Her Campus Logo Her Campus Logo
Pentatonix/Madison Gate Records
Culture > Entertainment

Holiday Songs to Add to Your Playlist This Holiday Season

Cassie Sprout
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter.

With Christmas being just around the corner, what better way to get into the holiday spirit then listening to some holiday music? Here is a list of the 60 Greatest Christmas Songs of All Time.

  1. ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Mariah Carey
  2. ‘Last Christmas’ Wham!
  3. ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ Darlene Love
  4. ‘Stay Another Day’ East 17
  5. ‘White Christmas’ Bing Crosby
  6. ‘Fairytale of New York’ The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
  7. ‘Christmas Wrapping’ The Waitresses
  8. ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ Band Aid
  9. ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ by Brenda Lee
  10. ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ John Lennon and Yoko Ono
  11. ‘Merry Christmas Baby’ Ike and Tina Turner
  12. ‘Christmas Rappin” Kurtis Blow
  13. ‘Sleigh Ride’ The Ronettes
  14. ‘Step Into Christmas’ Elton John
  15. ‘Driving Home for Christmas’ Chris Rea
  16. ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ the Jackson 5
  17. ‘Christmas in Hollis’ Run-DMC
  18. ‘Blue Christmas’ Elvis Presley
  19. ‘Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto’ James Brown
  20. ‘Wonderful Christmas Time’ Paul McCartney
  21. ‘Santa Tell Me’ Ariana Grande
  22. ‘8 Days of Christmas’ Destiny’s Child
  23. ‘Run Rudolph Run’ Chuck Berry
  24. ‘O Tannenbaum’ Vince Guaraldi Trio
  25. ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ Sufjan Stevens
  26. ‘Peace on Earth/The Little Drummer Boy’ Bing Crosby and David Bowie
  27. ‘Zat You, Santa Claus?’ Louis Armstrong
  28. ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ Bobby Helms
  29. ‘Underneath the Tree’ Kelly Clarkson
  30. ‘Father Christmas’ The Kinks
  31. ‘River’ Joni Mitchell
  32. ‘Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)’ The Weather Girls
  33. ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’ Wizzard
  34. ‘200 Miles’ The Pretenders
  35. ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ Mike Oldfield
  36. ‘Glittery’ Kacey Musgraves
  37. ‘Christmas in Harlem’ Kanye West ft. Cam’ron, Jim Jones, Vado, Cyhi Da Prynce and Pusha T
  38. ‘Just Like Christmas’ Low
  39. ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ Slade
  40. ‘Hey Sis, It’s Christmas” RuPaul
  41. ‘Santa Claus is Sometimes Brown’ Robert Lopez of The Zeroes
  42. “What Christmas Means to Me’ Stevie Wonder
  43. ‘Mary’s Boy Child’ Harry Belafonte
  44. ‘What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swinging)’ Louis Prima
  45. ”tis the damn season’ Taylor Swift
  46. ‘Christmas Will Really Be Christmas’ Lou Rawls
  47. ‘Wonderful Christmas Time’ Diana Ross
  48. ‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)’ The Ramones
  49. ‘Christmas Vacation’ Mavis Staples
  50. ‘Frosty the Snowman’ Cocteau Twins
  51. ‘Little Things’ ABBA
  52. ”I Believe in Father Christmas’ Greg Lake
  53. ‘Santa’s Got A Bag Of Soul’ Soul-Saints Orchestra
  54. ‘Christmas at Ground Zero’ Weird Al Yankovic
  55. ‘It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas’ Pet Shop Boys
  56. ‘Dominick the Donkey Lou Monte
  57. ‘Carol of the Bells’ the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  58. ‘Never Felt Like Christmas’ Lizzo
  59. ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ Bob and Doug McKenzie
  60. ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’ DMX

And there you have the 60 Greatest Christmas Songs of All Time. My personal favorites aren’t on this list though, I love to listen to Pentatonix and Lindsey Stirling around the holidays. Hopefully this list helps bring a little more Christmas cheer to your holiday season!

Happy Holidays!

Cassie is the Senior Editor at HC @SAU. She oversees the Editorial Team and helps out the writers. Beyond HC, Cassie is involved on campus. Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta, and student assisting on the softball team are some of the organizations/clubs she is involved in. She is also a substitute teacher. Cassie is majoring in English for Secondary Education (5-12) and has an endorsement in English as a Second Language (ESL for K-12). In her free time, Cassie likes to read, relax, watch TV/Movies, and spend time with her family and friends. A fun fact about Cassie is that she read the entire Harry Potter series when she was in 3rd grade, and has re-read it 4+ times.