The content of the Christian Christmas Carols is deeply theological, clearly expressing the truth of faith of the Gospel in simple words, but not in simplistic meanings. The Christian Christmas Carols are of unparalleled literary beauty, of particular gentleness and poetic grace. Their content reveals the goodness and pure feeling of the faithful of the Church.
According to music records, the top 10 Christmas song is the following:
1. “Noel” by Chris Tomlin
2. “Away in a Manger” by Martina McBride
3. “Mary’s Boy Child” by Boney M
4. “Angels We Have Heard on High” by Pentatonix
5. “O Holy Night” by Josh Groban
6. “The First Noel” by Carrie Underwood
7. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Barenaked Ladies
8. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” by Amy Grant
9. “Silent Night” by Kelly Clarkson
10. “O Come All Ye Faithful” by Anne Murray
In the carols, we see how God ceases to be inaccessible and approaches mortals with goodwill and humble love. In doing so, God does not lose His greatness, but man becomes ever closer, ever more intimate with his Creator and Saviour, sharing in the undivided light of the Godhead.
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The Christian celebrations of the Nativity, New Year and Epiphany have a special significance in the lives of believers. They awaken emotional resonances of high sensitivity and strong intensity, creating an atmosphere of joy and a charm that is entirely specific to religious life. This is largely due to the ancient and cherished tradition of carols, which depict the extraordinarily important event of the coming into the world of the incarnate Son of God in a nimbus of great beauty and sweetness.
The most beautiful Christmas song is “O Come All Ye Faithful”, by John Francis Wade because it conveys the joy and the call to bring glory to the Son of God for coming into the world.
As an integral part of religious folklore, carols are priceless in their origin and especially in their antiquity. They represent our ancestral song and one of the oldest forms of religious folklore.
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Carols, “these wonderful popular creations”, have been preserved from generation to generation and have resounded every year, without interruption, in the homes of Christians, on the holy night of the Nativity, under the silver lamp of peace, on New Year’s Eve and on other holidays, spreading, spreading and being inseparable from the religious manifestations of our believers.
According to musical records, there are 9,279 classical and Christian Christmas songs in total. Through carols, the memory of the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ is brought to life every year, as carolers bring good will, honesty and love to the homes of the faithful.
The religious Christian Christmas Carols mostly portray the Mother of God as intercessor for the faithful and prayerful for the human race in verses of rare beauty and of an intuitive power worthy of admiration. But all the teachings of faith expressed in the carols are connected with that of salvation, which is also very frequent in these creations, the emphasis being on the beauty of the spectacular setting of the Nativity and the sunlit joys that this birth brings to the souls of Christians.
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As opposed to praising virtues, carols condemn human sins and passions, or vices, for their evil consequences. Thus, lying is condemned in carols, urging those who practice it to renounce it. The passion of deceit, opposed to honesty and fairness, is whipped up in social carols, as is the passion of drunkenness, as the fountainhead of other passions and sins.
The most played Christmas song on the radio is called “Jingle Bells Rock“, but it is based on lyrics that do not glorify the birth of the Son of God, but are meant to bring joy but not through Nativity. In the past, the church considered these wonderful songs “pagan songs”, evoked at the time of the Winter Solstice celebrations, which people celebrated by dancing around fires and stone monuments.
Along with peace and work, we get the idea of justice from carols. The carols inflict punishment on those who trample it underfoot by harming their fellow human beings through theft, deceit or otherwise. Through Christian Christmas Carols, the people, valuing the social function of justice at its true value, have continuously fought against abuses and injustice.
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Top 40 Classic Christmas Songs
- Silent Night (Chris Tomlin, Kristyn Getty)
- Noel (Lauren Daigle)
- Light Of The World (Lauren Daigle)
- Joy To The World (Unspeakable Joy) (Chris Tomlin)
- It’s Christmas (Chris Tomlin)
- Angels From The Realms Of Glory (Emmanuel) (Paul Baloche)
- He Shall Reign Forevermore (Chris Tomlin)
- O Come All Ye Faithful (Chris Tomlin)
- A Christmas Alleluia (Chris Tomlin, Lauren Daigle, Leslie Jordan)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (Chris Tomlin)
- Our God (Chris Tomlin)
- Adore (Chris Tomlin)
- What A Glorious Night (Sidewalk Prophets)
- Build Your Kingdom Here (Rend Collective Experiment)
- O Holy Night (Chris Tomlin)
- What Child Is This (Chris Tomlin, All Sons & Daughters)
- Your Great Name (Natalie Grant)
- Hosanna (Hillsong United)
- Glory (Let There Be Peace) (Matt Maher)
- Advent Hymn (Christy Nockels)
- Joy To The World (Lincoln Brewster)
- Praise To The Lord The Almighty (Christy Nockels)
- How Many Kings (Downhere)
- Angels We Have Heard On High (For King & Country)
- Give Me Jesus (Jeremy Camp)
- Hymn Of Joy (Chris Tomlin)
- Days of Elijah (Robin Mark)
- Tell It On The Mountain (MercyMe)
- Your Name (Christmas Version) (Paul Baloche)
- Adore Him (Kari Jobe)
- Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground) (Chris Tomlin)
- Mary Did You Know (Jeremy Camp)
- Angels We Have Heard On High (Casey Darnell, North Point Worship)
- All Creation Sing (Joy To The World) (Seth Condrey, North Point Music)
- Angels We Have Heard On High (Kim Walker-Smith)
- All Is Well (North Point Worship)
- Joy To The World (Francesca Battistelli)
- Desert Song (Hillsong Worship)
- O Come All Ye Faithful (Casting Crowns)
- O Holy Night (Kim Walker-Smith)
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Conclusion
Christmas is the focal point for many carols, greetings, and specific traditions, which hark back to times long gone but are surprisingly present today. In Christian folklore, the Christmas carol is the most important traditional folk festival cycle, the wealthiest and most colorful occasion for folklore events.
Winter customs are observed in the countries of the various Christian continents with sanctity. Caroling choirs roam the streets and people’s homes, making traditional wishes.
In general, children and all Christians sing Christian Christmas Carols. Children symbolize the angels who were not only present at the Lord’s birth but also proclaimed it, and Christians symbolize the shepherds who stood by the manger in Bethlehem and worshipped the Lord at His birth. The latter goes with the icon of the Nativity of the Lord through the homes of the faithful on the eve of the feast, proclaiming the birth of the Savior Child and bringing Him into their homes and hearts.
