1. "Frosty the Snowman"
   "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
2. "Santa Baby"
   "Jingle Bell Rock"

Just like “Frosty the Snow Man,” this song was based on a children's story. Rudolph, the ninth reindeer, was created by Robert L. May, an employee of Montgomery Ward department store in Chicago. The store gave out Christmas books each year to children and May was asked in 1939 to create a story that kids would enjoy.

1. "Santa Baby"
   "Jingle Bells"
2. "Silver Bells"
   "Holy Night"

The original lyric for "Silver Bells" was actually "Tinkle Bells," inspired by a tiny bell on the desk of composers Livingston and Evans!

1. "Hurry Home"
   "Silver Bells"
2. "Jack Frost"
   "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

This famous duet has been covered by many famous artists but it was first released by Frank Loesser, who wrote it in 1944. He and his wife would sing it during parties to let people know it was time to leave. It was featured in the 1949 film "Neptune's Daughter" and won the Oscar for best original song.

1. "We Three Kings"
   "Frosty the Snowman"
2. "Starry Night"
   "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"

The Grand Hotel from "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" is believed to be in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

1. "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
   "Santa Baby"
2. "Jingle Bell Rock"
   "Let It Snow"

Mariah Carey's '94 Christmas single "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is one of the most successful modern holiday tracks. It remains her biggest international hit and is the 10th best-selling single of all time, as we, as well as the best-selling Christmas single by a female singer.

1. "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
   "White Christmas"
2. "Santa's Coming"
   "Let It Snow"

This song was recorded by Vaughn Monroe in 1945. “Let It Snow” is another summertime Christmas song, as creator Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne wrote the song while sweating away in Hollywood during one of the hottest days on record during July of 1945.

1. "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
   "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
2. "Christmas Song"
   "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

Kevin McCallister can be caught having an elaborate dance party to this classic song in "Home Alone." Singer Brenda Lee recorded the original version of “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” when she was only 13 years old.

1. "Jingle Bell Rock"
   "Santa's Coming To Town"
2. "Silent Night"
   "Let It Snow"

This Christmas song was first released by Bobby Helms in 1957 and it has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas season since then.

1. "Santa Baby"
   "Jingle Bells"
2. "White Christmas"
   "A Holly Jolly Christmas"

This endearing performance can be found in the old classic, "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer." There’s Santa, Rudolph, elves square dancing, presents, a giant tree, mistletoe, tinsel, and the most classic Christmas icon – the abominable snowman.

1. "Merry Christmas"
   "Santa's Coming"
2. "Winter Hymn"
   "Carol of the Bells"

The music of "Carol of the Bells" was written by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 and the music remains in the public domain. The original lyrics were by Peter J. Wilhousky and the song is based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk."

1. "The First Noel"
   "Here Comes Santa Claus"
2. "Joy to the World"
   "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

In 1947, Gene Autry recorded this song after riding his horse in the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade and hearing people say "here comes Santa Claus."

1. "Silent Night"
   "Santa Baby"
2. "O Christmas Tree"
   "We Three Kings"

In 1953 Bing Crosby had a huge hit with a song that is originally called “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht” in German.

1. "Jingle Bells"
   "Holy Night"
2. "The Christmas Song"
   "Sleigh Ride"

This carol, so popular with young children because of its infectious tune and its simplicity, was created in Boston in 1857 by a man coming up with songs for a Thanksgiving program at his church.

1. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
   "Santa Baby"
2. "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
   "White Christmas"

Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell asked to have "I'll Be Home For Christmas" played for them while they were in orbit in 1965.

1. "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"
   "Up on the House Top"
2. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
   "Winter Wonderland"

This is considered the first Christmas song to mention Santa. It is also recognized as the second-oldest secular Christmas song, after "Jingle Bells," which was written in 1857 while "Up on the House Top" was written in 1864.

1. "Jack Frost"
   "Santa's Comin' To Town"
2. "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
   Father Christmas

Thurl Ravenscroft, the singer responsible for this classic song from the 1966 cartoon "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas", also famously voiced Tony the Tiger, the mascot for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes.

1. "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
   "Santa Baby"
2. "White Christmas"
   "The Christmas Song"

The 1953 classic "Santa Baby," was originally performed by Eartha Kitt but other sultry celebs including Madonna, Kylie Minogue, and (unofficially) Marilyn Monroe have also performed their rendition of this song.

1. "Starry Night"
   "White Christmas"
2. "O Come, All Ye Faithful"
   "We Three Kings"

Written by John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. "We Three Kings" was originally conceived by Hopkins as a carol that would include three solos, each representing the three kings. Typically these solos are no longer a part of the song.

1. "White Christmas"
   "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
2. "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
   "Deck the Halls"

Bing Crosby’s version of “White Christmas” is the song's best-selling single of all time. In April 1975, the American military played the original “White Christmas” over Armed Forces Radio as a covert signal instructing soldiers in Vietnam to evacuate Saigon.

1. "Ding Dong Merrily On High"
   "O Holy Night"
2. "Silent Night"
   "Winter Wonderland"

Joseph Mohr, a pastor, wrote "Silent Night" as a poem in 1816. The Austrian pastor continued his work at the church until two years later, when the organ in the church broke just before the Christmas Mass and Mohr turned his attention back to that poem. Today, there is reportedly no Christmas carol that has been performed and recorded more than Silent Night.

1. "Little Drummer Boy"
   "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
2. "O Little Town of Bethlehem "
   "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

Felix Mendelssohn composed the tune to "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" as a tribute to printer/inventor Johann Gutenberg in 1840.

1. "Winter Wonderland"
   "White Christmas"
2. "Holly Jolly Christmas"
   "Do You Hear What I Hear"

Dick Smith wrote the words for "Winter Wonderland" while recovering from tuberculosis in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

1. "The Christmas Song"
   "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
2. "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
   "Little Drummer Boy"

Australians have their own version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" where all of the animals are replaced by wildlife from down under.

1. "Blue Christmas"
   "Angels We Have Heard on High"
2. "The First Noel"
   "Do You Hear What I Hear"

This song was written partly as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 b Noël Regney with music by Gloria Shayne Baker.

1. "Happy Holiday"
   "White Christmas"
2. "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"
   "Happy Holiday"

The 1942 master version of Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" was damaged due to frequent use. He re-recorded the track on March 19, 1947 which is the version most people know today.

1. "The Christmas Song"
   "Carol of the Bells"
2. "Silver Bells"
   "All I Want for Christmas Is You"

Mel Tormé’s “The Christmas Song” (more commonly known as “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”) was written during a summer heatwave in 1944.

1. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
   "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
2. "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
   "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

Written for the 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis," the original lyrics to “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” were deemed too sad by both the film’s director Vincente Minelli and its star Judy Garland. They asked songwriter Vincente Minelli to rewrite sections of the song.

1. "Merry Xmas Everybody"
   "Wonderful Christmastime"
2. "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
   "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey’s co-writer on “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” also wrote Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.”

1. "O Come, All Ye Faithful"
   "Jingle Bells"
2. "Holly Jolly Christmas"
   "Silent Night"

'O Come All Ye Faithful' was originally known as 'Adeste Fideles' because it was first written and sung in Latin before being translated into English. The Latin version remains popular and is sometimes still recorded today.

1. "Santa Baby"
   "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"
2. "Deck the Halls"
   "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"

This was written in 1932 by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots. They had trouble convincing anyone to produce it because it was seen as a kids' song so they thought it didn't necessarily have mass appeal.

1. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
   "Holly Jolly Christmas"
2. "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"
   "Carol of the Bells"

“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” is one of the oldest secular Christmas songs, originating in 16th century England.

1. "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
   "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
2. "Jingle Bell Rock"
   "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"

It was written specifically for "The Andy Williams Christmas Album" and the crooner performed it on his popular variety show, "The Andy Williams Show."

1. "Frosty the Snowman"
   "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
2. "Jingle Bells"
   "Winter Wonderland"

Originally it was to be named “One horse Open Sleigh.” This was the first song played in space. On December 16, 1965, astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford were aboard Gemini 6 when they played this on a harmonica and bells to Mission Control!

1. "Jingle Bell Rock"
   "Feliz Navidad"
2. "O Holy Night"
   "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"

This bilingual classic sung by the iconic Puerto Rican singer and songwriter José Feliciano was released in 1970 and quickly became a Christmas staple.

1. "O Christmas Tree"
   "We Three Kings"
2. "Silent Night"
   "Deck the Halls"

“O Christmas Tree” is also known as “O Tannenbaum", a Tannenbaum is a fir tree. Organist Ernst Anschütz set his German lyrics to the 16th century folk tune following a tradition of songs praising the trees for faithfully remaining green