The Christmas season invites the church to reflect on the incarnation of our Lord: God with us (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel), the angelic proclamation (Angels We Have Heard on High), the birth in Bethlehem (O Little Town of Bethlehem), peace and joy (Joy to the World). Hymns help the gathered worship-body proclaim these truths, sing them into hearts, and pass them on.

How to use this list

• Plan your Advent/Christmas services: pick from this pool to create a thematic worship flow: e.g., Advent longing → Nativity joy → Epiphany mission.

• Introduce variety: mix familiar favorites with lesser‐sung treasures to deepen the congregation’s repertoire.

• Print a “Hymn-Schedule” for your congregation or choir so singers can prepare ahead.

Here is a complete list of 100 Christmas hymns and carols for 2025, including both classic hymns and well-loved carols used in churches, choirs, and family worship around the world. All are drawn from traditional English, American, and European sources.

1. Joy to the World – Isaac Watts
2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Charles Wesley
3. O Come, All Ye Faithful – Frederick Oakeley (trans.)
4. Silent Night! Holy Night! – Joseph Mohr
5. Angels We Have Heard on High – James Chadwick (trans.)
6. O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam
7. Away in a Manger – Traditional
8. The First Noel – Traditional English Carol
9. O Little Town of Bethlehem – Phillips Brooks
10. What Child Is This – W. Chatterton Dix
11. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – Edmund H. Sears
12. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Traditional English Carol
13. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night – Nahum Tate
14. Angels from the Realms of Glory – James Montgomery
15. Once in Royal David’s City – Cecil Frances Alexander
16. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – John Mason Neale
17. Good Christian Men, Rejoice – Heinrich Seuse (tr. John Mason Neale)
18. Go, Tell It on the Mountain – African-American Spiritual
19. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
20. We Three Kings - John H. Hopkins
21. Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus – Charles Wesley
22. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly – Traditional Polish Carol
23. There’s a Song in the Air – Josiah G. Holland
24. O Sing a Song of Bethlehem – Louis F. Benson
25. Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light – Johann Rist
26. Ding Dong! Merrily on High – George Ratcliffe Woodward
27. The Coventry Carol – Traditional (16th Century)
28. Of the Father’s Love Begotten – Aurelius Prudentius (tr. J. M. Neale)
29. See Amid the Winter’s Snow – Edward Caswall
30. Still, Still, Still – Austrian Carol
31. He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child – Traditional French Carol
32. Christians, Awake! Salute the Happy Morn – John Byrom
33. From Heaven Above to Earth I Come – Martin Luther
34. Ring the Bells of Heaven – W. O. Cushing
35. Star of the East – Asa Hull
36. Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning – Reginald Heber
37. Jesus, Name Above All Names – Naida Hearn
38. Rejoice and Be Merry – Traditional English Carol
39. Cradled in a Manger Meanly – George S. Barrett
40. Who Is He in Yonder Stall? – Benjamin R. Hanby
41. On Christmas Night All Christians Sing – Sussex Carol
42. Carol of the Bells – Mykola Leontovych
43. Sing We Now of Christmas – Traditional French Carol
44. The Holly and the Ivy – Traditional English Carol
45. Masters in This Hall – Traditional French Tune
46. Patapan – Burgundian Carol
47. Here We Come A-Wassailing – Traditional English Carol
48. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella – Traditional French Carol
49. In the Bleak Midwinter – Christina Rossetti
50. See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph – Christopher Wordsworth
51. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Johann Sebastian Bach
52. Child in the Manger – Mary MacDonald
53. The Snow Lay on the Ground – Traditional
54. Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow – African-American Spiritual
55. Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart – Edward Plumptre
56. The Wexford Carol – Irish Traditional
57. O Sing a Song of Bethlehem – Louis Benson
58. Shepherds! Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep – Traditional French Carol
59. Bethlehem of Noblest Cities – Edward Caswall
60. From the Eastern Mountains – Godfrey Thring
61. While by My Sheep I Watched at Night – Theodore Baker
62. A Great and Mighty Wonder – German Traditional
63. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence – Liturgy of St. James
64. O Savior Sweet – Johann Scheffler
65. The Babe in Bethlehem’s Manger Laid – Anon.
66. Let Earth and Heaven Combine – Charles Wesley
67. Softly Falls the Snow – Traditional
68. The Birthday of a King – William H. Neidlinger
69. Beautiful Star of Bethlehem – Mattie Pearson Smith
70. The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy – Caribbean Carol
71. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Richard Hutchins
72. All My Heart This Night Rejoices – Paul Gerhardt
73. Sing We the Song of Emmanuel – Keith Getty
74. That Boy-Child of Mary – Malawi Traditional
75. Let’s Sing About Jesus – Traditional
76. From Heaven Above to Earth I Come – Martin Luther
77. Come All Ye Shepherds – Bohemian Carol
78. I Saw Three Ships - Anon.
79. Christ Was Born on Christmas Day – Medieval Carol
80. Rejoice, Rejoice, This Happy Morn – Traditional
81. Jesus Is Born Today – Traditional
82. Love Came Down at Christmas – Christina Rossetti
83. All Glory Be to God on High – Nikolaus Decius
84. Bethlehem Town – Modern Traditional
85. A Virgin Most Pure – Traditional English
86. A Babe Lies in the Cradle – Traditional
87. Here Is Joy for Every Age – Traditional
88. Bright Morning Stars Are Rising – Appalachian Carol
89. Angels From the Realms of Glory -  James Montgomery
90. The Shepherds Had an Angel – Traditional
91. Comfort, Comfort Ye My People – Johann Olearius
92. To Us a Child of Hope Is Born – John Morrison
93. The People That in Darkness Sat – Scottish Psalter
94. A Great Light Has Dawned – Scripture Hymn
95. Joy Has Dawned – Keith Getty
96. The Glory in the Highest – Contemporary Hymn
97. Let Heaven and Nature Sing – Watts Adaptation
98. How Great Our Joy! – Traditional German
99. Born to Set Thy People Free – Wesley Adaptation
100. Glory to God on High – James Allen