25 Favorite Christmas Songs!

~ Release by VeggieTales (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1O Christmas Tree
edit of:
O Christmas Tree by VeggieTales
cover recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum")
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
3:02
2What Child Is This
cover recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
1:51
3The First Noel
cover recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
2:00
4Hark the Herald Angels Sing
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
2:27
5Angels We Have Heard on High
cover recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
2:10
6For Unto Us a Child Is Born
cover recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
3:55
7What My Father Did on Christmas Eve
3:51
8Candy Cane Blues
3:17
9Puppy Love
2:31
10The Friendly Beasts
cover recording of:
The Friendly Beasts
lyricist:
Robert Davis (lyricist, 1881-1950)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:11
11Jingle Ka-Ching
2:02
12Battling Kings
1:54
13Caroling (medley)
3:15
14Silent Night
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2:59
15Cant Believe Its Christmas
engineer:
Jay Hunt (engineer)
producer:
Kurt Heinecke, Kurt Heinecke (task: music), Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer
mixer:
Adam Frick (mixing) and Kurt Heinecke
arranger:
Kurt Heinecke
recording of:
Can't Believe It's Christmas!
lyricist and composer:
Kurt Heinecke and Phil Vischer
part of:
The Toy That Saved Christmas (1996 video)
1:20
16While by My Sheep
cover recording of:
While by My Sheep
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Hugo Richard Jüngst
translator:
Theodore Baker
1:27
17Ring- Little Bells
cover recording of:
Ring, Little Bells
lyricist:
Karl Enslin
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translated version of:
Kling, Glöckchen
1:33
18Away in a Manger
engineer:
Jay Hunt (engineer)
producer:
Kurt Heinecke, Kurt Heinecke (task: music), Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer
mixer:
Adam Frick (mixing) and Kurt Heinecke
arranger:
Kurt Heinecke
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
1:36
19Go Tell It on the Mountain
engineer:
Jay Hunt (engineer)
producer:
Kurt Heinecke, Kurt Heinecke (task: music), Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer
mixer:
Adam Frick (mixing) and Kurt Heinecke
arranger:
Kurt Heinecke
recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
cover recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
1:39
20He Is Born- The Holy Child
cover recording of:
He Is Born, the Holy Child
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translated version of:
Il est né le divin enfant
2:06
21Was He a Boy Like Me
4:40
22Feliz Navidad
engineer:
Jay Hunt (engineer)
producer:
Kurt Heinecke, Kurt Heinecke (task: music), Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer
mixer:
Adam Frick (mixing) and Kurt Heinecke
arranger:
Kurt Heinecke
cover recording of:
Feliz Navidad (Spanish/English)
lyricist and composer:
José Feliciano (born 1945, not Cheo Feliciano)
publisher:
DeJamus Ltd., J & H Publishing Co. and J-H Publishing
3:04
23The 8 Polish Foods of Christmas
3:31
24Donuts for Benny
3:05
25Joy to the World
cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
2:37