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Christmas Play Lists from the 50s to 2023

 


Here are 73 years of playlists, each consisting of popular Christmas songs or singers from different decades that I have celebrated Christmas. I have tucked some fun Canadian Christmas songs in too. Have a lot of fun making your own memorable play lists- Feel free to mix and match or customize these playlists.

What songs are missing off my lists that you will have on yours? (mention in the Comments section below-- thanks! and have a Merry Christmas!)

1950-1960 Playlist:

  • "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee (1958)

  • "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms (1957)

  • "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby (1942, but remained popular in the 1950s)

  • "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry (1949, but popularized in the 1950s)

  • "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by Frank Sinatra (1957)

  • "Ave Maria" by Perry Como (1957)

  • "Mary's Boy Child" by Harry Belafonte (1956)

  • "Blue Christmas" by Elvis (1957)

1961-1970 Playlist:

  • "The Little Drummer Boy" by Harry Simeone Chorale (1963)

  • "Feliz Navidad" by José Feliciano (1970)

  • "Do You Hear What I Hear?" by Bing Crosby (1962)

  • "Winter Wonderland" by Dean Martin (1966)

  • "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Darlene Love (1963)

  • "Snoopy's Christmas Song" (Christmas Bells oh Christmas Bells) (1967)

  • "A Song for a Winter's Night" by Gordon Lightfoot (1967)

  • "I Wonder As I Wander" by Barbra Streisand (1967)

  • "River" by Joni Mitchell (1970)

  • "The Holly Tree" by the Clancy Brothers (Traditional- 1969)


1971-1980 Playlist:

  • "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1971)

  • "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney (1979)

  • "Danny's Song" by Anne Murray (1972)

  • "Happy New Year" by ABBA (1980)

  • "Feliz Navidad" by Boney M. (1978)

  • "Santa Baby" by Eartha Kitt (1953, but popularized again in the 1980s)

1981-1990 Playlist:

            "12 Days of Christmas" Doug and Bob McKenzie (1982)

  • "Christmas in Hollis" by Run-DMC (1987)

  • "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid (1984)

  • "Last Christmas" by Wham! (1984)

  • "Fairytale of "New York" by the Pogues (1987)

  • NEW: "Fairytale of New York" Funeral Tribute to Shane MacGowan (2023)

  • "The Huron Carol" with Tom Jackson (1987-current)

  • "Joe and Mary" by Bryan Adams (1987)

1991-2000 Playlist:

  • "Jingle Bell Rock" by Mariah Carey (2000)

  • "Grown-Up Christmas List" by Amy Grant (1990)

  • "Mary Had A Baby" by Bruce Cockburn (1993)

  • "This Gift" by 98 Degrees (1999)

  • "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Mariah Carey (1994)

  • "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by *NSYNC (1998)

  • "Winter Song" by Fernando Ortega (2000)

  • "Christmas in Killarney" by The Irish Rovers (1999)

2001-2010 Playlist:

  • "Where Are You Christmas?" by Faith Hill (2000)

  • "Believe" by Josh Groban (2004)

  • "My Only Wish (This Year)" by Britney Spears (2000)

  • "The Polar Express" by Tom Hanks (2004)

  • "Perfect Christmas Night" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2004)

  • "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" with Enya (2008)

  • "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We 3 Kings" Bare Naked Ladies/Sarah Mclachlan (2008)


2011-2020 Playlist:

  • "Underneath the Tree" by Kelly Clarkson (2013)

  • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Michael Bublé (2011)

  • "Santa Tell Me" by Ariana Grande (2014)

  • "Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber (2011)

  • "Mary did you Know?" by Pentatonix (2014)

  • "This Christmas" by John Legend (2018)

  • "Christmas the Way I Remember" by The High Kings (2019)

  • "Must Be Santa" by Bryan Adams (2019)

2021-2023 Playlist:

  • "Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran (2021)

  • "Christmas Tree Farm" by Taylor Swift (2019, but gained popularity in 2020)

  • "Santa's Coming For Us" by Sia (2017, but remains popular)

  • "Under the Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber ft. The Kid LAROI (2021)

  • "White Christmas Makes Me Blue" by Randy Travis (Remastered 2021)

  • "It Wasn't His Child" by Trisha Yearwood (2021)

  • "Jingle Bells Meets Leg Day" (2023, reel https://www.facebook.com/reel/1557040674833178?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz ) Anna Lapwood

  • "The Birth of a King" (2023, Live Concert) Tommee Profitt

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