The joy of Christmas songs

Christmas is the holiday that has a sheer number of songs. More than any other holiday in America, Christmas has many well-known songs that are played over the radio, shopping radio, and Christmas caroling. It is difficult to know the exact number of Christmas songs, but here are the top standards songs in different categories. There are religious/spiritual carols, which are the oldest, and the more recent popular Christmas songs, which are typically not religious, but nevertheless celebrate the spirit of the season.

Religious/spiritual

• "Silent Night"
• "Joy to the World"
  
• "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
  
• "O Holy Night"
  
• "Away in a Manger"
  
• "O Come all Ye Faithful"
  
• "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
• "The Little Drummer Boy"
  

Popular/Most often played on the radio
These are the songs you most often hear on the radio. They are also the most often recorded by other artists.

• "Jingle Bells" (Originally was a Thanksgiving song)
  
• "White Christmas"
  
• "Winter Wonderland"
  
• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  
• "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
  
• "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
  
• "Silver Bells"
  
• "Jingle Bell Rock"
  
• "I'll be Home for Christmas"
  
• "Sleigh Ride"
  
• "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
  
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
• "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas"
• "Holly Jolly Christmas"
• "Here Comes Santa Claus"
  
• "There's no place like home (for the holidays)"
  

It's no surprise that the obvious reason Christmas has such a huge number of songs is because of how special Christmas is. The reason for this holiday even existing is because of Jesus Christ coming down in the form of a human being and is the bridge between humanity and God. He came to die for any sins committed and loves us more than we can imagine. Therefore, that's why Christmas is so special.