Here are fifteen of my favorite Christmas songs:

1. “The 12 Days of Christmas” (live; studio) | Straight No Chaser | Holiday Spirits | video
2. “Angels’ Carol” | John Rutter, the Cambridge Singers | Christmas with the Cambridge Singers | video
3. “The Christmas Can-Can” | Straight No Chaser | Christmas Cheers | video
4. “Christmas Fantasy for Orchestra” | Dan and Heidi Goeller | The Word Became Flesh
5. “Everlasting Life” | The Rushingbrook Children’s Choir | The Most Wonderful Birthday of All
6. “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” | Dan Forrest | Prepare Him Room
7. “Joy to the World” | Empire Brass | Joy to the World
8. “Linus & Lucy” | Vince Guaraldi Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas
9. “A Little Christmas Music: Medley a la Mozart” | The King’s Singers, Kiri Te Kanawa | A Little Christmas Music
10. “Lo! How a Rose” | SMS Men’s Chorus | King of Glory
11. “Magnificat” | Keith and Kristyn Getty | An Irish Christmas
12. “Mary, Did You Know?” | Kathleen Battle, accompanied by Christopher Parkening | Angel’s Glory | lyrics
13. “Sleep, Jesus, Sleep” | Shannon Harris | Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man
14. “Somewhere in My Memory” | John Williams, the Boston Pops Orchestra | Joy to the World
15. “Suo Gan,” the instrumental part from 1:11 to 2:19 | Irish Tenors | Home for Christmas

What are some of your favorite songs?

Update in December 2016: I recently discovered another one. Our girls love The Nutcracker. We’ve probably played it hundreds of times for them. So this song by Straight No Chaser makes me laugh.