The 10 best Christmas songs of all time

Does your favorite Christmas song make the cut?

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with the holiday season back once again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it.

There’s nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions about Christmas music.

And why not? Christmas is a very special time of year for many — myself included! — and music is one of the most fundamental joys of life. So it only makes sense that people hold holiday music in such high regard, as it often formulates a major part of our lives growing up and sticks with us throughout adulthood.

Previously, I touched on the worst Christmas songs ever written, so why not try my hand at the best? The earworms, the nostalgia bringers, the tear jerkers, this list has them all, and then some! So sit back and relax as I list off the top 10 best Christmas songs of all time.

The 10 worst Christmas songs of all time

Simply having a terrible Christmas time.

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with the holiday season back once again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it.

It’s the holiday season and you know what that means? It’s time to break out the Christmas songs!

From the classics and the songs we grew up listening to throughout our childhood to more modern songs that have been accepted into the Christmas music lexicon, listening to holiday tunes always feels like putting on a cozy sweater with a hot cup of tea and watching a snowstorm. Well… mostly.

For all the great Christmas songs there are out there, there are some really, truly awful ones. Whether they’re bad from a pure musical standpoint or they just really get on your nerves for some reason or another, I get it completely.

And that’s why I’ve put together this list of the top 10 worst Christmas songs ever created, so you too can feel validated in your music taste! Or you can be upset that one of your favorite songs of all time, that you’ve cherished since childhood, is actually bad. Let’s dive in!

Be sure to check out our other lists: 

The 10 weirdest Christmas songs of all time

There’s some really wacky Christmas music out there.

For all the talk of the best and worst Christmas songs out there, there’s also a lot of really weird holiday music.

Most often, the Christmas music we hold near and dear to our hearts — as good or as bad as they may be — are the classics, in one form or another. Covers of old songs made new, for instance.

But what happens when Christmas music deviates from the norm? Whether it be through parodies of traditional Christmas music or artists really going all out to make a unique listening experience, the far fringes of holiday songs are a cornucopia of weird.

So, to celebrate these truly unique listening experiences, I’ve rounded up the top 10 weirdest Christmas songs I could find for your audio enjoyment. Let’s begin!