An old favorite post of mine from a since retired blog, I hereby offer the 100 most popular Christmas songs according to MusicDNS as of Dec 15, 2006. Popularity is based on how likely someone is to have at least one version of this song in their collection. On the old blog, traffic would start coming from organic searches looking for this information right when Thanksgiving started, up until Christmas day itself. We'll see how long it takes search engines to index this repost, and whether it has the same appeal.
In the meantime, if you're here looking for Christmas music, enjoy! (You might also enjoy this list of Top Performances of Favorite Christmas Songs)
1. Silent Night 2. White Christmas 3. The Christmas Song 4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 5. Winter Wonderland 6. Jingle Bells 7. O Holy Night 8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 9. I’ll Be Home For Christmas 10. Silver Bells 11. Sleigh Ride 12. The First Noel 13. Joy To The World 14. Blue Christmas 15. Away in a Manger 16. Carol Of The Bells 17. Ave Maria 18. Frosty the Snowman 19. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 20. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree 21. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22. The Little Drummer Boy 23. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 24. O Little Town Of Bethlehem 25. Little Drummer Boy 26. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 27. O Come All Ye Faithful 28. Jingle Bell Rock 29. Santa Baby 30. Deck the Halls 31. We Wish You A Merry Christmas 32. What Child Is This? 33. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 34. Angels We Have Heard On High 35. Last Christmas 36. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 37. Please Come Home For Christmas 38. The Twelve Days Of Christmas 39. Auld Lang Syne 40. Feliz Navidad 41. All I Want For Christmas Is You 42. O Tannenbaum 43. Do You Hear What I Hear? 44. Merry Christmas Baby 45. We Three Kings 46. Little Saint Nick 47. Greensleeves 48. Here Comes Santa Claus 49. Good King Wenceslas 50. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town 51. Adeste Fideles 52. The Holly And The Ivy 53. Let It Snow 54. I Saw Three Ships 55. Do You Hear What I Hear 56. It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 57. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 58. Christmas Time 59. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 60. The Christmas Waltz 61. Mary’s Boy Child 62. This Christmas 63. Baby, It’s Cold Outside 64. A Holly Jolly Christmas 65. What Child Is This 66. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer 67. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 68. Merry Christmas, Baby 69. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) 70. Step Into Christmas 71. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 72. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 73. In Dulci Jubilo 74. Go Tell It On The Mountain 75. Run Rudolph Run 76. Christmas Song 77. Oíche Chiún (Silent Night) 78. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 79. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? 80. Silent Night, Holy Night 81. Do They Know It’s Christmas 82. When A Child Is Born 83. Coventry Carol 84. Walking In The Air 85. You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch 86. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day 87. Christmas Time Is Here 88. Christmas Wrapping 89. Merry Xmas Everybody 90. Wonderful Christmastime 91. 12 Pains of Christmas 92. O Christmas Tree 93. I Believe In Father Christmas 94. Christmas Day 95. Lonely This Christmas 96. My Favorite Things 97. Oh Holy Night 98. I Wonder as I Wander 99. Pretty Paper 100. Merry Christmas Darling