The ultimate Christmas playlist for the perfect celebration! Because what would Christmas be without Christmas songs that set a contemplative mood? Whether Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, Queen or Helene Fischer; jazz, soul, rock, or pop: Christmas is sung about in every genre, by the most varied artists of all eras. Year after year, we dig out the CDs or even the old records again, so that the Christmas melodies set the mood during the gift-giving on Christmas Eve, at the holiday dinner on the two Christmas days, and with a cup of mulled wine and Nuremberg gingerbread at the coffee table. It gets even better: we have a playlist for every taste. For young and old, contemplative, classic, or rocking!
The top 10 German Christmas songs
You surely still remember the many German Christmas songs of your childhood, which the family's youngsters traditionally sang on Christmas Eve. As a reward for the sung verses of 'O Tannenbaum' or 'Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen,' it was then, of course, straight on to the gift-giving and the presents. Do you remember? That's still a custom in some families today. The many Christmas songs from Germany, including for example the translation of the international classic 'Holy Night' (Silent Night), are the perfect musical accompaniment to Christmas Eve. They ensure a harmonious gift-giving and also play discreetly in the background during the shared Christmas dinner. It doesn't get more contemplative than that.
Poppy Christmas
As soon as 'Last Christmas' by Wham plays over and over on the radio, the Christmas mood can quickly fade. Anyone who doesn't want to hear the same songs year after year has a hard time. Even currently popular artists often use the classics as a template for their own interpretations, so you often can't avoid familiar sounds, melodies, and verses. But a little variety is of course provided when popular Christmas songs are, for example, translated into other genres. And there's one novelty or another every year. For all those who can't stand to hear Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra anymore, we've also put together a playlist.
A classic soundtrack for the Christmas days
When Bing Crosby sings of the wish for a white Christmas and Frank Sinatra muses about the magic of mistletoe, the Christmas mood is practically guaranteed. Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Elvis, Eartha Kitt, and many other renowned musicians of the past century are simply a firm part of the holidays. You'll find a playlist of the loveliest songs of the 20th century below. You can listen to it right away, no detours! Missing something? Then simply put together your own playlist, for example with Spotify directly online. With just a few clicks you have your individual Christmas soundtrack for the holidays. But it's also enough to simply turn on the radio - you won't escape these songs.
Rocking Christmas
Christmas songs to doze off to aren't your thing - and that's okay. It can also get a bit more rocking, and all Christmas melodies were sooner or later reinterpreted with electric guitar and drums, too. That's the perfect Christmas music for the beer on Christmas Eve that follows the gift-giving. Or for the car ride to the grandparents'. Or for the lively Christmas party at work, when the mulled wine flows like the orders for the new year. Celebrate a rocking Christmas and just crank up 'Jingle Bell Rock' in the home Christmas bakery!
Christmas songs for kids
For children, Christmas is something very special. From opening the first little door on the Advent calendar and St. Nicholas morning to the gift-giving on Christmas Eve and the visit to Grandma's on the Christmas days. And of course children also enjoy hearing Christmas songs - in kindergarten, in elementary school, or at home while playing and baking cookies together with Mom and Dad. We have the loveliest Christmas songs for kids. And they're of course also suitable for singing along - or for the traditional singing on Christmas Eve before the Christmas gifts are given.
