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Christmas karaoke songs

Christmas karaoke songs come with a built-in choir: everyone in the bar already knows them. Pick one the room can shout, croon or laugh along to.

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Before you sing it

Where it sits

How hard

Easy goingSome effortA big sing

Every song below shows where it sits and how hard it is. Open one for what to sing next and a little trivia.

December is the friendliest month to sing. Half the bar has heard these songs since they were kids, so you're never really up there alone.

The trick is matching the song to the hour. Bouncy pop early, while people are still arriving. Crooners once the room settles in. Novelty songs and carols late, when everyone is ready to join in and nobody is judging.

Singing at the office party instead? Some colleagues won't touch a carol, so we keep a separate list of holiday party songs that aren't Christmas songs.

Christmas pop

Christmas pop the whole bar shouts

The ones that play in every mall from November on. By the chorus, the room is doing half the work.

Crooners

Slow Christmas songs for crooning

No shouting, no big finish. Just a microphone, a little nerve and maybe a scarf.

Novelty

Novelty songs that sound better a little ragged

Silly, loud and forgiving. Nobody expects you to sound good, and that's the point.

Carols

Carols and the ones you learned in school

For late in the night, when the whole bar knows the words, or most of them.

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

    Gene Autry

    Everyone learned it as a kid, and the bar adds its own shouted extras whether you planned them or not.

    ListenLyrics

    Sits on the low side

    Easy going
    Before you sing itLow side · Easy going

    Sits on the low side

    Easy going

    Sing nextSame spot for your voice

    1. Song 1Jingle Bell RockBobby Helms
    2. Song 2White ChristmasBing Crosby
    3. Song 3Blue ChristmasElvis Presley

    Did you know

    1. Gene Autry's original recording shot to number one on the charts during Christmas week in the late 1940s.
    2. Autry initially did not want to record the song until his wife urged him to give it a chance.

  • Deck the Halls

    Traditional

    Half the song is happy nonsense syllables, and the room has known them since grade school.

    ListenLyrics

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going
    Before you sing itMiddle · Easy going

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going

    Sing nextSame spot for your voice

    1. Song 1Joy to the WorldTraditional
    2. Song 2The Twelve Days of ChristmasTraditional
    3. Song 3Silent NightTraditional

    Did you know

    1. The English lyrics to the carol were first written by Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant in the nineteenth century.

  • Joy to the World

    Traditional

    Isaac Watts wrote the words three centuries ago, and it's still short, loud and familiar; start it confidently and a whole table will come in behind you.

    ListenLyrics

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going
    Before you sing itMiddle · Easy going

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going

    Sing nextSame spot for your voice

    1. Song 1The Twelve Days of ChristmasTraditional
    2. Song 2Silent NightTraditional
    3. Song 3We Wish You a Merry ChristmasTraditional

    Did you know

    1. The carol dates back to the eighteenth century with lyrics inspired by the Book of Psalms.

  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Traditional

    It's long and it keeps stacking up, which turns it into a party game instead of a solo.

    a group: one person per day, everyone together on the big line in the middle

    ListenLyrics

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going
    Before you sing itMiddle · Easy going

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going

    Sing nextSame spot for your voice

    1. Song 1Silent NightTraditional
    2. Song 2We Wish You a Merry ChristmasTraditional
    3. Song 3Last ChristmasWham!

    Did you know

    1. The famous melody most people sing today was arranged by composer Frederic Austin in the early twentieth century.

  • Silent Night

    Traditional

    Slow and quiet, and the bar will hush and sing along under you. Out come the phone lights.

    ListenLyrics

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going
    Before you sing itMiddle · Easy going

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going

    Sing nextSame spot for your voice

    1. Song 1We Wish You a Merry ChristmasTraditional
    2. Song 2Last ChristmasWham!
    3. Song 3Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeBrenda Lee

    Did you know

    1. The song was originally composed in Austria in the early nineteenth century by Franz Xaver Gruber.

  • O Holy Night

    Traditional

    The showstopper, with music by Adolphe Adam from the 1840s: a long, slow build to a huge finish. Save it for when you've got something to prove.

    ListenLyrics

    Sits on the high side

    A big sing
    Before you sing itHigh side · A big sing

    Sits on the high side

    A big sing

    Sing nextSame spot for your voice

    1. Song 1Santa Tell MeAriana Grande
    2. Song 2It's the Most Wonderful Time of the YearAndy Williams

    Did you know

    1. It is based on a French poem set to music in the mid-19th century and became an essential holiday standard.

  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Traditional

    Short and pure cheer, the perfect last song before everyone heads out into the cold.

    ListenLyrics

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going
    Before you sing itMiddle · Easy going

    Sits in the middle

    Easy going

    Sing nextSame spot for your voice

    1. Song 1Last ChristmasWham!
    2. Song 2Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeBrenda Lee
    3. Song 3Feliz NavidadJosé Feliciano

    Did you know

    1. This traditional English folk carol originated in the West Country of England.

Remember which ones went well

Christmas songs come back once a year, just long enough to forget which ones worked. Keep them in KaraokeList, tagged Skill if you can really sing it and Fun if the room loves it anyway.

Log each turn: stars, plus Too high, Just right or Too low. Next December, the answer is already on your phone.

Want something new? Tap the Magic Mic for songs you don't have yet, each with its reason. It never offers back a song you've stamped Not again.

Questions

What are the best Christmas karaoke songs?

All I Want for Christmas Is You, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Feliz Navidad and Jingle Bell Rock are the ones every bar joins. For something slower, Blue Christmas and White Christmas stay low and never get loud.

What is an easy Christmas song for karaoke?

Feliz Navidad barely changes from start to finish. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and A Holly Jolly Christmas are both short and stay comfortable, and Santa Baby is purred more than sung.

What Christmas song can I sing at karaoke if I can't sing?

Pick one that's talked or rapped. Christmas Wrapping is mostly spoken, Christmas in Hollis is a rap, and You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch is better the grumpier it sounds.

What is a good Christmas karaoke song for a group?

The Twelve Days of Christmas works as a party game, with one person per day. Fairytale of New York is a duet for two, and Sleigh Ride needs a lead and two friends on the backing parts.

What Christmas song should I sing at an office party?

Something short and cheerful, like Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree or A Holly Jolly Christmas. If the crowd is mixed and some colleagues would rather skip the carols, our holiday party page has well-known songs that aren't Christmas songs at all.

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