2014: Well, what can one say, really? There are just so many Christmas songs, most of which have been performed by countless artists. Some of them for centuries. Part of me wants to make some kind of comprehensive list of every Christmas song I've ever heard, and which artists have sung them. But that would be... just overwhelming (probably impossible). I suppose I could just try to say a bit about some of my favorites. I can't really say with any certainty that I actually have one true favorite, because there are so many songs that I love. But I do usually like to say that my favorite is "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses. I even had that as a ringtone one holiday season several years ago.

I think probably the first Christmas album I ever owned was by Nat King Cole. I had that on cassette tape, and I might still have it around here somewhere... or I might not. I don't recall if I ever had any other Christmas albums on cassette, but I've got a bunch of Christmas CDs, and still occasionally get new ones. (I have a number of them on my Amazon wish list.) Also I have acquired numerous Christmas mp3s over the years. Most of those I got from Amazon, either buying them or getting them for free during the site's annual holiday giveaway of mp3s (which normally happens Advent calendar-style). But the year I started this page (2014), Amazon stopped doing that, which made me kind of sad, because I had come to see it as a tradition, over the past few years. I didn't always take all the freebies they were offering, but I listened to all of the samples, and downloaded the ones that interested me. This year, however, the only thing they seem to have is a playlist called "All Is Bright" (edit: no longer available), which you can get for free if you're an Amazon Prime member, but I'm not. So... I could buy any of the songs if I wanted them, but I don't think I will. Anyway... I don't really know what else to say right now.

2015: Last year, I started making a playlist on YouTube with a few Christmas songs... but I didn't add the list to this page until this year, when I added a bunch more songs to that playlist. Also this year, Amazon is once again only offering a holiday playlist for their Prime members, called "Indie for the Holidays" (edit: no longer available). I listened to the samples, and only decided to buy one song, "Winter Time," which I think is really nice, but I don't really think of it as Christmas-y at all, and barely even wintry. I also decided to download a few tracks from last year's Amazon playlist: "Ho Ho Ho", "O Come All Ye Faithful", and "The Angel Gabriel". And actually there were some other good songs. I also downloaded some other random Christmas songs that aren't on that playlist.

2024: This year I split my playlist into three separate playlists. The one for the 20th century has no particular order to it, but the other two I try to at least get videos in order of what year they were released.

2025: I split my 20th century playlist into two playlists, for the 1940s-70s, and 1980s-90s. And I rearranged both of them so that the songs are mostly in chronological order. Later, I moved 2000s songs from my 2000s-2010s playlist into the 1980s-90s playlist, to make all four of my playlists more equal in size (around 50 songs each, though that soon changed as I added more songs).

YouTube playlist 1940s-70s:
White Christmas by Bing Crosby (1942), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland (1944), Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! by Vaughn Monroe (1945), The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole (1946), Winter Wonderland by Perry Como (1946), Christmas Island by The Andrews Sisters (1946), Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) by Gene Autry (1947), Boogie Woogie Santa Claus by Mabel Scott (1948), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry (1949), Mele Kalikimaka by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters (1950), (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag by Kay Starr (1950), It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Bing Crosby (1951), Cool Yule by Louis Armstrong (1953), I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by Gayla Peevey (1953), Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt (1953), 'Zat You, Santa Claus? by Louis Armstrong (1953), The Christmas Waltz by Frank Sinatra (1954/1957), Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms (1957), Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley (1957), Mistletoe and Holly by Frank Sinatra (1957), The Chipunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) by David Seville and the Chipmunks (1958), I'll Be Home for Christmas by Johnny Mathis (1958), ¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? by Augie Rios (1958), Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry (1958), Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee (1958/2023), Caroling, Caroling by Nat King Cole (1960), Dominick the Donkey by Lou Monte (1960), Please Come Home for Christmas by Charles Brown (1960), Santa Claus Is Watching You by Ray Stevens (1962), It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams (1963), Pretty Paper by Roy Orbison (1963), Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love (1963), Sleigh Ride by the Ronettes (1963), Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season by Andy Williams (1963), Silver Bells by Doris Day (1964), A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives (1964), The Man with All the Toys by The Beach Boys (1964), I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek by The Go Go's (1964), Christmas Time Is Here by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1965), A Marshmallow World by Dean Martin (1966), What Christmas Means to Me by Stevie Wonder (1967), Christmas Will Really Be Christmas by Lou Rawls (1967), Someday at Christmas by Stevie Wonder (1967), Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto by James Brown (1968), Merry Christmas Baby by Otis Redding (1968), Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town by The Jackson 5 (1970), Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano (1970), This Christmas by Donny Hathaway (1970), Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band (1971), Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade (1973), I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard (1973), I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake (1975), Christmas Must Be Tonight by The Band (1977), Father Christmas by the Kinks (1977), Xmas at Kmart by Root Boy Slim (1978), Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney (1979), Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer by Elmo 'n' Patsy (1979).

YouTube playlist 1980s-2000s:
Silent Night by The Temptations (1980), The Twelve Days of Christmas by Bob & Doug McKenzie (1981), Christmas Is the Time to Say 'I Love You' by Billy Squier (1981), Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses (1981), 2000 Miles by The Pretenders (1983), Jingle Bell Rock by Hall & Oates (1983), Rockin' Little Christmas by Deborah Allen (1984), Thank God It's Christmas by Queen (1984), (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays by Carpenters (1984), Last Christmas by Wham! (1984), Christmas Time by Bryan Adams (1985), Christmas at Ground Zero by "Weird Al" Yankovic (1986), Santa Baby by Madonna (1987), Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC (1987), I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by John Mellencamp (1987), O Holy Night from "Home Alone" (1990), Grown-Up Christmas List by David Foster feat. Natalie Cole (1990), The First Noel by Crash Test Dummies ft. Ellen Reid (1991), What Child Is This? by Vanessa Williams (1992), Santa Claus is Coming to Town / Santa Man by The Manhattan Transfer (1992), All Alone on Christmas by Darlene Love (1992), Christmas All Over Again by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1992), One More Sleep 'Til Christmas by Kermit the Frog (1992), Sleigh Ride by TLC (1992/93?), What's This from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Hey Santa! by Carnie & Wendy Wilson (1993), Joy to the World by Bruce Cockburn (1993), Silent Night by Boyz II Men (1993), Frosty the Snowman by Cocteau Twins (1993), When My Heart Finds Christmas by Harry Connick Jr. (1993), All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey (1994), Merry Christmas from the Family by Jill Sobule (1995), Omedetou Christmas by Sailor Moon cast (Japanese; 1995), Good King Wenceslas by Loreena McKennitt (1995), Season's Freaklings by Bunnygrunt (1996), Christmas Eve/Sarajevo by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1996), Santa Baby by Rev Run ft. Ma$e, Puff Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Salt N Pepa, Onyx & Keith Murray (1997), Oi to the World by No Doubt (1997), Christmastime by Smashing Pumpkins (1997), The 12 Days of Christmas by Straight No Chaser (1998), Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays by *NSYNC (1998/2023), Let It Snow by Luscious Jackson (1999), Winter Wonderland by Jewel (1999), Christmas in Killarney by The Irish Rovers (1999), Christmas Cookies by George Strait (1999), Silent Night by Chewbacca (1999/2016), Where Are You Christmas? by Faith Hill (2000), My Only Wish (This Year) by Britney Spears (2000), Santa Claus Lane by Hilary Duff (2002), It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Martina Sorbara (2003), Run Rudolph Run by Brian Setzer Orchestra (2003), The Holly and the Ivy by Mediaeval Baebes (2003), The Christmas Song by The Raveonettes (2004), Welcome Christmas by The Clumsy Lovers (2006), Greatest Time of Year by Aly & AJ (2006), 'Zat You, Santa Claus? by The Electric Mayhem (2006), Santa Loves to Boogie by Asleep at the Wheel (2006), Carol of the Bells by Emmy Rossum (2007), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Kelly Sweet (2007), The Wexford Carol by Yo-Yo Ma ft. Alison Krauss (2008), Some Children See Him by Sixpence None the Richer (2008), Toy Packaging by Sara Groves (2008), All My Bells Are Ringing by Lenka (2008), Do You Hear What I Hear? by Kristin Chenoweth (2008), Punk Rawk Christmas by MxPx (2009), White Wine in the Sun by Tim Minchin (2009), Must Be Santa by Bob Dylan (2009).

YouTube playlist 2010s:
Christmas Lights by Coldplay (2010), Here We Come A Caroling by Classic Christmas Singers (2010), God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Annie Lennox (2010), Welcome Christmas by Glee Cast (2010), Shake Up Christmas by Train (2010), Ding Dong Merrily on High by Jackie Evancho (2011), We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Shonen Knife (2011), Celtic Carol by Lindsey Stirling (2011), The Season's Upon Us by Dropkick Murphys (2012), Sleigh Ride by Karmin (2012), Carol of the Bells by Pentatonix (2012), Marshmallow World by Francesca Battistelli (2012), Christmas Time Is Here by Leftover Cuties (2012), Christmas in the Sand by Colbie Caillat (2012), I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Echosmith (2013), Little Drummer Boy by Pentatonix (2013), O Tannenbaum by Celtic Woman (2013), A Holiday Song by Lisa Loeb (2013), Let It Snow by Jean-Luc Picard & crew (2013), Winter Wonderland by Sleeper Agent (2013), Underneath the Tree by Kelly Clarkson (2013), All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (2013), Ho Ho Ho by Liz Phair (2014), Text Me Merry Christmas by Straight No Chaser ft. Kristen Bell (2014), Mary, Did You Know? by Pentatonix (2014), Do You Hear What I Hear? by Home Free (2014), Baby It's Cold Outside by Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé (2014), Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande (2014), Last Christmas by Carly Rae Jepsen (2015), It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Kylie Minogue (2015), O Come All Ye Faithful by The Five Strings (2015), Happy Holidays by Janet Devlin (2015), Jingle Bells by Rainbow Dash (2015), Christmas the Whole Year Round by Sabrina Carpenter (2015), Dear Santa by Girls' Generation-TTS (2015), Man with the Bag by Jessie J (2015), Joy to the World by Pentatonix (2015), December Daze by Janet Devlin (2015), It's Christmas Eve by Alex Khaskin (2015), Christmas Memories by She & Him (2016), Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Broken Peach (2016), At Christmas by Kylie Minogue (2016), It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Noah Cyrus (2017), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Ingrid Michaelson (2017), You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Gwen Stefani ft. Blake Shelton (2017), Christmas C'mon by Lindsey Stirling ft. Becky G (2017), Deck the Halls by Walk off the Earth (2017), Santa's Coming for Us by Sia (2017), You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Lindsey Stirling feat. Sabrina Carpenter (2017), Socks by JD McPherson (2018), All I Want for Christmas Is You by Ingrid Michaelson feat. Leslie Odom Jr. (2018), All I Really Want for Christmas by Lil Jon feat. Kool-Aid Man (2018), Christmas Means Nothing Without You by Shonagh Murray (2018), Christmas Every Day by David Archuleta (2018), Loneliest Time of Year by Mabel (2019), Make It to Christmas by Alessia Cara (2019), Merry Xmas Everybody by Robbie Williams ft. Jamie Cullum (2019), Christmas Tree Farm by Taylor Swift (2019), Cozy Little Christmas by Katy Perry (2019), Glittery by Kacey Musgraves ft. Troye Sivan (2019), Love You More at Christmas Time by Kelly Rowland (2019), All I Want for Christmas Is You by Charly Bliss (2019), White Christmas by Janet Devlin (2016/2019), Toys, Toys, Toys by Laura Marano and Isabella Gomez (2019), Sugar & Booze by Ana Gasteyer (2019), Holiday Cheer by Bite Me Bambi (2019), A Hand for Mrs. Claus by Idina Menzel ft. Ariana Grande (2019), Merry Merry Christmas by Keb' Mo' (2019), Merry Christmas Mary Jane by Katie Pruitt (2019/2021), Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by Lights (2019).

YouTube playlist 2020-2024:
Turn on the Lights by Jamie Cullum (2020), Christmas Prayer by Paloma Faith and Gregory Porter (2020), Christmas on the Radio by Runaway June (2020), A Christmas Wish by Beverley Knight (2020), Here This Christmas by Gwen Stefani (2020), Here We Come A-Caroling by Blackmore's Night (2020), Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by The Offspring (2020), My Kind of Present by Meghan Trainor (2020), Holidays by Josie Dunne (2020), It's Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries by Carly Rae Jepsen (2020), Carol of the Bells by Journey Montana (2020), 12 Days of Christmas by Pentatonix (2020), Classic by Dallas Smith (2020), Lonely This Christmas, by The Academic (2020), Christmas Always Finds Me by Ingrid Andress (2020), Snow by Leslie Odom Jr. (2020), Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones) by Norah Jones (2021), Christmas Cookies by Lainey Wilson (2021), Small Town Christmas by Rob Thomas (2021), I'll Be Home for Christmas by Camila Cabello (2021), More the Merrier by Sarah Reeves (2021), The Christmas Sweater by Michael Bublé (2021), Christmas In the Sun by Morgan Evans (2021), Candy Cane Kisses by Lyn Lapid (2021), Let It Snow by Broken Peach (2021), Drunk On Christmas by Darren Criss ft. Lainey Wilson (2021), Officially Christmas by Dan + Shay (2021), Feliz Navidad by J.Fla (2021), Merry Christmas by Ed Sheeran & Elton John (2021), Merry Christmas, Happy New Year by Ingrid Michaelson feat. Zooey Deschanel (2021), Christmas Morning by Megan Nicole (2022), Kid on Christmas by Pentatonix ft. Meghan Trainor (2022), What Christmas Means to Me by Joss Stone (2022), The Elf Song by Crowder (2022), The Christmas Song by Claire & Dave Crosby with Mat & Savanna Shaw (2022), It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Broken Peach (2022), White Christmas by The Philly Specials (2022/2025), Mall Santa by Bite Me Bambi (2022), Jingle Bell Rock by Lindsay Lohan feat. Ali Tomineek (2022), Winter Dream by Stella Jang (2022), I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here) by Old 97's (2022), Christmas Karaoke by American Authors (2022), Together This Christmas by Maisie Peters (2022), Christmas Time with You by Lindsey Stirling feat. Frawley (2022), Meet Me Under the Mistletoe by Hailey Whitters (2022), Groovy Xmas by The Linda Lindas (2022), Ring Out the Bells by Sarah Connor (2022), Please Santa Please by Pentatonix (2023), Very Merry by Jamra (2023), Shake Things Up by Lisa Loeb & Rob Morrow (2023), Fancy Like Christmas by Walker Hayes (2023), Sleigh Ride by Broken Peach (2023), You're Christmas to Me by Sam Ryder (2023), Christmas Dreaming by Laufey (2023), Dear Santa by OneRepublic (2023), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Billie Eilish (2023), Wrap Me Up by Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor (2023), Red Christmas by Kylie Cantrall (2024), Santa Baby by Laufey (2024), Reindeer Rebellion by Ava Della Pietra (2024), Christmas Magic by Perrie (2024), Winter Wonderland by Broken Peach (2024), I'm Your Christmas Present by Han Sara (2024), My Christmas Story by The Sixsters (2024), Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Lady Gaga (2024), Merry & Bright by Jamra (2024).

YouTube playlist 2025-20??:
Where Are You Christmas? by The Pretty Reckless (2025), Christmas in the City by Pentatonix (2025), Holiday Dream by Jamra (2025), Coming Home This Christmas by Jonas Brothers (2025), I Think I'm Spending Christmas with You by Alicia Witt (2025), Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer by Straight No Chaser (2025), Merry Xmas Everybody by Anne-Marie (2025), Jack in the Box by Sophia Scott (2025), wishlist by flowerovlove (2025), Let it snow by JUNIEL ft. 고영배 (2025), Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town by Laufey (2025), Christmas Day by Broken Peach (2025), California Christmas by Bryan Adams & Friends (2025).