In the Christmas season, many of us (especially me) like to put Christmas music into our daily music listening rotation. I tend to dive in pretty heavily, and there are quite a few songs that I would recommend to anyone who’s looking for new Christmas music to listen to.
In Christian music (also known as CCM), many artists have put out their own Christmas music over the years – some as singles, some as part of compilations, and others as part of a complete album release. Here are some of my personal recommendations for traditional Christmas cover songs and the artists’ original Christmas recordings. (In no real specific order)
Original Christmas Recordings:
- California Christmas – Switchfoot
- His Favorite Christmas Story – Capital Lights
- Evergreen – Switchfoot
- Happy for the Holidays – Jars of Clay & SHEL
- Scrappy Little Christmas Tree – Switchfoot
- Christmas Saves the Year – twenty one pilots
- Hometown Christmas – NEEDTOBREATHE, Switchfoot, JUDAH.
- Neverending Christmas – PEABOD
- Broke on Christmas – Isaac Peabody (PEABOD)
- Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac) – Owl City
- Better Than Christmas Day – Dave Barnes
- So Santa – Dave Barnes
- I Don’t Need No Santa Claus – Fiction Family
- Sleddin’ Hill – August Burns Red
- Christmas Card – Steven Curtis Chapman
- It’s Christmastime – Plumb
- This Christmas (Father of the Fatherless) (feat. Nirva Ready) – TobyMac
- Christmas This Year (feat. Leigh Nash) – TobyMac
- Toy Packaging – Sara Groves
- Misfit Toys – Project 86
- Very Merry Christmas – Dave Barnes
- The Elf Song – Crowder
- What We Call Christmas – Bleach
Traditional/Pop Christmas Song Covers:
- Little Drummer Boy – Audio Adrenaline
- Diddly Squat – Tasha Layton
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Fanmail
- Hang Up Your Stockin’ – Tasha Layton
- This Christmas – Apollo LTD
- Merry Christmas Baby – Ayiesha Woods
- Christmas, Baby Please Come Home – Anberlin
- What Child Is This? – Poor Old Lu
- Away in a Manger – Plankeye
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Joy Williams
- Joy to the World – O.C. Supertones
- O Little Town of Bethlehem – Out of Eden
- War is Over – KIDS
- Jingle Bells – August Burns Red
- Christmas Vacation – Plumb
- The Chipmunk Song (feat. Alvin and the Chipmunks) – Jaci Velasquez
- O Holy Night – Ivoryline
- I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas – Plumb
- Linus & Lucy – Lincoln Brewster
- Blue Christmas – Mac Powell & The Family Reunion
- It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (feat. Plumb) – Marc Martel
- Grinch – Project 86
- Wonderful Christmastime – Jars of Clay
- You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch – Sixpence None the Richer
- Last Christmas – Hawk Nelson
- Do You Hear What I Hear – Flyleaf
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Rebecca St. James
- Happy Christmas – Rebecca St. James
- Silver Bells (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) – Tal & Acacia
- The First Noel (feat. Owl City) – TobyMac
- Mary’s Boy Child (feat. Jamie Grace) – TobyMac
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – August Burns Red
- Little Drummer Boy – TobyMac
- Wonderful Christmastime – PFR
- Oh Holy Night – Eisley
- Coventry Carol – Deas Vail
- Christmas Island – Sixpence None the Richer
- Go Tell It On the Mountain – NEEDTOBREATHE
- Up On the Housetop – Hawk Nelson
- Carol of the Bells – Family Force 5
- Do You Hear What I Hear – Family Force 5
- Angels We Have Heard On High – Corey Crowder
- Oh Holy Night – Seven Day Jesus
- Christmastime is Here – Family Force 5
- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday – All Star United
- Mary Did You Know – Spoken
- Heat Miser – Thousand Foot Krutch
- Snow Miser – FM Static