What would Christmas be without Christmas songs and carols? These days classical Christmas songs are 'covered' rather than created, but these new interpretations mean that each year both young and old are drawn into the festive mood afforded by the classics.
Here are some suggestions on Christmas music that will capture the season of goodwill for you. The music selection is broken down into: Playlists, London-themed, Traditional, Modern, and Easy Listening.
We've also put together some festive Spotify playlists for you to listen to whilst decorating, wrapping or hosting this Christmas.
Taken from the second act of the 1976 musical, Rex, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and libretto by Sherman Yellen, based on the life of King Henry VIII.
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'Tonight's the Christmas dance in London town', The,Christmas Dance, taken from his 1999 12th studio album, I Wanna Be Santa Claus, a Christmas album.
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Released in 2011, Fordham's original Christmas song Christmas in London recalls the choirs in Trafalgar Square and walking through Camden.
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'I took my feet to Oxford street' sings Chris Martin on this 2012 Coldplay Christmas-based song, with the video recorded on London's South Bank.
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Taken from Cash's 1963 album, The Christmas Spirit, in addition to referencing London ('In London Town I walked around Piccadilly Circus'), the song incorporates O Little Town of Bethlehem.
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'When a million stars fall down gently over London town' sing's Frederik on this 1961 single from Nina and Frederik, a Danish–Dutch popular singing duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Skipping over from New York, Sparks sings, 'I could fly to London ... I wish to see the lights on Oxford Street ... and lose some time to Big Ben' on this 2013 track from the film, The Best Man Holiday.
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A 1961 record from british comedian, Dick Emery, famous for his 'Ooh you are awful, but I like you' line. There are no references to London, although, of course, cockney refers to east Londoners, known for their rhyming slang.
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This 1984 release from The Pogues briefly recalls good summers in Hammersmith, but soon takes a sharp turn with the chill of winter and emptiness.
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A 2019 festive Christmas ballad, fully embracing the London festive backdrop, 'and you'll be looking pretty through my camera lens, as we hear the chimes of Big Ben, from our boat trip on The Thames'.
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White Christmas, Frosty The Snowman, The Bells Of St. Mary, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Sleigh Ride, Marshmallow World, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindee and more.
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The Christmas Song, Adeste Fideles, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, The First Noel, O Tannenbaum, Silent Night, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, O Holy Night, Away In A Manger, A Cradle In Bethlehem.
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Winter Wonderland, Frosty The Snowman, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Do You Hear What I Hear, When A Child Is Born, The Littlest Angel, Medley: What Child Is This/The Holly And The Ivy, The Little Drummer Boy and more.
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Winter Wonderland, The Christmas Song, Sleigh Ride, Blue Christmas, I'll Be Home For Christmas, White Christmas, O Holy Night, What Child Is This, The First Noel, Silver Bells, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear and more.
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I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Misteltoe And Holly, Christmas Time All Over The World, The First Noel, Baby It's Cold Outside, I Believe, Silver Bells, The Christmas Song, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and more.
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Jingle Bells, The Christmas Song, Mistletoe And Holly, I'll Be Home For Christmas, The Christmas Waltz, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, The First Noel, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, Adeste Fideles.
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Jingle Bells, Frost The Snowman, Joy To The World, Deck The Halls, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Here Comes Santa Claus, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, The Santa Wrap, Winter Wonderland.
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Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo, Winter Wonderland, Medley / Christmas Trumpets / We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Christmas Is, Medley / Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / White Christmas and more.
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DJ Play A Christmas Song, What Christmas Means To Me (with Stevie Wonder), Angels In The Snow, Home (with Michael Bublé), Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart (with Cyndi Lauper) and more.
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Baby It's Cold Outside, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, I'll Be Home For Christmas, This Christmas, Silent Night, Christmas Waltz, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Winter Wonderland, White Christmas and more.
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, The Christmas Song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Blue Christmas, Let It Snow, Begin Again, Ring Christmas Bells (Carol of the Bells) and more.
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, Joy To The World/For Unto Us A Child Is Born, Breath Of Heaven (Mary's Song), O Come All Ye Faithful, Grown-Up Christmas List and more.
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Angels From The Realms Of Glory, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, See Amid The Winter's Snow, Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant, The First Noel, Lullay Lullay (Coventry Carol), The Holly And The Ivy and more.
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Winter Wonderland, Merry Xmas Everybody, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, The Christmas Song, Christmas Lullaby, Rudolph, Yeah! It’s Christmas, It’s A Wonderful Life, Let’s Not Go Shopping, Santa Baby and more.
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Overture: Silver Bells, The Christmas Song, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, This Christmas, I'll Be Home For Christmas, White Christmas, Silent Night and more.
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Joy to the World, When a Child is Born, Oh Come, All Ye Faithful, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Six Days After Christmas (Happy New Year) and more.
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Don't Start Without Me, I Believe in Father Christmas, Mull of Kintyre, Wonderful Christmas Time, Winter Wonderland, Let it Snow, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and more.
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The Dream of Christmas, Sleight Ride, Wonderful Christmastime, How Christmas is Supposed To Be, This Christmas, Come on Christmas, My Dear Acquaintance, Winter Wonderland and more.
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Santa's Coming For Us, Candy Cane Lane, Snowman, Ho Ho Ho, Puppies Are Forever, Sunshine, Underneath The Mistletoe, Everyday is Christmas and Underneath The Christmas Lights.
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Do You Hear What I Hear, Away In A Manger, Feliz Navidad, The First Noel, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Over The Rainbow, Buon Natale (CMaj), Joy To The World, The Greatest Gift and more.
We Need A Little Christmas, Deck The Rooftop, Merry Christmas Darling, Baby, It's Cold Outside, The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year, Last Christmas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and more.
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We Need A Little Christmas, Deck The Rooftop, Merry Christmas Darling, Baby, It's Cold Outside, The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year, Last Christmas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and more.
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O Holy Night, To an Empath at Christmas Time, What Child is This?, Happy Xmas (War is Over), Little Drummer Boy, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem (feat. Brandi Carlile, Steve Martin) and more.
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Holly Jolly Christmas, Christmas Is, Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas, Christmas On The Square, Circle Of Love, All I Want For Christmas Is You, Christmas Where We Are, Pretty Paper, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and more.
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Santa Claus is Coming to Town (featuring Frank Sinatra), Winter Wonderland; Christmas Wrapping (with Iggy Pop), Only You (featuring James Corden), and more.
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What Christmas Means to Me, Silver Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, No Place Like Home, Bring Me Love, Merry Christmas Baby, The Christmas Song and more.
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Little Drummer Boy, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, My Favorite Things, This Christmas, The Christmas Song, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, When You Wish Upon a Star, Mary, Did You Know and more.
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All I Want For Christmas Is You, O Holy Night, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), Miss You Most (At Christmas Time), Joy To The World, Jesus Born On This Day, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town and more.
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Intro, Oh Santa!, O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Little Drummer Boy Medley, Christmas Time Is In The Air Again, The First Noel / Born Is The King Interlude, When Christmas Comes and more.
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Home On Christmas Day, Early Christmas Morning, Rocking Around The Christmas Tree, Christmas Conga, Minnie And Santa, Feels Like Christmas, Three Ships, New Year's Baby (First Lullaby) and more.
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Winter Wonderland, White Christmas, Merry Christmas, Baby, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? and more.
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Overture, Scrooge, Room In Your Heart, Good King Wenceslas, One More Sleep 'Til Christmas, Marley And Marley, Christmas Past, Chairman Of The Board, Fozziwig's Party, When Love Is Gone and more.
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Christmas Time, This Year, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Angels We Have Heard On High, Merry Christmas, Baby, Oh Holy Night, These Are The Special Times, This Christmas and more.
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It’s Christmas, Beautiful, Altogether, Hang Your lights, The Jolly Fat Man, The Pianoman at Christmas, Turn On The Lights, So Many Santas, Christmas Never Gets Old, How Do You Fly?, Christmas Caught Me Crying and more.
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Holiday Celebrate, Christmas In Jamaica, Snowflakes Of Love, Christmas Time Is Here, Santa Please, Pretty Please (interlude), Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, This Time Next Year and more.
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Bells Of Love (Isabelle's Of Love), Gaudete, Make It Wonderful, Sleep Quietly, Silent Night, Loving Man, The Christmas Song, Bleak Midwinter, Blood On The Snow, There'll Be No Tomorrow, Midnight Clear and more.
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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Mistletoe and Wine, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), I Believe,The Christmas Song- featuring Gregory Porter, White Christmas and more.
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Walking In The Air, Midnight Mass, 2000 Miles, Under A Million Lights, River, London Lights, We Remember You This Christmas, Stay Another Day, For The Lost, Another Lonely Christmas, Follow My Heart, Say Goodbye and more.
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White Christmas, The Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Last Christmas, O Holy Night, This Christmas and more.
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Winter Wonderland, Do You Hear What I Hear?, Merry Christmas Baby, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Gabriel's Message, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), Santa Baby and more.
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Let It Snow, I Wish Everyday Was Christmas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, Heartbreak Holiday (Duet with Joey Mcintyre), The Gift , Christmas Star, Jingle Those Bells, Sleigh Ride and more.
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Wrapped in Red, Underneath The Tree, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Run Run Rudolph, Please Come Home For Christmas (Bells Will Be Ringing), Every Christmas, Blue Christmas and more.
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Winter Wonderland, Hope, One, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Winter Song, New Life, White Winter Hymnal, Burn Gold, Song For Beryl, Let It Snow, Hey Mister Snowman and more.
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Jingle Bells, Let It Snow, My Gift Is You, Silent Night, Last Christmas, You Make It Feel Like Christmas [feat. Blake Shelton], Under The Christmas Lights, Santa Baby, White Christmas, Christmas Eve and more.
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O Holy Night, Do You Hear What I Hear?, Christmas Prayers,Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, We Three Kings, Silent Night, Go Tell It On the Mountain, Children Go Where I Send Thee, Christmas in Killarney, Mary's Boy Child and more.
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Driving Home For Christmas, O Holy Night, From A Distance, A Winter's Tale, As Long As There's Christmas, Ave Maria, River, Happy New Year, Light A Candle and more.
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It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Jingle Bells, White Christmas, All I Want For Christmas Is You, Have A Holly Jolly Christmas, Santa Baby, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and more.
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Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Washington Square, Blue Christmas, The Christmas Song, Hey Santa!, Let It Snow, Christmas On TV and more.
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Winter Wonderland, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, White Christmas, Interlude: By My Christmas Tree, Carol of the Bells, O Come All Ye Faithful, Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) and more.
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Away In A Manger, In The Bleak Midwinter, Silent Night, Candlelight Carol, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Come O Come Emmanuel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, O Little Town Of Bethlehem and more.
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Winter Wonderland, Happy Holiday / White Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, (There's No Place Like Home) For The Holidays, I'll Be Home For Christmas, My Favorite Things, The Christmas Waltz and more.
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I'll Be Home For Christmas, Christmas Love Song, What Are You Doing New Years Eve?, I Remember, Snowbound, It Must Have Been The Mistletoe, Christmas Lullaby, Christmas Mem'ries and more.
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Winter Wonderland, Walking In The Air, Little Town, Mary's Boy Child, Christmas Is Quiet, Let It Snow, Saviour's Day, White Christmas, Silent Night and more.
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Winter Wonderland, Jingle Bell Rock, Holiday Blues, Run Rudolph Run, I Believe in Santa Claus, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Everybody Knows It's Christmas, Christmas Comes But Once a Year and more.
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Sleigh Ride, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Silent Night, When a Child is Born and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and more.
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Frosty The Snow Man, Blue Christmas, The Christmas Waltz, I Wonder As I Wander, Silver Bells, Mary's Little Boy Child, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, The Happy Elf , I'll Be Home For Christmas and more.
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The Christmas Song, Adeste Fideles, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, The First Noel, O Tannenbaum, Silent Night, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, O Holy Night, Away In A Manger, A Cradle In Bethlehem.
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Winter Wonderland, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Jingle Bells, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Baby, It's Cold Outside, River, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) and more.
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White Christmas, Bianco Natale, Angels We Have Heard On High, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, The Christmas Song, The Lord's Prayer, What Child This Is, Adeste Fidelis, O Tannenbaum and more.
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O Holy Night, Panis Angelicus, Silent Night, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, In Paradisum, Ave Maria, The Prayer, Be Still My Soul, Laudate Dominum, Santa Maria, Hallelujah, Ave Maria.
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Ding Dong Merrily On High, The First Nowell, Little Drummer Boy, Sussex Carol, The Holly And The Ivy, In Dulci Jubilo, Away In A Manger, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, In The Bleak Midwinter, Joy To The World and more.
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Walking in the Air, O Holy Night, In The Bleak Midwinter, Silent Night, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, Away in a Manger, Little Road to Bethlehem and more.
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My Favorite Things, Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire), Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Medley: I Love The Winter Weather / I've Got My Love, White Christmas and more.
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I'll Be Home For Christmas, Silver Bells, All I Want For Christmas Is You, My Favorite Things, Christmas Time Is Here, Winter Wonderland, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and more.
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O Holy Night, Don't Save It All For Christmas Day, Blue Christmas, Another Year Has Gone By, The Magic Of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone), Ave Maria, Adeste Fideles, Christmas Song and more.
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Joy To The World / Do You Hear What I Hear?, The Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland, Merry Christmas, Baby (feat. Jeff Beck), Frosty The Snowman, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Jingle Bell Rock and more.
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Please Come Home for Christmas, Driving Home for Christmas, Christmas Song, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Silent Night, White Christmas, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? and more.
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, What A Night!, Christmas Day, Holly Jolly Christmas, Please Come Home For Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairies, Let There Be Peace On Earth and more.
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Sleigh Ride, When My Heart Finds Christmas, Santa Claus, Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, Little Drummer Boy, Ave Maria, Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers and more.
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Arrival, Colder Than Winter, Ave Maria (Lima), Silent Night, In the Bleak Midwinter, I've Been This Way Before, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Child in a Manger, I Wish It Could Be Christmas, Amazing Grace and more.
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Santa Claus Is Back in Town, White Christmas, Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane), I'll Be Home for Christmas, Blue Christmas, Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me), O Little Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night and more.
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