Christmas carols
Seasonal sung standards
Christmas carols are songs sung during the Christmas season, typically celebrating the holiday, the birth of Jesus, or winter themes.
Traditional carols like "Silent Night" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful" are religious; secular carols like "Jingle Bells" focus on seasonal cheer.
Caroling—going door to door singing—remains a holiday tradition: We went caroling through the neighborhood.
- noelFestive December song
- nativityState of being born
- hymnReligious song of praise
- wassailingFestive door-to-door singing
- deck the hallsPrepare home for Christmas
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- ChristmasSanta, ornament, Santa Claus, presents, Christmastide
- Sing-AlongsJingle Bells, Kumbaya, campfire songs, camp songs, karaoke
- group songssing-along, sing-alongs, singalong, communal songs, communal singing
- holiday songsSilent Night, The First Noel, Jingle Bells, Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman
- old musicold songs, classical music, traditional tunes, folk songs, hymns
- sacred musichymns, hymn, anthem, anthems, gospel
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Mournful music for the deceased
requiems · laments · elegies · mourning songs · death metal
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