yuletide songs

Holiday musical traditions

Songs associated with the Christmas season, typically celebrating winter, religious themes, or holiday festivities.

The term sounds somewhat old-fashioned or formal compared to Christmas songs or Christmas carols: We gathered around the piano to sing yuletide songs.

Related
  • carolsFestive religious songs
  • hymnsReligious songs of worship
  • jingleBrief advertising melody
  • bellsStruck metal sound-makers
  • hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub

festive · choir · sleigh · noel · wassail · merry · snow · fireplace · chestnuts · reindeer · little drummer boy · silent · night · tidings · jingle bells · frosty · winter wonderland · drummer

Opposites
seasonal timing

yuletide songssummer anthems

Warm-weather hit songs

summer hits · summer songs · summer jams · spring songs · harvest songs

emotional tone

yuletide songsfuneral dirges

Mournful music for the deceased

requiems · laments · elegies · breakup songs · mourning songs

religious/secular occasion

yuletide songsdrinking songs

Lyrics for toasting together

protest songs · work songs · sea shanties · fight songs

Family

yuletide, tide, tides, tidal, song, songs, sing, sang, sung

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