A Christmas carol is a carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter season in general.

Some of the more popular traditional Christmas carols include:

• "Adeste Fideles" ("O Come All Ye Faithful")
• "Angels From the Realms of Glory"
• "Angels We Have Heard On High"
• "Away in a Manger"
• "Boar's Head Carol"
• "Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella"
• "Carol of the Bells"
• "Christ Is Born In Bethlehem"
• "Coventry Carol"
• "The First Noël"
• "Ding Dong Merrily on High" ("Gloria in Excelsis Deo")
• "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
• "Go Tell it on The Mountain"
• "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
• "Good King Wenceslas"
• "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing "
• "Here We Come a' Caroling"
• "The Holly and the Ivy"
• "I Saw Three Ships"
• "In Dulci Jubilo"
• "In the Bleak Midwinter"
• "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear "
• "Joy to the World"
• "Mary Did You Know?"
• "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
• "O Holy Night"
• "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
• "O Tannenbaum"
• "Once In Royal David's City"
• "Silent Night" (written by Franz Xaver Gruber)
• "Silver and Gold"
• "Still, Still, Still"
• "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
• "The Wassail Song"
• "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
• "We Three Kings Of Orient Are"
• "What Child Is This?"
• "While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night"

Some other popular Christmas songs that are not carols include:

• "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
• "Beginning to Look a lot like Chistmas"
• "Blue Christmas"
• "The Christmas Song"
• "Deck The Halls"
• "Feliz Navidad"
• "Frosty the Snowman"
• "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
• "Jingle Bell Rock"
• "Jingle Bells"
• "Holly Jolly Christmas"
• "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
• "Let It Snow"
• "Let There Be Peace on Earth"
• "Little Drummer Boy"
• "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
• "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
• "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
• "Silver Bells"
• "Sleigh Ride"
• "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays"
• "Toyland"
• "Up on the Housetop"
• "White Christmas"
• "Winter Wonderland"