Here is our selection of the top 5 best Christmas songs to sing with kids. They are really easy to sing and super fun!
1. We wish you a merry Christmas (and a happy new year)
We wish you a Merry Christmas lyrics
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! (x2)
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas and a happy new year
Now, bring us some figgy pudding
Now, bring us some figgy pudding
Now, bring us some figgy pudding
And a cup of good cheer!
We won’t go until we get some
We won’t go until we get some
We won’t go until we get some
So bring it right here
2. Up on the Housetop
Up on the Housetop is a song by the American a cappella group Pentatonix.
Up on the Housetop lyrics
Up on the housetop reindeer pause
Out jumps good ol’ Santa Claus
Down through the chimney with lots of toys
All for the little ones’ Christmas joys
Ho ho ho, who wouldn’t go
Ho ho ho, who wouldn’t go
Up on the housetop, click, click, click
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick
First comes the stocking of little Nell
Oh dear Santa fill it well
Give her a dolly that laughs and cries
One that can open and shut its eyes
Ho ho ho, who wouldn’t go
Ho ho ho, who wouldn’t go
Up on the housetop, click, click, click
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick
Look in the stocking of little Bill
Oh just see what a glorious fill
Here is a hammer and lots of tacks
A whistle and a ball and a whip that cracks
Ho ho ho, who wouldn’t go
Ho ho ho, who wouldn’t go
Up on the housetop, click, click, click
Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick (x2)
3. In France, they Have Père Noël
In France, they Have Père Noël lyrics
In France, they have Père Noël,
In Italy, Befana,
In Germany, Kris Kringle,
And we know him as Santa Claus.
Chorus:
So ride your sleigh, sleigh, sleigh,
Let dear Rudolph lead the way,
So ride your sleigh, sleigh, sleigh,
Let dear Rudolph lead the way,
So ride your sleigh, sleigh, sleigh,
Let dear Rudolph lead the way,
Up on the rooftops high!
In Holland, they have Saint Nicholas,
In Russia, Babouschka,
In England, Father Christmas,
And we know him as Santa Claus.
(Repeat chorus)
In China, they have Lam Khoong-Khoong,
In Sweden, Jultomten,
In Poland, Star Man,
And we know him as Santa Claus.
(Repeat chorus)
In Brazil, they have Papá Noel,
In Japan Hoteiosho,
In Chile, Viejo Pascuero,
And we know him as Santa Claus.
(Repeat chorus)
4. The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas is an English Christmas carol. Many different melodies have been associated with the funny song, but the best known is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin.
Twelve Days of Christmas lyrics
On the first day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree
On the second day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the third day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the fourth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the fifth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the sixth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Six geese a laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the seventh day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Seven swans a swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the eighth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Eight maids a milking
Seven swans a swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the ninth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the tenth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the 11th day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
11 pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On the 12th day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
12 drummers drumming
11 pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree
5. Jingle bells
And, of course, no “Best Christmas Songs” list would be complete without the all-time classic: Jingle Bells.
Jingle bells lyrics
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tails ring,
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight, oh!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride,
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Now the ground is white
Go it while you’re young
Take the girls tonight
Sing this sleighing song.
Get a bobtailed bay
Two forty for his speed
And hitch him to an open sleigh
And you will take the lead.
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride,
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In one-horse open sleigh!
Sources
- The Twelve Days of Christmas on Wikipedia
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