1. Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
   Santa Baby
2. The Twelve Days of Christmas
   Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

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

1. Santa Baby
   Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
2. White Christmas
   Jingle Bells

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, which would have been very hard to sell!

1. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
   Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
2. Santa's Coming
   Let It Snow

This song was recorded by Vaughn Monroe in 1945! “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 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. 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. O Christmas Tree
   We Three Kings
2. Silent Night
   White Christmas

“O Christmas Tree” aka “O Tannenbaum" A Tannenbaum is actually a fir tree, and 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

1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
   White Christmas
2. Silent Night
   Have Yourself A Merry Christmas

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 no Christmas carol that has been performed and recorded more than Silent Night!

1. Frosty The Snowman
   White Winter
2. Noel
   Do You Hear What I Hear

This song was inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis!

1. Silver Bells
   Santa Claus
2. Jingle Bells
   Jack Frost

Originally 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. 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. Winter Wonderland
   White Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
   Merry Christmas

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

1. The First Noel
   Here Comes Santa Clause
2. Joy To The World
   We Wish You A Merry Christmas

In 1947, Gene Autry recorded this song!

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

Thurl Ravenscroft, the singer responsible for How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ classic song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” also famously voiced Tony the Tiger, the mascot for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes!

1. Noel
   Santa Baby
2. Silver Bells
   Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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

1. Santa Baby
   White Christmas
2. Merry Christmas
   Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

Elvis recorded "White Christmas" in 1957. Composer Irving Berlin tried to get it banned from the radio!

1. Jingle Bells
   Holy Night
2. Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
   Sleigh Bells

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. White Christmas
   Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
2. Santa Baby
   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. Silent Night
   Santa Baby
2. Carol Of The Bells
   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. Santa Goes
   Up On The Housetop
2. Rudolph
   Baby It's Cold Outside

This was the first christmas son to mention Santa!

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. White Christmas
   Snowball Fight
2. Sweet Noel
   I'll Be Home For Christmas

Bing Crosby’s version of “White Christmas” is the highest-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. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
   Holly Jolly Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
   Carol Of The Bells

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

1. 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. 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. I'll Be Home For Christmas
   Santa Baby
2. White Christmas
   Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire

Eartha Kitt was a sultry nightclub performer who earned a record deal with RCA in 1953. Kitt sang about how she's been good all year and expects some very expensive gifts to appear, including a fur coat, a new coat and even a yacht!

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

Debuted in the Christmas favorite, Love Actually, an outrageously talented pre-teen, rocked this song in addition to a choir. This entertaining and heart-warming performance raised the bar for school Christmas pageants everywhere.

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

You can catch a unique performance of this classic song in the movie Mean Girls. This Christmas song was first released by Bobby Helms in 1957. 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. Holly Jolly Christmas
   I'll be Home For Christmas
2. Santa Baby
   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. 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. This song is featured Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) as an ironic aside when Kevin McCallister's family starts their Florida vacation in a downpour outside of a seedy motel.

1. Jingle Bell Rock
   Feliz Navidad
2. O Holy Night
   Shepherd Kin

This bilingual holiday classic comprises a simple English verse with a Spanish chorus, "Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad" that translates as "Merry Christmas, a prosperous year and happiness."

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

One of the most endearingly inappropriate scenes in the film Elf, Buddy the elf joins his co-worker Jovie in the bathroom for a secret duet! The movie featured WIll Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel who actually recorded and released the track!

1. Starry Night
   White Christmas
2. Savoir Is Born
   We Three Kings

From the lyrics, the star was leading the three kings westward!

1. The Christmas Song
   Carol of the Bells
2. Silver Bell
   All I want For Christmas

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. 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. Merry Christmas
   Santa's Coming
2. Winter Hym
   Carol Of The Bells

This song can be heard in the intro of the movie, The Santa Clause starring Tim Allen. One modern day group that released a cover of this song, which turned out to be a hit, was Destiny's Child! Carol Of The Bells is a very well loved Christmas Carol.