol of the 16th or 17th century, was first published in "Carols Ancient and Modern" (1823) and usually performed in a four-part hymn arrangement by the English composer John Stainer, first published in his and Henry Ramsden Bramley's "Carols, New and Old" in 1871.

C19

The First Noel by Carrie Underwood

The First Noel by Whitney Houston

The First Noel by Johnny Mathis

The First Noel by Andy Williams

The First Noel by Pentonix

The Twelve Days of Christmas

The Twelve Days of Christmas (Hawaiian)

Oldest version from "Mirth Without Mischief" (ca. 1780) from The Hymns And Carols of Christmas

Notes about The Twelve Days of Christmas from The Hymns And Carols of Christmas

C41

The Twelve Days of Christmas by Bing Crosby

The Twelve Days of Christmas by Perry Como

The Twelve Days of Christmas by John Denver and the Muppets

There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays

C38

There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays by Perry Como

There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays by The Carpenters

There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays (Hawaiian) - C & G

C55

Similar: Home for the Holidays by Ho'okena

Similar: Home for the Holidays from "Hilo For The Holidays" by Kuana Torres Kahele

Up On the Housetop (Gene Autry)

C35

Up On The House Top by Gene Autry

Up On The House Top by Reba McEntire

Up On The House Top by Pentatonix

We Need a Little Christmas (Jerry Herman, 'Mame')

C51

We Need A Little Christmas by Angela Lansbury

We Need A Little Christmas by Angela Lansbury

We Need A Little Christmas by Angela Lansbury & Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra at Temple Square, "The Wonder of Christmas"

We Three Kings (John Henry Hopkins Jr.)

The original title was "Three Kings of Orient" but it is also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi." It was the first Christmas carol originating from the United States to achieve widespread popularity.

C50

We Three Kings by George Strait

We Three Kings by Anne Murray

We Three Kings by Hennry Connick Jr.

We Three Kings by Tennessee Ernie Ford

We Three Kings by The Beach Boys; features lush harmonies and several key changes. Beautifully done.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

C20

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by the Cambridge Singers

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Celtic Woman

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Michael Bublé

White Christmas (Irving Berlin)

White Christmas is a 1942 Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. It was first featured in the movie "Holiday Inn" (1942). The version sung by Bing Crosby is the world's best-selling single with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, sales of the song exceed 100 million.

C21

White Christmas by Bing Crosby (1942)

White Christmas by Barbra Sreisand

White Christmas by Karen Carpenter

White Christmas by Neil Diamond

 

We had 20 additions last December. Individual files follow plus:

 

 

Candy Cane Boogie (Pete McCarty, aka "Petey Mack") (2-line format)

Candy Cane Boogie performed by Petey Mack and Friends

 

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love (1963)

 

Christmas All Over Again

Christmas All Over Again by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (1992?)

 

Christmas in Japan (G)

Christmas in Japan by Paul Anka (1960)

 

Christmas In The Trenches

Christmas In The Trenches by John McCutcheon (1984)

 

Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You

Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You by Darlele Love

 

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays by Bing Crosby (1942)

 

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland from the movie "Meet Me In St. Louis" (1944)

 

Ho Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum

Ho Ho Ho And A Bottle of Rum by Jimmy Buffett

 

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year by Andy Williams from "The Andy Williams Christmas Album" (1963)

 

O Christmas Tree

O Christmas Tree - Notes (from The Hymns and Carols of Christmas)

O Christmas Tree by George Strait

O Tannenbaum by Nat King Cole

 

Santa Baby

Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt (1953)

 

The Christmas Song-C & F
(Chestnuts roasting on an open fire)
(Robert Wells and Mel Tormé, 1945)

The Christmas Song by Mel Torme (1945)

The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole (recorded in 1946, 1953, & 1961)

 

The Wexford Carol ("Good people all, this Christmas time")

The Wexford Carol ("Good people all, this Christmas time") by Alison Krauss

The Wexford Carol ("Good people all, this Christmas time") by Celtic Woman

 

We Wish You A Merry Christmas-Why Can't We have Christmas-The Weavers

We Wish You A Merry Christmas by The Weavers

 

We Wish You A Merry Christmas-Why Can't We Have Christmas-The Kingston Trio-1 (C)

We Wish You A Merry Christmas by The Kingston Trio from their LP "The Last Month of the Year."

 

We Wish You A Merry Christmas-Why Can't We Have Christmas-The Kingston Trio-2 (C)

We Wish You A Merry Christmas by The Kingston Trio from their LP "The Last Month of the Year."

 

We Wish You A Merry Christmas-Why Can't We Have Christmas-Peter Paul and Mary

We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Peter, Paul and Mary

 

Willie Nice Christmas
(Kacey Musgraves, 2016)

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

Willie Nice Christmas by Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson

Willie Nice Christmas by Kacey Musgraves (Live Performance)

 

You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Thurl Ravenscroft from "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (1966)

Plus the new ones for this year (with more to come)

 

Christmas Times a-Comin’ (Benjamin "Tex" Logan, ca. 1951)
This popular bluegrass Christmas standard song was written by a Bell Labs engineer, Benjamin "Tex" Logan and originally recorded by Bill Monroe in 1951. The song was covered in 1994 by American country music singer Sammy Kershaw, charting in 1995 and 1998 on the Billboard country charts.

Christmas Time's A-Comin' by Bill Monroe

Christmas Time's A-Comin' by "Tex" Logan with Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys

Christmas Time's A-Comin' by "Tex" Logan and the Lilly Brothers

Christmas Time's A-Comin' by Sammy Kershaw

Christmas Time's A-Comin' by Patty Loveless

Christmas Time's A-Comin' by Dolly Parton

 

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep (Irving Berlin, 1954)

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney from "White Christmas" (1954) (Video clip)

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by Bing Crosby from "Selections From Irving Berlin's White Christmas" (1954)

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by Rosemary Clooney (1954)

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by Peggy King at the 1954 Academy Awards ceremony (March 1955)

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by the Ray Coniff Singers

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by Eddie Fisher (peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard chart)

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by Andy Williams

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by Johnny Mathis (2013)

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep by Amy Grant (2008)

 

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Meredith Willson, 1951)
A popular belief in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, holds that Willson wrote the song while staying in Yarmouth's Grand Hotel.[1] The song makes reference to a "tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well..."; the park being Frost Park, directly across the road from the Grand Hotel, which still operates in a newer building on the same site as the old hotel. It also makes mention of the five and ten which was a store operating in Yarmouth at the time. This perennial favorite has been covered by many artists. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Wikipedia.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra (1951)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Bing Crosby (1951)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Johnny Mathis from his 1986 album "Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis." This version gained popularity after its inclusion in the film "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York."

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Michael Bublé

 

My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1959) from the Broadway musical "The Sound of Music"
The original Broadway musical places the song in the Mother Abbess's office, just before she sends Maria to serve Captain von Trapp's family as governess to his seven children. However, in the film adaptation, it was repositioned so that Maria would sing it with the children during the thunderstorm scene in her bedroom. My Favorite Things (song), Wikipedia;  The Sound of Music, Wikipedia; The Sound of Music (film), Wikipedia.

My Favorite Things by Julie Andrews (from the soundtrack)

My Favorite Things by Julie Andrews (movie clip)

 

Over The River And Through The Wood (Thanksgiving)

Over The River And Through The Wood by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

 

Over The River And Through The Woods (Christmas)

Over The River And Through The Woods by the King Family

Over The River And Through The Woods by The Younger Lennon Sisters (1966)

Over The River And Through The Woods by Michael Silverman (solo piano)

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