The Best Country Christmas Songs

Johnny Cash & Tommy Cash - That Christmassy Feeling

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again over at Johnny Cash’s house. His mum’s baking a turkey, his sister's hanging up the mistletoe and his dad’s making popcorn balls; whatever they are.

Meanwhile, Johnny and his brother Tommy are bashing out this rollicking feel good festive banger which ended up on Johnny's 1972 album The Johnny Cash Family Christmas. I suppose we might as well make the most of it and have some fun before Vince Gill turns up and makes us all cry.

Loretta Lynn - Country Christmas

Over at Loretta’s, it’s her mum who’s taking care of the popcorn while her dad plays ‘Silent Night’ on the organ, as the family all gathers round to sing along with the title track to Loretta Lynn's 1966 Christmas album.

There’s apples, nuts, candy and all the other little treats and traditions that make this time of year so special. They even find time to make temporary beds out of old wooden pallets for Aunt Annie Belle and Uncle Bill’s nine kids.

Pistol Annies - Harlan County Coal

Luckily for Pistol Annies, their Hell Of A Holiday album has become a perennial Christmas favourite since it came out in 2021, because if they had to rely on their Christmas craft making skills and Etsy pages to put the turkey on the table, I think their families would be lucky to be licking a bucket of KFC between them.

Perhaps next year they should make the Christmas decorations out of something other than shotgun shells.

Glen Campbell - Old Toy Trains

Glen Campbell pulls on his cosiest cardigan and gives this Roger Miller Christmas classic a fireside crooner’s touch for his 1968 album, That Christmas Feeling, filling it with a dash of sadness and a sprinkle of sentimentality. If this doesn’t make you feel all warm and Christmassy inside then there’s no hope for you.

Alan Jackson - Let It Be Christmas

The only self penned song on Alan Jackson's holiday album of the same name, 'Let It Be Christmas' is a heartwarming call to open your heart and let Christmas in that came out in 2002, a year after the singer had captured a moment in history with the 9/11 inspired 'Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).'

Produced by Keith Stegall with a star studded line up of Nashville's finest session players including Brent Mason and Lloyd Green, the album was surprisingly traditional, harking back to a warm countrypolitan sound of the '60s instead of of the polished '90s country sound Alan Jackson had made his name with.

Randy Travis - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Originally released in 1989, An Old Time Christmas was the fourth studio album and the first Christmas album by '80s neo-traditionalist country crooner Randy Travis.

With his deliciously creamy baritone, he took the J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie seasonal classic from the '30s and transformed it into a mid-tempo western swing dancefloor filler that goes down smoother than a glass of Bailey's Irish Cream.

Taylor Swift - Christmases When Your Were Mine

Back in 2008, Taylor Swift was still very much Country Taylor. Her second album, Fearless, had only just been released in November, but never one to rest on her festive laurels, within a month she released The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection EP.

Having grown up on a Christmas tree farm, it seemed fitting that Taylor should work within the holiday song oeuvre at some point. Made up of six tracks, the EP featured four covers and two seasonal originals - 'Christmas Must Be Something More' and the wistful, 'Christmases When You Were Mine,' co-written with Liz Rose and Nathan Chapman.

We're still waiting patiently for Taylor's Version.

Darius Rucker - Candy Cane Christmas

With songs like 'It Won't Be Like This for Long' and 'This,' Darius Rucker has always sung emotionally about his family life, and on 'Candy Cane Christmas' the singer is looking around at his family home the night before Christmas and getting a little misty eyed at what he sees.

From the "tiny little boots covered in snow" and the "apple cider warmin' on the stove," it's a veritable Christmas feast of festive signifiers. Milk and cookies on a plate, angels on a tree, tinsel and holly and his children pretending to asleep upstairs. He knows it won't be long before they wake up and the mayhem begins though. Enjoy it while you can, Darius.

Originally released in 2009, the song also featured on his Home for the Holidays collection in 2014 along with 11 other Christmas songs including a duet with Sheryl Crow.

Reba McEntire - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

If you could rely on the voice of any country singer to fully give you the feels at Christmas it would be Reba McEntire.

Released on her Merry Christmas to You album in 1987, Reba's version of the Mel Tormé and Bob Wells Christmas ballad made famous by Nat King Cole in the 1940s sounded like it could just have easily been written with her warm but stately country twang in mind.

Lady A - All I Want for Christmas is You

One of the most widely adored modern additions to the holiday canon, Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' is so universally cherished it's hard to imagine anyone taking it on and making it their own, but Lady A did exactly that when they included their version on their holiday album On This Winter's Night in 2012.

Dispensing with the upbeat gospel tinged R&B of the original and opting for a reflective stripped back sound, they put an unexpectedly melancholic twist on the song, suggesting it might be a tale of unrequited love instead.

Kenny Chesney - All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan

Winter must be a difficult time for Kenny Chesney and his sunny inclinations. On this tropical rock toe tapper from his 2003 album of the same name, he's got a different kind of holiday on his mind, longing to be faraway on an island somewhere "rockin' to and fro' with the rhythm of the ocean, " eating grilled mahi-mahi, drinking piña coladas and singing Christmas carols on the beach under the shade of a palm tree.

Written by Paul Overstreet, the song opened his album of classic Christmas covers and traditional carols as he gave the seasonal song a refreshingly laid-back Caribbean country twist.

Tim McGraw - Dear Santa

As far as this song's concerned, it's not been a great year for Tim McGraw. He's found himself on the naughty list and he's writing to Santa Claus, just like he did when he was a little boy, to see if the man in red can help him make it up to his disgruntled lover.

The only thing Santa needn't bring her though is love. That's the one thing Tim has got to give her on Christmas morning.

Although never included on a Tim McGraw holiday album of its own, the song found popularity with fans when it was included on a 2017 Curb Records Walmart holiday compilation, Winter Wonderland, along with songs by Hank Williams Jr, Rodney Atkins and Lee Brice.

Keith Urban - I'll Be Your Santa Tonight

Well, this could have made things easier for Tim McGraw. Keith Urban offers up his services as Santa Claus, albeit quite a saucy one, when everyone else who was coming over for Christmas gets stuck in heavy fog.

It took Keith Urban until 2019 to add to the Christmas canon, but it was well worth the wait when he delivered this sultry soul-tinged country pop gem.

Eagles - Please Come Home for Christmas

For those of you who like a little country rocking in your stocking, Eagles covered this holiday hit from American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown from 1961 after his version had appeared in the festive charts for nine consecutive years, eventually reaching the top spot in 1972.

The Eagles' version, released in 1978, was the first Eagles recording to feature Timothy B. Schmit on bass, having replaced founding member Randy Meisner the previous year. It peaked at number 18, but it's become a firm festive favourite over the years.

A version by Jon Bon Jovi released in 1994 featured Don Felder of Eagles on guitar and supermodel Cindy Crawford canoodling with JBJ in the video.

Rascal Flatts - I'll Be Home for Christmas

As if in response to Eagles pleading for someone to come home for Christmas, almost 30 years later Rascall Flatts confirmed that they would indeed by home for the holidays in their cover of this Bing Crosby classic from 1943 - one of three festive songs added to their Greatest Hits Volume 1 album in 2008.

Sung in the form of an emotional letter from a soldier to his family to tell them he will be coming home and to prepare for his arrival, requesting snow, mistletoe and presents on the tree, 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' was originally written to honour soldiers serving overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time.

Kenny Rogers - Carol of the Bells

Taken from Kenny Roger's 1981 holiday album simply titled Christmas, 'Carol of the Bells' is one of the singer's strangest festive offerings. Originally a popular Christmas carol based on a Ukrainian New Year's song from 1914.

Fittingly, the song was first introduced to audiences outside of Ukraine by the Ukrainian National Chorus during its 1919 concert tour of Europe, organised as a way to generate support for the newly independent nation of Ukraine, which had declared its independence, but which the Bolshevik government in Moscow refused to recognise.

The English-language lyrics were added later in 1936. With chiming church bells, squelchy synthesisers and layered choral vocals, Kenny leads us in a festive sing-a-long as we welcome in the holiday season.

Chris Young - It Must Be Christmas

The title track to Chris Young's 2016 Christmas album was an emotional power ballad that perfectly closed the concise collection of fireside favourites and festive originals on the album.

Featuring guest appearances from holiday heavyweights Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and Boyz II Men, It Must Be Christmas became an instant country Christmas classic on its release and every year it seems to just sound better and better.

LeAnn Rimes - Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart

Often shortened to just 'Holiday in Your Heart' due to the 2010 made-for-television movie written by Tom Carter and LeAnn Rimes that was inspired by the song, this lively two stepper feels delightfully indebted to the '80s and '90s country of artists like Patty Loveless and Kathy Mattea.

Originally released as a promotional single in November 1996 and then as a bonus CD single with the album, Blue, around the holidays, the song was included on the compilation God Bless America in 2001, and the film of the same name starred LeAnn playing herself as she prepares to make her Grand Ole Opry debut at Christmas faced with choosing between performing and staying with her beloved grandmother who has been hospitalized.

Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas

This tale of seasonal unrequited love written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson in the 1940s has been covered by everyone from Kelly Clarkson and Kane Brown to Mason Ramsey and Blake Shelton, but no other version really holds a candle to Elvis Presley's recording from his 1957 LP Elvis' Christmas Album.

Check out the full playlist of 200 songs above to see how Megan Moroney's version from her hilariously titled Blue Christmas... Duh EP measures up to the king's.

Martina McBride - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

If we could have any country singer over for the holidays it would have to be Martina McBride. The 'Independence Day' singer just oozes Christmas spirit. We know she'd be happy to muck in with the cooking and she'd be the first to jump up for charades after dinner. If she happened to treat us all to a little seasonal song then we certainly wouldn't complain.

Her version of the Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne Christmas classic from 1945 is just as perfect as you'd expect with sleigh bells, twinkling piano and a lush string arrangement topped off by Martina's deliciously velvety vocals, but the whole album is a true delight.

Faith Hill - Where Are You Christmas

Taken from Dr Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas film, Faith Hill's 'Where Are you Christmas? is 'a reprise of 'Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?' first sung in the movie by a 7-year-old Taylor Momsen, who played Cindy Lou Who

A longer and different version of this song, called 'Where Are You, Christmas?', was co-written by Mariah Carey, James Horner and Will Jennings and performed on the soundtrack by Faith Hill.

The song was originally recorded by Carey, but because of a legal case with her ex-husband Tommy Mottola, it could not be released, so it was re-recorded and released by Faith, accompanied by a video of her singing from the Grinch's mountaintop cave and a cameo appearance by Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who.

Carrie Underwood - Hallelujah (feat. John Legend)

As LeAnn Rimes and Faith Hill had already proved, Christmas is a great time to be a country diva and Carrie Underwood finally took the hint in 2020 when she joined in and released her first full length Christmas album, My Gift.

Wrapping her powerhouse vocals around this soaring duet with John Legend, it's big and beautiful and absolutely classic. With not a pair of stretchy pants in sight.

Dan + Shay - Holiday Party

If you were wondering what Dan + Shay have been up to since 2021, it seems that along with releasing their fourth studio album, Good Things, they've also been stockpiling Christmas songs. They expanded their three track Officially Christmas EP from 2021 to a whopping great 21 tracks of holiday songs, It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album, in 2024.

"This project has been a decade in the making," they posted on their socials, "and we are so proud of every single note. We truly leaned into our love for the holiday season and think we found some magic in these songs. Our hope is that you are able to enjoy + share that same magic with your loved ones for years to come. As always, thank you for continuing to believe in us and allowing us to live our dream. We’re grateful for you, and we’re grateful for Christmas!"

We could all learn a thing or two about the Christmas spirit from Dan + Shay.

Brooks & Dunn

Brooks & Dunn celebrated winning the CMA Vocal Duo of the Year award in 2002 with their first album of holiday songs, It Won't Be Christmas Without You, and it's a suitably honky tonking affair.

Applying their smooth neo-traditionalist style to a selection of Christmas classics with a couple of Brooks & Dunn originals thrown in to spice it up. As country albums go this is one to really get the Christmas party started. Expect a Reboot any day now.

Scotty McCreery - Christmas in Heaven

One of two original songs on Scotty McCreery's festive collection, Christmas with Scotty McCreery, released in 2012, 'Christmas in Heaven' is a poignant country pop ballad that reflects on those who can't be with us at this time of year that particularly resonated with Scotty McCreery after his grandfather passed away.

"I wanted it to be holly and jolly and really lift people's spirits in the Christmas season, because it's supposed to be a really happy time," said the singer about the album, a year on from winning season 10 of American Idol. "But I also wanted to get across the real reason for the season. 'Christmas in Heaven' is my favorite song on the album and it really speaks to that."

Alabama - Christmas in Dixie

Released as a single in December 1982 from the RCA Nashville compilation album A Country Christmas, 'Christmas in Dixie' is Alabama's celebration of the peculiarity of the holiday season down in the South that takes the listener on a whistle stop tour of the US ruefully noting how it's not quite the same anywhere else.

Where there's a hit there's a writ though and its similarity to 'On the Inside,' Lynn Hamilton's sublime theme tune to TV show Prisoner Cell Block H written by Alan Casswell, led to him bringing a law suit against ATV/Sony in 2010

Kellie Pickler - Santa Baby

The best-selling Christmas song of 1953 got a cheeky country makeover in 2007 when another former American Idol contestant, Kellie Pickler, included it on her country compilation album, Hear Something Country Christmas, slowing the pace of the original and giving the song a warm southern charm and a delightful twang that earnt her a spot on the inaugural CMA Country Christmas televison special in 2010 to perform the song.

Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas

Bing bong bing! The Michael Bublé version might be blasting out of every department store these days, but this ebullient Christmas classic was originally a hit for country folk singer Burl Ives in 1964, and it’s since become one of the top 25 most performed "holiday" songs.

As of December 2019, Ives' recording has sold 664,000 copies in the United States since becoming available for download in the digital era.

Bing bong bing!

Riley Green - Christmas to Me

One of only a couple of recent additions to the country Christmas canon, Riley Green's 'Christmas to Me' is a heartfelt ballad that finds the Duckman reflecting poignantly on all the things that go into making a Green family Christmas what it is.

He sings about how his grandmother's front yard is filled with cars from all the visiting family, while his father makes a Christmas Eve dash to the local Bass Pro Shop to pick up the last of the essentials for the big day.

“And all them in-laws are showin’ up late for a five star meal on a paper plate," he sings in the second verse as he paints a heartwarming portrait of what the holidays are all about for him. "The sound of bare foot feet runnin’ through the house / The football game's just about to start about the time momma has a come-apart 'cause of sister's new tattoo she just found out about / There’s a string of lights all tangled around the tree / That’s Christmas to me”

George Strait - Christmas Cookies

Lainey Wilson released a delightfully twangy version of this George Strait song in 2021, but even she couldn't better the King of Country Music's swinging original.

There can't be many country singers who could make a hit out of a song about how much a man likes to eat Christmas themed baked goods all year round, but remember this is the same man who had a hit with 'The Chair.'

Buck Owens - Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Daddy Looked A Lot Like Him)

Buck Owens and his Buckaroos brought Christmas to Bakersfield in 1964, giving it the full twin Telecaster treatment in this perky pop country smash, as a young Buck Owens deals with the confusion of catching his parents making out on Christmas Eve.

Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Brad Paisley and even pop punk band Bowling For Soup have had a crack at it since.

Michael Bublé and Carly Pearce

The king of Christmas music and the queen of country team up for a song that Michael Bublé describes as the most “meaningful” song he's written since his 2005 classic, ‘Home.’

Released in November 2024, Carly Pearce and Michael Bublé had already teased that they were in the studio together earlier in the month saying they had “just recorded the greatest Christmas song ever."

If anyone's going to know a good Christmas song it's Michael Bublè.

"I poured my heart into this song and it’s always a vulnerable place to share new music," Michael shared alongside a post of his wife listening to the song for the first time and tearing up. "Seeing Lu so emotional erased all my doubt. I wrote this song for those who find the holidays a hard time.. a lonely time. Music has a way of healing and this one means a lot."

Our allergies are suddenly all playing up in the office. Time for a Bublé Berry Bramble to take the edge off perhaps.

Charley Pride - Christmas In My Home Town

As befits two of country music’s outliers, Cowboy Jack Clement and Charley Pride spent the Summer of 1969 recording one of country music’s most enduring holiday albums, Christmas In My Hometown.

Glockenspiels and sleigh bells jingle along in the sprightly title track as Charley merrily makes his way around his appropriately named hometown of Sledge in Texas.

Brad Paisley - Penguin, James Penguin

Just like all the other little children in Nashville, Christmas is a very exciting time of year for Brad Paisley. He was so excited one year he made a whole album of Christmas songs! Including this jaunty tale of a secret agent penguin called James who works undercover for Santa Claus.

I think someone’s had too much eggnog.

Megan Moroney - All I Want for Christmas is a Cowboy

After picking up the CMA Award for New Artist of the Year, Megan Moroney has definitely got something to celebrate this Christmas. She released Blue Christmas …duh — a surprise EP featuring two all-new original songs and a heart-melting rendition of the Elvix classic 'Blue Christmas.'

With its title nodding to the signature color for Moroney’s blockbuster sophomore album, Am I Okay? - the year’s third-biggest Billboard 200 debut from a female Country artist - Blue Christmas …duh begins with the unsurprisingly brilliant 'All I Want for Christmas is a Cowboy.” Written by Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Micah Carpenter, instant holiday classic is Moroney at her hilarious honky-tonking best as she reveals what’s at the top of her wishlist.

Suzy Bogguss - Two Step Round The Christmas Tree

It might be Christmas Eve, but Santa isn’t here just yet and Suzy Bogguss isn’t going to bed anytime soon. Time to roll back the rug and get the fiddle out for some festive two stepping before the big man arrives.

Kacey Musgraves - Ribbons And Bows

You know what they say, it isn’t Christmas until the fairy lights are on the tree and the Kacey Musgraves’ Christmas album is on the turntable. Kacey loves Christmas so much she even made her album, A Very Kacey Christmas, into a TV special.

In ‘Ribbons And Bows’ she sings about how she doesn’t need fancy cars or expensive holidays and jewellery to feel grateful either. I hope my family all remember that on Christmas day.

Toby Keith - Santa, I'm Right Here

Perhaps not an artist you'd normally associate with Christmas cheer, the opening song on Toby Keith’s holiday album Christmas to Christmas doesn't pull any emotional punches as Toby comes across a letter on the street written to Santa Claus from a young boy asking for help with his family who have found themselves homeless after his father lost his job at the factory when it was closed down.

"Bring my mom a coat that's warm, 'cause the one she's got is awful torn," he reads from the note as he pleads for Santa to still find his way to him and his family, now that they're not in the same place they used to be.

"Maybe dad could help you work, makin' toys for boys and girls," he suggests as a solution to his father's unemployment. A poignant reminder for listener's of the true meaning of Christmas.

Keith Whitley - A Christmas Letter

Almost as if it was a response song to Toby Keith's 'Santa, I'm Right Here' - albeit released 10 years earlier as a standalone single - in Keith Whitley's 'A Christmas Letter' the old man sitting alone writing a letter at his desk on Christmas Eve is Santa Claus himself. As he prepares his sleigh for a busy night ahead, he's only got one wish for Christmas.

"I want peace on earth for Christmas in a world where there's not one hungry child," he writes. "A day when hope and faith conquers fear and hate /
All that's gonna take is a little more love."

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

This rockabilly country classic was originally a hit way back in 1958 when Brenda Lee was only 13 years old. Written by Johnny Marks, who had previously written 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' and 'A Holly Jolly Christmas,' the song peaked at number 14 in 1960 when it first charted but it eventually topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 2023, making it Brenda Lee's third number-one single and making her the oldest artist ever to top the Hot 100 at age 78. She broke her record again one week later when she turned 79.

The song also set the record for the longest period of time between a song's original release date and its topping the Hot 100 when it took 65 years to get there.

Blake Shelton & Michael Bublé - Home

Another appearance in our festive Top 50 for the king of country music for this single from his It's Time album in 2005, it also became a hit for Blake Shelton in 2008 before the pair did the decent thing and recorded it as duet with lyrics reworked for the Christmas season for Blake's Cheers It's Christmas album and performed it on Michael Bublé's 2012 Christmas television special Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays.

‘Home’ is one of those magical songs that still manages to be incredibly touching, even though it also sounds like a song from a building society advert.

Patty Loveless - Christmas Time's A Comin'

Like all the best Christmas films, our favourite country Christmas songs are the ones that you can listen to all year round, and this sweet slice of old timey bluegrass by Patty Loveless is absolutely one of those songs.

Honestly, if it wasn’t for the sleigh bells (and the fact that she sings the word “Christmas” two dozen times) you wouldn’t even know it was a Christmas song. So don’t give us any shit if you catch us watching Elf and blasting this in the middle of June.

Kenny Chesney - Christmas In Blue Chair Bay

It might be Christmas but that won’t stop Kenny Chesney hitting the beach for that "real good tan" he was hoping for. He’s heading off to the boat parade in his flip flops with a bottle of rum to celebrate in the only way he knows how.

Sadly, this breezy festive toe-tapper wasn’t included on his full-length Christmas album, All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, but it’s a lovely way to kick off any Christmas party. Sunshine or snow.

Alan Jackson - Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair

Alan Jackson is a man of uncomplicated pleasures, and something about imagining the big man surrounded by his family, smiling at the simple joy of it all, brings a little tear to our eyes.

His kids might want a fancy bike and a luxury teddy bear, but all Alan wants is for you to stand next to the Christmas tree with a ribbon in your hair. For goodness sake! Vince Gill’s not even here yet and we're already blubbing like babies.

Vince Gill - It Won't Be The Same This Year

This starts out as a simple enough song about packing up the car and getting ready to go home for the holidays. But it isn’t long before Vince has got us all wobbly-lipped as he reveals that this is the first year he’ll have been home since his brother died.

“Losing my big brother hurt so badly”, he sings, before realising that in the end it helped him appreciate the true meaning of Christmas and how there’s nothing more important at this time of year than family.

Willie Nelson - Pretty Paper

Written by Willie Nelson in the 60s, ‘Pretty Paper’ had already been a hit for Roy Orbison in 1964 before Willie and Booker T Jones got their hands on it in 1979.

The song was inspired by Frankie Brierton, a street vendor with atrophied limbs, who sold pencils and paper in front of Leonard's Department Store in Santo, Texas, during the festive season, and moved with rollers instead of using a wheelchair.

Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas

The fact that there are three songs above this on Holler’s Best Christmas Songs playlist just shows the sort of quality we’re dealing with here!

Taken from the musical The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, the wistful song finds Dolly Parton refusing to let life get her down as she lists off the various things she’s thinking of doing to help her get through the disappointment of her brothel having to close down. Very Christmassy.

John Prine - Christmas In Prison

If you thought a brothel was Christmassy, wait until you hear where John Prine set his festive song! In a bloody prison! Of course, in the hands of John Prine any Christmas song is going to be one of the greatest Christmas songs ever written.

No other songwriter on earth could have come up with a line like “the search light in the big yard swings round with the gun and spotlights the snowflakes like dust in the sun” - giving us all a Christmas song that sounds as poignant and sad as it does funny and heart-warming.

Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December

Christmas isn’t going all that well for Hag either. He’s lost his job down at the factory and now he can’t afford any presents for his daughter.

If only she had the same wide-eyed approach to the holiday season that Kacey Musgraves has, or if Merle had the craft making skills and resourcefulness of Pistol Annies. He could have made her something out of old shotgun cartridges and she’d have been absolutely delighted with it.

Phoebe Bridgers released her cover of the song in 2020 and Belle Frantz recorded a wonderful cover version in 2024.

Johnny Cash - The Christmas Spirit

We end this list of the Top 50 Christmas songs the same way that we began, in the capable hands of the Man In Black himself.

This country Christmas classic has all the ingredients of a perfect Christmas song: a heavenly choir, a softly played piano and Johnny Cash doing accents, as he makes his way around the world in search of the very spirit of Christmas.

If he hasn’t helped you find it by the end of the song then I worry that nothing will; not even Love Actually or that little boy who breakdances at the end of Nativity. This is the perfect Christmas song.