According to the Christian calendar, the Christmas season began at sunset on Christmas Eve and runs for 12 days (you know, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”). That means you should crank up that Christmas music and listen proudly until January 6!

If you need festive music suggestions, I’ve got you covered. For my annual Christmas playlist (listen on Spotify or Apple Music), I went with a vintage theme, putting together 75 nostalgic Christmas recordings your parents or grandparents might have listened to. I hope you and your family can listen to this playlist together and savor the joy and memories of this sacred season. You’ll see the track list below.

And if you feel in the mood for brand-new Christmas music, here are some of my favorite 2025 new releases from Christian artists:

• Jimmy Clifton, Christian Carols
• The Corner Room, Light Has Shone: Christmas, Volume 1
• Forrest Frank and JVKE, This Is What Christmas Feels Like
• Andrew Osenga, Christmas Hymns
• Poor Bishop Hooper, Hymns IV EP
• Sandra McCracken, I Heard the Bells EP
• Chris Renzema, Every December
• Sarah Sparks, Christmas Hymns EP
• Victory, Christmas Hymns
• Weston Skaggs, As the Darkness Clears Away EP

Nostalgic Christmas Playlist Songs

Find the playlist on Spotify or Apple Music.

1. “What Child Is This/The Holly And The Ivy – Medley,” Bing Crosby
2. “Joy to the World,” Johnny Cash
3. “Adeste Fideles,” Vic Damone
4. “The First Noel,” Ella Fitzgerald
5. “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht,” The Swingle Singers
6. “O Holy Night,” Nat King Cole
7. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” Amy Grant
8. “Angels We Have Heard on High,”Andy Williams
9. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” Vienna Boys’ Choir
10. “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” Burl Ives
11. “Carol of the Drum (Little Drummer Boy),” Trapp Family Singers
12. “It Came upon a Midnight Clear,” Over the Rhine
13. “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” Jim Nabors
14. “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” Vince Guaraldi Trio
15. “O Tannenbaum,” Nat King Cole
16. “Silver Bells,” Burl Ives
17. “Christmas Bells,” Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
18. “Christmas Is the Season,” Jo Stafford
19. “Christmas Bells,” Perry Como
20. “Come On Ring Those Bells,” Bill & Gloria Gaither
21. “And the Bells Rang,” Tex Beneke, Ray Eberle, The Modernaires, Paula Kelly
22. “Carol of the Bells,” John Williams
23. “Ding Dong/While Shepherd Watched Their Flocks by Night/The First Noel/The Friendly Beasts Medley,” Harry Simeone Chorale
24. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” Wynton Marsalis
25. “That Spirit of Christmas,” Ray Charles
26. “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire),” Andy Williams
27. “Christmas Hymn,” Amy Grant
28. “Silent Night, Holy Night,” Mahalia Jackson
29. “Good Christian Men Rejoice, Rejoice,” John Fahey
30. “I Saw Three Ships,” Nat King Cole
31. “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming,” Mannheim Steamroller
32. “Coventry Carol,” John Denver
33. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/It Came upon a Midnight Clear – Medley,” Bing Crosby
34. “Emmanuel, God with Us,” Amy Grant
35. “The Holly and the Ivy,” Ronnie Aldrich
36. “White Christmas,” The Drifters
37. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Frank Sinatra
38. “Once in Royal David’s City,” Henry John Gauntlett, Vienna Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Orchestra
39. “The Little Drummer Boy,” Lou Rawls
40. “O Come All Ye Faithful,” Wynton Marsalis
41. “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus,” 2nd Chapter of Acts
42. “Do You Hear What I Hear,” Carpenters
43. “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” Mahalia Jackson
44. “I Saw Three Ships,” Percy Faith
45. “Winter Wonderland,” Tony Bennett
46. “Silent Night,” Dean Martin
47. “Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella,” Johnny Cole
48. “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks,” Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; John Wells; Sir David Willcocks
49. “We Three Kings of Orient Are,” Mitch Miller & The Gang
50. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” Bing Crosby
51. “I Wonder as I Wander,” Johnny Cole and The Robert Evans Chorus
52. “Angels from the Realms of Glory,” Julie Andrews
53. “O Come All Ye Faithful,” Amy Grant
54. “Good ‘Swing’ Wenceslas,” Count Basie Orchestra
55. “The Christmas Waltz,” Peggy Lee
56. “Jingle Bells,” Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
57. “What Child Is This,” Vince Guaraldi Trio
58. “Bring a Torch, Isabella / Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Medley,” Harry Simeone Chorale
59. “Still, Still, Still,” Mannheim Steamroller
60. “The Gifts They Gave,” Johnny Cash
61. “Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child,” Mariah Carey
62. “Mary’s Boy Child,” Harry Belafonte
63. “Angels We Have Heard on High / Joy to the World,” Joe Pass
64. “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” Elvis Presley
65. “O Come O Come Emmanuel,” Whitney Houston
66. “Away in a Manger,” John Denver
67. “Jesus Born on This Day,” Morris Chapman
68. “Gloria,” Michael W. Smith
69. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Kenny Burrell
70. “It’s the Holiday Season,” Count Basie Orchestra, Johnny Mathis
71. “Jingle Bells,” Frank Sinatra, Ken Lane Singers
72. “Up on the House Top (Ho Ho Ho),” Gene Autry, Carl Cotner’s Orchestra
73. “You Gotta Get Up (Christmas Song),” Rich Mullins
74. “(There’s No Place Like) Home for The Holidays,” Carpenters
75. “Auld Lang Syne,” Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians