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Rockin’ Round the Christmas Tree

recorded first by Decca Records, song by Johnny Marks, first sung by Brenda Lee

Jingle Bell Rock

recorded first by Decca Records, “rock” referred originally to the rocking of a sleigh

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing

song by Charles Wesley, originally about the incarnation

White Christmas

song by Irving Berlin, became popular during World War II, inspired by the Christmas tree

O Christmas Tree

German carol, originally O Tannenbaum in German

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

poem by Edmund Sears, music by Richard S. Willis

Here Comes Santa Claus

song that became popular during World War II, original singer Gene Autrey

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

song that became popular during World War II, introduced by Judy Garland in the movie Meet Me in St. Louis

A Holly Jolly Christmas

song written by Johnny Marks and sung famously by Burl Ives

Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town

first performed by Eddie Cantor, a comedian, lyrics by Gillespie, inspired on a train, and music by J. Fred Coots

Deck the Halls

melody first a New Year’s carol

Happy Christmas / War Is Over

song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, protesting the Vietnam War

Silent Night

Austrian carol composed for voices and guitar when a church organ broke down

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

composed by Johnny Marks

Merry Christmas Darling

composed by the Carpenters

Here Comes Santa Claus

composed and first sung by Gene Autrey

Caroling, Caroling

song by Alfred Burt, made famous by Nat King Cole

We Three Kings

Epiphany song about the Magi, by John Henry Hopkins

Do They Know It’s Christmas?

song used by Band Aid to raise money for the Ethiopian famine