60+ Christmas Songs For Kids - Playlist For Children (2025)

Let the holiday fun begin with these special Christmas holiday songs for kids that are full of jingles, classic numbers, and fun sing-alongs!

From decorating the Christmas tree to cozying up with some hot cocoa, these English Christmas songs will make every moment feel truly magical. So, take note of these popular Xmas songs, put together a playlist of your choice and let the festive fun begin!

Songs For Decorating The X-Mas Tree

Decorating your Christmas tree is such a heartwarming experience but it doesn’t take away from the fact that it can be time consuming as well. Here are some top Christmas songs for kids that can make tree decoration a truly memorable experience:

• “Jingle Bells” – Kidsongs

• “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – Gene Autry

• “Frosty the Snowman” – Gene Autry
• “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – The Jackson 5
• “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” – The Kiboomers
• “Up on the Housetop” – The Countdown Kids
• “Deck the Halls” – The Jingle Belles
• “Here Comes Santa Claus” – Elvis Presley
• “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” – Gayla Peevey
• “12 Days of Christmas” – The Countdown Kids
• “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” – Alvin and the Chipmunks
• “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” – Perry Como

Popular Songs for Wrapping Presents

As you wrap your presents, get ready to witness the widest grin on your child’s face when they receive them. But before you get to it, listen to these popular X-Mas songs to make present wrapping a whole lot more fun:

• “Frosty the Snowman” – Perry Como
• “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” – Gayla Peevey
• “Here Comes Santa Claus” – Elvis Presley
• “Jingle Bell Rock” – Bobby Helms
• “Christmas Wrapping” – The Waitresses
• “Must Be Santa” – Bob Dylan

• “Little Drummer Boy” – Harry Simeone Chorale
• “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” – Ella Fitzgerald
• “Silver Bells” – Bing Crosby and Carol Richards
• “Winter Wonderland” – Tony Bennett

Songs For Decorating Christmas Cookies

For decorating Christmas cookies, these kid-friendly Christmas songs will add joy and cheer to the whole process:

• “Over the River and Through the Woods” – Lydia Maria Child
• “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas” – Emily Huntington Miller
• “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – Bruce Springsteen
• “Silver and Gold” – Burl Ives
• “Merry Christmas Everybody” – Slade
• “Leroy the Redneck Reindeer” – Joe Diffie
• “Happy Xmas” – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• “Blue Christmas” – Elvis Presley
• “Must Be Santa” – Bob Dylan
• “Run Rudolph Run” – Chuck Berry

The Night Before Christmas Songs

Celebrate Christmas Eve and help kids get into the holiday spirit with these amazing tracks:

• Silent Night” – Elvis Presley
• “Christmas in Hollis” – Run-DMC
• “Zat You, Santa Claus?” – Louis Armstrong
• “Christmas Time Is Here” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “The Man with the Bag” – Kay Starr
• “Let It Snow!” – Dean Martin
• “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – Frank Sinatra
• “O Holy Night” – Josh Groban
• “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – Frank Sinatra
• “Pretty Paper” – Willie Nelson

Songs For A Happy Christmas Morning

These Christmas songs are true holiday favourites when it comes to welcoming Christmas morning with open arms:

• “Merry Christmas Baby” – Otis Redding
• “Hallelujah” – Lindsey Stirling
• “Christmas” – Darlene Love
• “Thank God It’s Christmas” – Queen

• “Winter Song” – Ingrid Michaelson
• “Mistletoe” – Justin Bieber
• “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” – Amy Grant
• “Wonderful Christmastime” – The Shins

Christmas Songs For Parents

This mix of classic tunes and modern hits will get parents as well as kids into the groove to shake a leg this Christmas season:

• A Holly Jolly Christmas” – Burl Ives
• “Where Are You Christmas?” – Faith Hill
• “White Christmas” – Bing Crosby
• “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” – Band Aid
• “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” – Andy Williams
• “Sleigh Ride” – The Ronettes
• “8 Days of Christmas” – Destiny’s Child
• “Frosty the Snowman” – Nat King Cole
• “What Christmas Means to Me” – Stevie Wonder
• “Santa Tell Me” – Ariana Grande

Songs For Christmas Dance Party of Kids

Want your kids to have a ball at a Christmas dance party? These tracks can set the mood for encouraging little one’s to dance their hearts out:

• “Frosty the Snowman” - Jimmy Durante
• “Mistletoe Singers” - Mistletoe Singers
• “Here Comes Santa Claus” - The Starlite Singers
• “Sleigh Ride” - The Honey Sweets
• “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” - The Singing Hamsters
• “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”- Melinda Keen
• “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” - The Galway Christmas Singers
• Winter Wonderland - The Galway Christmas Singers
• “Walking in the Air” - The Galway Christmas Ensemble

Best Christmas Carols

Christmas carols are beautiful personifications of the joy, love, and faith that the Christmas spirit is all about. Here are some of the best Christmas carols that can help you enjoy some cosy time during family gatherings:

• “Silent Night”
• “O Holy Night”
• “Joy to the World”
• “O Come, All Ye Faithful”
• “The First Noel”
• “Angels We Have Heard on High”
• “Deck the Halls”
• “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
• “Go Tell It on the Mountain”

Christmas Special Products For Kids From Skillmatics India

To help kids fully immerse in the spirit of Christmas, Skillmatics India has curated a fabulous range of products that will resonate with the magical Holiday season:

Christmas Ornaments Foil Art is a mess-free and magical way to keep kids entertained for hours. Kids can craft dazzling Christmas ornaments using 25 double-sided ornaments, 150 vibrant foil sheets, over 25 golden strings, a poke-in stick, googly eyes, and an instruction manual. This is such an excellent choice for helping kids make the holiday season sparkle!

This dazzling holiday foil art activity will help your child make sparkly pictures using 10 picture canvases, 100+ foam stickers, and 100 colourful foil sheets. This is a mess-free activity that can be enjoyed individually or in a group.

This Christmas Inspired Scissor Skill Activity Book has 25 activities that will keep your child entertained for a long time. This kit has an activity booklet, safety scissors, and a glue stick, all wrapped in the magic of holiday cheer!

Our Poke-in-Art Christmas Decor is a great way to create magical DIY poke-in art. It comes with 800+ fabric squares, 4 foam pieces, a golden string, and 2 poke-in sticks. Kids can create their own unique holiday decorations, and once complete, they can use the golden string to create a holiday garland and hang them around the house!

Conclusion

Music has a way of making memories special, and these Christmas songs will bring warmth and wonder to your festivities. Talking of festivities, Skillmates is here with its bespoke range of Secret Santa gifts for kids and Christmas gifts for kids that will let you create priceless holiday memories with your children.