yuletide carols

Seasonal December songs

Yuletide carols are Christmas songs, particularly traditional ones sung during the holiday season.

Yuletide is an old word for the Christmas period, so the phrase evokes classic or nostalgic holiday singing: We gathered around the piano for yuletide carols.

The term appears more in seasonal advertising and greeting cards than in everyday speech.

Related

holly · mistletoe · sleighbells · wassail · joyful · deck the halls · merry · good tidings · glad tidings · chimney · snowfall · fireplace · harmonies · choir · December · winter wonderland · frankincense · tidings

Opposites
seasonal timing

yuletide carolssummer anthems

Warm-weather hit songs

summer hits · harvest songs · spring songs

religious/sacred vs. secular tone

yuletide carolsdrinking songs

Lyrics for toasting together

pub songs · work songs · sea shanties · protest songs

emotional register

yuletide carolsfuneral dirges

Mournful music for the deceased

laments · requiems · mourning songs · elegies · death marches

Family

yuletide, carol, carols, caroler, carolers, caroling, carolled, carolling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G