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Christmas Carols Chords, Tab, Sheet Music and Lyrics

How to play your favorite Christmas music

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"Once in Royal David's City"

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of ChristmasZoe Records
This carol, originally a poem written by Cecil Frances Alexander, was set to music by H.J. Gauntlett a year after it was first published.

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"Santa Claus is Coming to Town"

Point of Grace - Tennessee Christmas - a Holiday CollectionWord
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934.

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"Silver Bells"

Take 6 - We Wish You A Merry ChristmasWord Records
"Silver Bells," written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, was introduced to America by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in 1951 in a movie called The Lemon Drop Kid.

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"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)"

Diamond Rio - A Diamond Rio Christmas, The Star Still ShinesWord
Written by vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells, "The Christmas Song" the song was written during an extremely hot summer in an attempt to “stay cool by thinking cool."

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"The Twelve Days of Christmas"

Scarlet Rivera & Eric Rigler - Silent NightVanilla OMP
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" first appeared in England in 1780 in a children's book called Mirth Without Mischief. Some say that it was written as a catechism song to help young Catholics learn the tenets of their faith during a time when being Catholic could get you imprisoned or killed.

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"White Christmas"

David Phelps - O Holy Night... A Live Christmas CelebrationWord Records
"White Christmas" was written in 1940 by a Irving Berlin for the 1942 movie "Holiday Inn" starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

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"You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch"

Go Fish - More Than A StoryInpop Records
"You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" was written by Dr. Seuss to go with the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

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