American Christmas songs

song written and composed by James Lord Pierpont, originally published in 1857

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994). She wrote and produced the song with Walter Afanasieff. It was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 1994, by Columbia Records. The track is an uptempo love song that talks about prioritizing time with a lover over receiving gifts. It includes bell chimes, backing vocals, and synthesizers. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has received critical acclaim, with The New Yorker describing it as "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon". The song has become a Christmas standard, and it significantly rises in popularity every December.

original Christmas song written and composed by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical film "Holiday Inn", sung by Bing Crosby

original Christmas song written and composed by John Frederick Coots (music) and Haven Gillespie (words)

original Christmas song written and composed by Jule Styne (music) and Sammy Cahn (words)

Christmas song written and composed by Mel Tormé (music) and Bob Wells (words)

Christmas song written by Katherine Kennicott Davis

original song written and composed by Felix Bernard (1897-1944, music) and Richard B. Smith (1901-1935, words)

1943 song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. Louis

Christmas song originally recorded by José Feliciano and released in 1970

Christmas song written and composed by Joe Beal and Jim Boothe, originally recorded by Bobby Helms and released in 1957

original song written and composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein

song by Lady Gaga and Space Cowboy

Christmas song written and composed by Johnny Marks, originally recorded by Brenda Lee and released in 1958

2014 single by Ariana Grande

original Christmas song written and composed by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson

Christmas carol; original song written and composed by John Henry Hopkins, Jr.

1949 Christmas song by Johnny Marks

Christian Christmas hymn written by Phillips Brooks

original song written and composed by Frank Loesser

original song written and composed by Joan Ellen Javits, Tony Springer, Philip Springer; first recorded by Eartha Kitt

1943 Holiday song by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram

Christmas song by Katy Perry

instrumental work composed by Leroy Anderson

song written and composed by Brian Kierulf, Josh Schwartz and Britney Spears, originally recorded by Britney Spears and released in 2000

Christmas song written, composed and recorded by Tommie Connor in 1952

2019 song by Taylor Swift

2017 single by Sia

song written and composed by Meredith Willson, originally recorded by Bing Crosby and released in 1951

2010 single by Mariah Carey

2020 single by Lil Nas X

literary work; poem by Edmund Sears, Christmas carol

1998 single by Celine Dion and R. Kelly

Christmas song written and composed by Jester Hairston; originally recorded by Harry Belafonte and released in 1956

2006 single by The Lonely Island

song by American singer Kelly Clarkson

original song written and composed by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector

song written and recorded by American singer Katy Perry

Christmas song written and composed by Walter Rollins and Steve Nelson

2006 single by The Killers and Toni Halliday

2022 single by Sabrina Carpenter

2017 single by Sia

spiritual song

2020 single by Ava Max

Mariah Carey song

Destiny's Child song

1947 song by Oakley Haldeman and Gene Autry

2008 single by Cyndi Lauper and The Hives

single by Twenty One Pilots

Christmas song written and composed by Charles Brown and Gene Redd; originally recorded by Charles Brown and released in 1960

1864 Christmas song by Benjamin Hanby

Christmas song written and composed by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene

Christmas carol; musical setting of the poem Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, composed by John Baptiste Calkin

single

original song written and composed by Chrissie Hynde; recorded in 1983 by The Pretenders

2008 single by Elton John, The Killers, Neil Tennant

Christmas song written and composed by David Foster, Linda Thompson-Jenner and Amy Grant, originally recorded by David Foster and Natalie Cole and released in 1989

1958 song performed by Chuck Berry

original song written and composed by Busbee, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Justin Tranter

original song written and composed by Charles Brown; alternatively credited to Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore