Everyone knows the traditional Christmas Carols of Christmas, and even some not so traditional songs such as "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" or "Grandma got run over by a Raindeer"!

What ever your taste in music, be it Handel's Messiah, or just some plain everyday songs on your Ipod, cellphone, or radio, you will surely find what you are looking for.

The traditional songs, such as Away in a Manger, We Three Kings, Oh Little Town of Bethlehem, and the beloved Silent Night, were mainly written in the 1800's.

Silent Night - the History and Lyrics

Silent Night was first written in 1816 by Josef Mohr, a priest in Austria. In 1816, he was sad that the organ was broken and found this poem he'd written earlier. The music was composed by his organist, Franz Gruber, for the mass the next evening. It was first performed with only a guitar accompanying it.

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Halleluia,
Christ the Savior is born
Christ the Savior is born.

Silent night, holy night
Son of God love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.

Deck The Halls

Deck the hall with boughs of holly
  Fa la la la la, la la la la.
  'Tis the season to be jolly,
  Fa la la la la, la la la la.
  Don we now our gay apparel,
  Fa la la la la la la,
  Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,
  Fa la la la la, la la la la.

See the blazing Yule before us,
  Fa la la la la, la la la la.
  Strike the harp and join the chorus,
  Fa la la la la, la la la la.
  Follow me in merry measure,
  Fa la la la la la la, 
While I tell of Yuletide treasure,
  Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow 
In a one-horse open sleigh, 
o'er the fields we go,
  Laughing all the way;
  Bells on bobtail ring,
  Making spirits bright;
  What fun it is to ride and sing,
  A sleighing song tonight!/p 

CHORUS:
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!  Jingle all the way!
  Oh, what fun it is to ride 
In a one-horse open sleigh!

Day or two ago 
I thought I'd take a ride,
  And soon Miss Fannie Bright 
Was seated by my side.
  The horse was lean and lank, 
Misfortune seem'd his lot, 
He got into a drifted bank, 
And we, we got upsot: 

REPEAT CHORUS 

Now the ground is white,
  Go it while you're young;
  Take the girls tonight, 
And sing this sleighing song;
  Just get a bobtailed nag, 
Two forty for his speed, 
Then hitch him to an open sleigh, 
And crack! you'll take the lead.

REPEAT CHORUS

Up on the House Top

Up on the house-top reindeer pause,
  Out jumps good old Santa Claus;
  Down through the chimney with lots  of toys, 
All for the little ones, Christmas joys. 

Ho, ho, ho! who wouldn't go!
  Ho, ho, ho! who wouldn't go!
  Up on the house-top click, click, click,
  Down through the chimney with  old Saint Nick

Here we come a-caroling 

Here we come a-caroling 
Among the leaves so green; 
Here we come a-wand'ring, 
So fair to be seen: 

CHORUS:

We are not daily beggars
  That beg from door to door; 
But we are neighbors 
Whom you have seen before:

REPEAT CHORUS

Good master and mistress,
  As you sit by the fire, 
Pray think of us poor children,
  Who wander in the mire: 

REPEAT CHORUS

God bless the master of this house,
  Likewise the mistress, too,
  And all the little children,
  That round the table go:

REPEAT CHORUS

Silver Bells

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks 
dressed in holiday style.
  In the air there's a  feeling of Christmas.
  Children laughing, people passing, 
meeting smile after smile,
  And on ev'ry street  corner you hear: 

CHORUS:

Strings of street lights, even stoplights,
  blink a bright red and green
  As the shoppers rush home with  their treasures.
  Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch,  this is Santa's big scene, 
And above all this bustle you hear: 

REPEAT CHORUS

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