List of German Christmas carols

Merry Christmas , painting by Viggo Johansen , 1891

For the terminology used here, see the corresponding section in the Christmas carol article

This is a list of German Christmas carols . The spectrum of these songs ranges from hymns from the late Middle Ages, which were committed to the church liturgy , to modern poetry.

Both liturgical Christmas carols and Christmas folk songs are listed here. Outside the liturgical context, there is often no distinction between Advent and Christmas carols. Therefore, songs are also mentioned here, which are called Advent songs in stricter terminology. The list contains all liturgical Christmas carols from the Catholic hymn book Praise God and from the Evangelical hymn book . The corpus , the entirety of the underlying titles, is thus clearly outlined in the liturgical Christmas carols. The list also includes Christmas folk songs. Here the definition of the corpus is more difficult. Ultimately, the inclusion of folk songs is shaped by a pragmatic decision: The folk songs are taken from school, folk and Christmas song books as well as scientific publications. The completeness of the non-denominational Christmas carols cannot be guaranteed here.

Winter songs without an explicit Christmas reference also appear in this list. There are two reasons for this: On the one hand, the distinction between winter song and Christmas carol is difficult in some cases, for example in the case of songs whose secular , secular version is better known than the original Christmas carol, as is the case, for example, with A time has come for us ; or the delimitation would require a Christmas term that is limited to the confessional Christmas, for example, this would exclude O Tannenbaum from this list, because there the Christmas tree is sung about as a secular Christmas symbol without an explicit reference to the birth of Jesus being made. On the other hand, many of these winter songs are strongly associated with Christmas due to their edition history, especially in a non-denominational context. This list is intended to provide as comprehensive an overview as possible of the songs that are sung at Christmas time, and therefore lists both denominational and non-denominational songs. The context of a song is partly evident - especially in the liturgical Advent and Christmas carols - from the respective source.

Many Christmas carols have a long and eventful edition history and are available in different variants and readings . If there are variants with different titles, the alternative title, which is less common today, is given in brackets - such as " Es ist ein Ros sprung (A rice sprung from) ". A distinction must be made between these editorial variants and counterfactures in which a completely new text was written on an old melody. These counterfactures are mentioned in this list as a separate song. The column "Contrafactur" in the line of song A shows all songs with the same melody. The oldest, original text version is marked in italics.

See also: The list of foreign language Christmas carols

Title of the song	Origin of the text	Origin of the melody	Dating the text	Dating the melody	Counterfactor
... and peace for the world	Original: Jester Hairston , German: Rolf Zuckowski	Jester Hairston		1956	Original text: Mary's Boy Child
24 lüttje Dör'n	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
A, a, a! The child is lying there	from Upper Bavaria	from Upper Bavaria
Oh dear Lord Jesus Christ	Heinrich Laufenberg		around 1400
Advent, Advent, a little light is burning	by oral tradition	different melodies
Advent, Advent, a little light is burning	Hans Poser	Hans Poser	1982	1982
Every year again	Wilhelm Hey	Friedrich Silcher	1837	1842
Every year again					Artist: Frank Wesemann
All the world jump and sing praises	after Omnis mundus jocundetur	Hs. Hohenfurt (CZ-VB, 28)		Mid 15th century	Omnis mundus jocundetur
When the world was lost	Gustav Kucz , after "Gdy się Chrystus rodzi"	from Poland	1954	before 1883	Gdy się Chrystus rodzi
When you came down to earth	from Danube Swabia and Tyrol	from Danube Swabia and Tyrol	in the middle of the 19th century	in the middle of the 19th century
As a gentle light (Adoration of the child)	Josef wine lifter	Ernst-Lothar von Knorr , Germany, Otto Strobl , Vienna, Heinz Martin Lonquich , 20th century Sebastian H. Unterberger, Salzburg	1st half of the 20th century	Knorr, 20th century Strobl, 20th century Heinz Martin Lonquich, 20th century Unterberger, 2017
When I watch my sheep	Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld	Hymnal by Peter von Brachel, Cologne	1623	1623	in England as echo Hymn known
When Jesus came to earth	Martin Gotthard Schneider	Martin Gotthard Schneider
When Jesus Christ was born		from Augsburg	16th Century	1590
As Emperor Augustus	from Sachrang (Upper Bavaria)	from Sachrang (Upper Bavaria)
So God loved the world	Joh 3,16  EU	Volker Ochs		around 1980
So God loves the bad world	Kurt Müller-Osten after	Gerhard Schwarz	1939/1950	1939
The lights are on on the Christmas tree	Hermann Kletke		1841	19th century
On the mountain, there the wind blows (On the mountain, there the wind goes)	from Silesia	from Silesia	18th century	around 1840
Snow falls on the streets	Hans Möskenthin	Rolf Lukowsky	20th century	20th century
Up, up, you boys	from Carinthia	from Carinthia	18th century	18th century
Up, up, you shepherds! Do not linger!	from Silesia	from Silesia	1842	1842
Up, up, you shepherds in the field	from Carinthia	from Carinthia
Up, up, you shepherds, don't sleep so long for me	from Lower Austria	from Lower Austria
Up, up, you comrades in the empire	Johann Rist	Thomas Selle	1651
Come on, Christians, sing festive songs	Augustine Erthel	from Fulda		1778
Up, you shepherds, from sleep	from the Valais	from the Valais
Up, you shepherds	Iron Doctor (Upper Bavaria)	Iron Doctor (Upper Bavaria)
Augustus, Cyrenius, the Roman masters	Kurt Rommel	Kurt Rommel
Humanity complains from hard woe (Human sex complains from hard woe)	Hymn book by Michael Vehe , Leipzig		1537	around 1525
Out of a thousand sadnesses	Friedrich von Bodelschwingh	Hans Georg Bertram	1945	1975
Ave Maria tender	Johann Georg Franz Braun	Johann Georg Franz Braun	1675	1675
A Christmas like it used to be
Baking for Santa Claus					Artist: Peter Maffay
It's Christmas time soon	Karola Wilke	Wolfgang mute	around 1940	around 1940
Especially when it's Christmas					Performers: Cora
Come on, you beautiful morning light	Johann Rist	Johann Schop	1641	1641
Come on, you beautiful morning light	Maximilian von Schenkendorf	Johannes Dieckmann		16th Century
Brother, I'm going with you too	Fritz Dietrich
Christkindelein	in Alsace	in Alsace	around 1850	around 1850
Christkindlmarkt, Christkindlmarkt	Philipp Simon Goletz	Philipp Simon Goletz	1989	1989
Christ we should already praise	Martin Luther	after Caelius Sedulius	1524	around 430, modified in 1524	A solis ortus cardine ( Caelius Sedulius )
Then I miss you so much					Artist: Andreas Fulterer
The Christ Child is born	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
The sea of ​​lights on the Christmas market					Interpreter: Nicole
The light in children's hearts					Interpreter: Astrid Harzbecker
The Rickedickeducke song	Fredrik Vahle	Fredrik Vahle
The people who still walk in the dark	Jürgen Henkys after "Het volk dat wandelt in het duister"	Frits Mehrtens	1981	1959	Het people dat walk in het duister
Dat Joahr goes to Ind	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
Your king comes in low cloaks	Friedrich Rückert	Johannes Christoph Andreas Zahn	1834	1853
Your kingdom, O Lord, will come	Georg Thurmair	Adolf Lohmann	1959	1961
Your day, Lord Christ, is already shining brightly into our world	Eugene Walter		1951	1938	Open the gates
To which the shepherds rang out			15th century		Quem pastores laudavere
Whom the shepherds praised ; secondary with being today the dear angels and God's Son is born human being connected to a song	Matthew Ludecus after Quem pastores laudavere	Hs. Hohenfurt (CZ-VB, 28) middle of the 15th century / first printing Prague 1541 / by Valentin Triller	1584	Mid 15th century (/ 1541/1555)	Quem pastores laudavere ; Czech text by Jan Roh = Johann Horn 1541; Praise be to God in the heavenly throne ( Valentin Triller 1555)
A maid gave birth to him	from the Andernach hymn book		1608	14th Century	Quem nunc virgo peperit
Because it's Christmas					Artist: Patrick Lindner
The Christmas tree					Artist: Rainhard Fendrich
The Christmas tree is the most beautiful tree	Johannes Carl	Georg Eisenbach	1842	1842
Who made the world	Rudolf Alexander Schröder	Hans Friedrich Micheelsen
The green branch in our hand	Wilhelm Willms	Peter Janssens	1980	1980
The Savior is born	from Innsbruck	from Innsbruck		1881/1883
The holy Christian has come	Ernst Moritz Arndt	Johannes Eccard
Heaven is happy
The morning star has penetrated	Daniel Rumpius / Wilhelm Witzke and Otto Riethmüller (stanzas 2–4)	Michael Praetorius	1587/1932	1609
The Sunnwendmann	Martin Greif	Use Lang
The day is so joyful	14./15. Century anonymous; Around 1525 several new stanzas were added	Handwriting Kloster Medingen;	14./15. century	circa 1320	This est laetitiae in ortu regali
The abandoned fir tree					Artist: Patrick Lindner
Santa Claus has long blonde hair					Artist: Oliver Thomas
Santa Claus is coming to town today					Performers: Truck Stop
The wind is blowing cold	Rudolf Otto Wiemer	Gerd Watkinson
Winter is a real man	Matthias Claudius	Johann Friedrich Reichardt
December dreams	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski	1993	1993
The whole world					Interpreter: Isabel Varell
The holy three kings	from Upper Bavaria	from Upper Bavaria
The shepherds stopped in the field	Maria Luise Thurmair	Heinrich Rohr
The night has advanced	Jochen Klepper	Johannes Petzold	1938	1939
God's hand leads the wise	Mainz hymn book	Mainz hymn book	1605		A child is born to us
This is the day God made	Christian Fürchtegott Gellert	Martin Luther	1757	1539	An angel came bright and clear; We sing to you, Immanuel; The angels came from heaven; From heaven high, there I come;
This is the night of the angels	Kurt Rose	Joachim Black	1987	1987
This is the night that appeared to me	Kaspar Friedrich Nachtenhöfer	1. Choir book by Johann Balthasar König 2. Langenöls / with Johann Balthasar Reimann	1684	1. 1738 2. 1742/1747	Oh that I had a thousand tongues ( Johann Mentzer ); I am baptized in your name ; I have now found the reason ( Johann Andreas Rothe )
Diholter, dipolter	Edith Bergner	Carl-Ernst Teichmann
I give you my heart at Christmas time					Interpreter: Eva Kaufmann
Up there from the mountain	from the Bohemian Forest	from the Bohemian Forest
Three kings wander from the Orient	Peter Cornelius	Peter Cornelius	1856	1856
Three wishes from happiness - Christmas carol	Michael Hansen	Heiko Reissig	2006	2006
You are my poinsettia					Artist: GG Anderson
You're not alone					Interpreter: Ines Adler
You child at this sacred time	Jochen Klepper	Volker Gwinner	1938	1970
Dear, holy, pious Christian	Ernst Moritz Arndt	Thank God Siegert	1818	1822
You mirror of the Trinity	Quentel's hymn book, Cologne	Quentel's hymn book, Cologne	1599	1599
You essential word	Lorenz Lorenzen	Johann Heermann	1700	1648	O God, you godly God
Through the clear winter forest	Egon Günther	Gerhard Wohlgemuth	20th century	20th century
Eenmol in't Joahr	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
Glory to God in the highest	according to Lk 2.14  EU	Ludwig Ernst Gebhardi		around 1830
One always looked through the keyhole					Artist: Frans Bauer
A Christmas party					Performer: Ella Finally
A child was born in Bethlehem	to Puer natus in Bethlehem	Klug's hymnbook	15th and 16th centuries	around 1330	Puer natus in Bethlehem
A child is born to us today	according to Natus est nobis hodie	Michael White	1971	1531	Natus est nobis hodie
A child so praiseworthy (2nd stanza of The day that is so joyful )	Unknown	Handwriting Medingen Monastery	15th century	circa 1320	This est laetitiae in ortu regali
A child lies in the poor stable	Martin Gotthard Schneider	Martin Gotthard Schneider	1964	1964
A light in the dark times					Interpreter: Wencke Myhre
Good news spreads	Martin Gotthard Schneider	Martin Gotthard Schneider	1975	1975
A moo, a muh (Santa Claus is coming / When the Christmas tree laughs at us)	Waldemar Alfredo	Wilhelm Lindemann	1912	1912
A straw made of straw	Erich Fried	Winfrid Heurich	1958	1993
A star that shines for you					Interpreter: Simone
A white castle that stands in the mountains
Christmas at last					Artist: Frank Schöbel
Angels sing in the fields	Maria Luise Thurmair	from France; 2nd half at Thoinot Arbeau	1954	18th century, 2nd half of 1589	Les Anges dans nos campagnes ; The angel hears bright songs ( Otto Abel ); 2nd half after the instrumental dance Branle de l'Official
Rejoice, Heaven	from a Strasbourg hymn book	from Strasbourg	1697	1697
Encourage yourself, my weak spirit	Johann Rist
He is the right sun of joy	Georg Weissel	Paul Ernst Ruppel after power up the door		1955
It is the time					Artist: Andreas Gabalier
Three roses are blooming			1840	1840
The may bloom	from Upper Bavaria	from Upper Bavaria
A rose blooms at Christmas time ( Christmas rose song )	Kurt Hertha	Robert proud	1967	1967
A pigeon flew white	Beuttner's hymnbook	Beuttner's hymnbook	1602	1602	Until willekomen, herro Krist , and our dear lady from cold Bronnen ( Georg Forster 1539)
It carries three king God's hand	from Cologne, attributed to Friedrich von Spee	from Cologne	1621	1621
It just opened up	from Tirol	from Tirol	before 1898	before 1898
It is the time	Andreas Gabalier	Andreas Gabalier	2009	2009
It's got a rose (It's got a rice)	according to Isa 11.1  EU (later versions by Michael Praetorius and Friedrich Layriz)	from Speyer	1st and 2nd stanza 1609, 3rd and 4th stanza 1844	1599
A time has come for us	from the Wiggertal (verse 1); Maria Wolters (verses 2–9) / Paul Hermann	Star turner way from the Wiggertal	1957	19th century
It's Christmas					Interpreter: Stephanie
It is Christmas time					Performer: Xandra
The graceful night came	Johann Caspar Lavater	from the canton of Lucerne
An angel came bright and clear	Valentin Triller (verse 1), the rest Martin Luther	Martin Luther	1555	1539	This is the day that God made; We sing to you, Immanuel; The angels came from heaven; From heaven high, there I come;
A ship is coming, loaded	Daniel Sudermann	from Cologne	1626	1608
It's snowing (winter joys)	Wolfgang Brandenstein	Hans Sandig	20th century	20th century
It will be the same dumpa	Anton Reidinger	Anton Reidinger based on older models	before 1884	18th century	To love melody based on the song Maria is always my meaning from the Paderborn hymn book 1765
Rejoice, earth and starry tent	Leitmeritzer Gesangbuch (stanzas 1–2 and 5) / Johannes Pröger (stanzas 3–4)	from Bohemia	1844 / around 1950	15th century
Rejoice, all of you Christians	Christian Keimann	Andreas Hammerschmidt	1646	1646
Rejoice in the Lord for he is near	Friedrich Dörr	from Paderborn	1969	1616
Rejoice, dear Christians	from Magdeburg	Leonhart Schröter	1540	1587
Rejoice, all of you dear Christians	from Prague	Bartholomeus Gesius	1612	1605
Merry Christmas					Artist: Reinhard Mey
My heart should jump happily	Paul Gerhardt	Johann Crüger	1653	1653
Merry Christmas					Artist: Nik P.
Merry Christmas (get ready)	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
Merry Christmas everywhere		unsure: from England
We are born children	from Mainz	from Mainz	1605	1605
Go Hansl, pack the Binggal together	Hermann Delacher	Hermann Delacher	20th century	20th century	as Hansl, pack dei Binggerl together from the Zillertal apron hunters
Blessed be you, Jesus Christ	Guido Dreves	Josef Venantius von Wöss	1886	1928
Blessed be you, Jesus Christ	Manuscript Kloster Medingen (Verse 1) / Martin Luther (Verse 2–7)	Handwriting Medingen Monastery	1380/1524	around 1460
Gables shine deeply snowy	Annelies Paul	Günter Fredrich	20th century	20th century
God has the first word	Markus Jenny based on Jan Wits "God heeft het eerste woord" (1957)	Gerardus Marinus Kremer	1970	1957	God heeft het eerste woord
God, holy creator of all stars	Thomas Müntzer after "Conditor alme siderum"	Kempten hymn	1523	around 1000	Conditor alme siderum
Thank God all over the world	Heinrich Held	from Frankfurt am Main	1658	1659	even after the melody Now come, the Gentile Savior
God's son has come	Attributed to Michael Weisse or Johann Horn (= Jan Roh)	Hs. Hohenfurt (CZ-VB, 42)	1544	2nd half of the 14th century (written down in 1410)	Ave hierarchia , child of man, just notice (revised by Michael Weisse )
Green fields, green meadows	from Upper Austria	from Upper Austria
Hello God, shepherds'	from Austria	from Austria
Good evening, good evening, it's already Christmas	Fritz Hugo Hoffmann based on a Carinthian Christmas carol (verses 1–2); Ilse Naumilkat (verse 3)	from Styria	1931 (verses 1-2); 1947-50 (verse 3)	1798
Hello, I'm Santa Claus	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
Holy night, I greet you	Karl Wilhelm Osterwald	Johann Wolfgang Franck		1681
Sanctuary	Johanne Amalie von Elterlein	Johanne Amalie von Elterlein
Holiest night	Salzburg	with Christian Paul Müller, Landshut	1783	1793
Come here, O you believers	Friedrich Heinrich Ranke after "Adeste fideles"	John Francis Wade	around 1823	1751	Adeste fideles ; Now rejoice, you Christians
Lord, send us down your son (God, send us down your son)	Heinrich Bone	Andermacher hymnal	1847	1608
To be today the dear little angels (used as a second part of the Quempas , as in Michael Praetorius 1607)	Nikolaus Herman after Nunc Angelorum Gloria	Hohenfurt?	1560 (first printing)	1410?	Nunc angelorum gloria
High night of the clear stars	Hans Baumann	Hans Baumann	1936	1936
High time	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
Hear the angel bright songs	Otto Abel to Les Anges dans nos campagnes	from France; 2nd half after Thoinot Arbeau	1954	18th century; 2nd half of 1589	Les Anges dans nos campagnes ; Angels sing in the fields ( Maria Luise Thurmair )
Hear it sounds from the sky					Artist: Hein Simons
Hear it sings and sounds with fury	Markus Jenny after Quem pastores laudavere	Hs. Hohenfurt (CZ-VB, 28)	1971	Mid 15th century	Quem pastores laudavere
I think about Christmas					Artist: Michael Wendler
I still believe in Santa Claus			2006	2006	Interpreter: Nicole
I lay and slept	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben	Johann Friedrich Reichardt		1781	Melody from "Spring has arrived"
I'm standing here at your crib	Paul Gerhardt	1st melody probably Martin Luther ; 2nd melody Johann Sebastian Bach (schematic hymnal)	1653	1529 or 1736	1. Melody Now rejoice, dear Christians gmein III ( Martin Luther ); It is certainly about time ( Bartholomäus Ringwaldt )
I want to give the boy a present	from Des Knaben Wunderhorn	Karl Marx		1897
I wish to become a holy christian	Erica Wildgrube-Ulrici	Rolf Zuckowski
You shepherds, awake!		Albert Gereon Stein	1852 (Text: around 1800?)	1852 (melody: from Franconia, 18th century?)
Come ye Ye Children	Christoph von Schmid	Johann Abraham Peter Schulz	1798/1811	1794	How lovely, how wonderful everything is around ( Johann Heinrich Voss )
Dear Christians, rejoice now	Erasmus Alberus	after "Stand on you dear little children"	1546	15th century	Stand on you dear children
In Christmas land					Performers: Godewind
In the Christmas bakery	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski	1987	1987
In dulci jubilo	possibly Heinrich Seuse	first recording by Martin Luther , Klugsches Gesangbuch (1st edition lost, 2nd, identical edition preserved)	before 1358	probably 14th century; first recording = first printing not until 1529 or 1535
In a cave in Bethlehem	Klaus Berg	Oskar Gottlieb Blarr
In the middle of the night	from the Kinzig valley	from the Kinzig valley	18th century	18th century	in Alsace as a folk dance Le Branle des Bergers known
There is a Christmas market in our city					Artist: Jonny Hill
It's Christmas			2017	2017	English title. German-language lyrics. Performers: Fireheart
Itzund, because everyone sleeps	from "Heilge Christhandlung of the Görlitzer Gymnasium"	from "Heilge Christhandlung of the Görlitzer Gymnasium"	1668	1668
Shout, you heavens, rejoice, you angels	Gerhard Tersteegen	Stralsund	1731	circa 1638	Do not you have Jesus entirely hidden your face , Praise to the Lord
Every year when it's Christmas	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
Joseph, my dear Joseph	Attributed to the monk of Salzburg	after Resonet in laudibus	14th Century	14th Century
Calendar song	Willy Dehmel	Franz Grothe	20th century	20th century
Very tender	Unknown, from Michael Praetorius	after Tielman Susato , with Michael Praetorius	(before) 1609	1551/1609	Folk tune based on instrumental dance The first galliard
Child my
Kleenes Kindla, greetings Goot	County of Glatz / Silesia	County of Glatz / Silesia			High German also as: little boy, great god
Little children, big children (The Advent Calendar Song)	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
Jingle Bells	Karl Enslin		1854	before 1873
Come, you savior of the world	Markus Jenny (after Ambrosius of Milan )	from Einsiedeln	1971	12th Century	Veni redemptor gentium ; Now come, the Gentile Savior
Come on my friend					Performers: Gilbert & Harfonie
Come into my Christmas dreams					Performers: Nockalm Quintet
Come on, we're going to Bethlehem			Early 19th century	Early 19th century	Pujdem daly do Betlema
Come, you shepherds	Karl Riedel , based on a Christmas carol from Bohemia	from Bohemia	1870	1847	Nesem vám noviny
Come here, you angels	Cologne	augsburg	1635	1666
Come here, children, sing fine	Andernacher hymnal	Andernacher hymnal	1608	1608
Come and let us honor Christ	Paul Gerhardt	Hs. Hohenfurt (CZ-VB, 28)	1666	Mid 15th century	Quem pastores laudavere ; Whom the shepherds praised; To which the shepherds rang out
Announce everyone in need	Friedrich Dörr	from "Morning Glory of Eternity"	1972		Morning shine of eternity
Let it snow	Lukas Hilbert	Gregor Rottschalk	2007	2007	Artist Peter Maffay (from the album Merry Christmas with Tabaluga )
Let the light into your hearts					Artist: Patrick Lindner
Let's weigh the child	Arnold Quentel	Arnold Quentel	1619	1604 (Munich)
Let's be happy and cheerful (Nikolauslied)	Attributed to Josef Annegarn	from the Hunsrück and the Rhineland	19th century	19th century
Let it snow	Eduard Ebel	Folk way	1895
Light that appeared to us	Maria Luise Thurmair	Heinrich Rohr	1952	1952
Dear good Santa Claus	Rolf Zuckowski	Trad./ Ed .: Michael Reinecke / Rolf Zuckowski
Dear nightingale, wake up! (Wake up, nightingale, wake up)	from the Bamberg hymn book	from the Bamberg hymn book	1670	1670
Santa Claus song	Fredrik Vahle	Fredrik Vahle
Praise God, all Christians alike	Nicholas Herman	Nicholas Herman	1560	1554	Come here, you dear little sister (also Nikolaus Herman ) / Gregorian Introitus Puer natus est
Open the door , the gate opens wide	Georg Weissel (based on Ps 24.7-10  EU )	with Johann Athanasius Freylinghausen , Hallesches Gesangbuch	1623/1642	1704
Make the gates wide open in the world	Albert Knapp	Adolf Lohmann	before 1864	1938
Sometimes I think there is no Christmas	Martin Gotthard Schneider	Martin Gotthard Schneider
Maranatha - Lord come back	from the GDR		1973
Maria walked through a thorn forest	After A. von Harthausen, spiritual folk songs	from the Eichsfeld	before 1850	before 1850
I want to give you my heart	Clausener Hymnal	Clausener Hymnal	1653	1653
My Christmas dream
People you were lost	Christoph Bernhard Verspoell	Christoph Bernhard Verspoell	1810	1810
Merry Christmas everyone	Udo Juergens	Udo Juergens	2003	2003	Interpreter: Udo Juergens
Merry Christmas, my darling					Performers: Silke & Dirk Spielberg
With your eyes					Artist: Achim Weinzen
Seriously, o human beings	Valentin Thilo	from Lyon ( Jehan Chardavoine ?)	1642	1557	Une jeune fillette ; I do not want to give up God ( Ludwig Helmbold ); Help me praise God's goodness ( Paul Eber )
You started with nothing of nothing	Cornelis Kok based on Huub Oosterhuis ' song van de schepping		1999
In the middle of December					Artist: Nino de Angelo
Tomorrow, children, there will be something	Karl Friedrich Split Carb	Different melody versions: Carl Gottlieb Hering Volksweise from Berlin	1795	1809 1811
Nicholas is coming tomorrow	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
tomorrow Santa Claus is Coming	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben	French salon song Ah! vous dirai-je, maman	1835	1761
Morning star of the dark night	Angelus Silesius	from Wroclaw		1657
After your star appeared in Bethlehem	Georg Schmid	Maria Loohuss	1976	1976
Nothing is as beautiful as Christmas					Artist: Jonny Hill
Now rejoice, you Christians	Joseph Hermann Mohr	John Francis Wade	1873	1751	Adeste fideles , come, O you believers
Now shout for joy, all you pious	Michael Schirmer	Johann Crüger	1640	1640
Now come, the Gentile Savior	Martin Luther (after Ambrose of Milan )	from Einsiedeln	1524 (386)	12th Century	Veni redemptor gentium
Come on, you festival of candles	Wolfgang Richter	Walter Krumbach	20th century	20th century	The sandman is coming soon
Now sing and be happy	Hannoversches hymnal	Klug's hymnbook	1646	1545	In dulci jubilo
Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt waltz					Interpreter: Udo Juergens
O Bethlehem, you little town	Helmut Barbe after "O Little Town of Bethlehem"	from England	1954	16th Century	O Little Town of Bethlehem
O you happy	Johannes Daniel Falk / Heinrich Holzschuher (verses 2–3)	from Sicily	1816/1829	before 1788	O sanctissima
O you dear baby Jesus	augsburg	County of Glatz	1859	1894
O you my consolation and sweet hope	Karl Wilhelm Osterwald	Johann Wolfgang Franck
O you nice Christmas time	Fredrik Vahle	Fredrik Vahle
O you quiet time	Joseph von Eichendorff	Cesar Bresgen
O joy over joy	from Silesia	from Silesia	around 1840	around 1840
O joyful day	from Franconia	from Franconia	19th century	19th century
O Savior, tear open the heavens	Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld	Rheinfelsisches Gesangbuch , Augsburg	1622	1638	Gregorian Introit Rorate caeli .
O holy child		Brethren	1800
Oh, it smells good	Christel Ulbrich	Christel Ulbrich	around 1949	around 1949
O baby Jesus, sweet	Valentin Thilo	Johann Degen , edited by Samuel Scheidt	1650	1628, edited 1650 (Görlitzer tablature)	Is that the body, Lord Jesus Christ ( Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld )
O little Jesus tender	Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld	Hymnal by Peter von Brachel, Cologne	1623	1623
O jubilation, O joy		from Carinthia
Oh come, oh come, you morning star	Otmar Schulz (based on the English O Come, O Come Emmanuel )	from France	1975	15th century
O come, oh come, Emmanuel (O come, oh come, Immanuel)	various text versions, including Christoph Bernhard Verspoell , Heinrich Bone	Cologne hymnbook	1722		Veni, veni, Emmanuel
O run, you shepherds	from Silesia	Folk song from Silesia	1842	1842
O blessed night			1677	1677
O Christmas Tree	August Zarnack / Ernst Anschütz		1819/1824
O Christmas tree, you bear a green branch	Muenster	from the Paderborn	1550	1812
O Christmas time
O miracle great	after David Gregor Corner , new version (2nd stanza): Irmgard Laubscher	David Gregor Corner	1631/1971	1631
Peace, peace, shalom, salam					Performers: Höhner
Look it snowing					Artist: Rüdiger Wolff
Give me your heart for Christmas					Performer: Allessa
Sleep well, you heavenly boy	Friedrich Daniel Schubart	several versions, including by Franz Joseph Fehr , Carl Neuner , Johann Kaspar Aiblinger , Heinrich Reimann	1786
Sleep, my children	from Strasbourg	from Strasbourg	1697	1697
Sleigh ride			20th century	20th century
Snow, snow, snow, dear winds hurt	Suse Hecht-Wieber	Suse Hecht-Wieber	20th century	20th century
Snowflake whitedress	Hedwig Haberkern	Unknown	1869	before 1915
Nice winter time	Bernhard Bohlke	Herbert Schlier
Most beautiful child	from Regensburg	from Regensburg	1861	1861
See the good time is at hand	Friedrich Walz (based on a Christmas carol from Moravia)	Christmas carol from Moravia	1972	traditionally
See our king is coming
Be us with cheers		Attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	around 1780	before 1791
Welcome to us, Lord Christ	11th century; New setting Walter Rein	From Aachen	11th century; New setting in 1934	13./14. century	Until welcome, Lord Christ; Now be welcome to us, Lord Christ
See, your light wants to come	Maria Luise Thurmair	Markus Jenny	1971	1971
See, the Lord will draw near	Leitmeritzer chorale book	Leitmeritzer chorale book
Are the lights on	Erika Engel-Wojahn	Hans Sandig
Let's sing with happiness	Str. 1 after hymn ; Str. 2-4 to Resonet in laudibus	Seckau and Moosburger Graduals	Str. 1: 1938; Str. 2–4: 1973 after the 14th century	1345 and 1360
Sing freshly and cheerfully	Bohemian brothers	Klug's hymnbook
Single bells			1999	1999	Co-composer, producer and interpreter Kristina Bach
Now everyone sing, sing with us	Friedrich Walz	from Ukraine
's candle burns					Performers: Aschberger Saitenmusi
So come now, you shepherds	Cesar Bresgen	Cesar Bresgen
As long as miracles are still possible					Interpreter: Claudia Jung
So much secrecy during the Christmas season	Lotte Schuffenhauer	Lotte Schuffenhauer
's Raachermannel	Erich Lang	Erich Lang	1937	1937
Stand up, dear children	Erasmus Alberus	Nicholas Herman	before 1553	15th century
Stand up and lift your heads	Lk 21.28  EU	Volker Ochs		around 1980
Star over Bethlehem	Alfred Hans Zoller	Alfred Hans Zoller	1963	1963
Holy night stars
Stars over silent streets	Gerhard Wohlgemuth	Gerhard Wohlgemuth & Hans Naumilkat	20th century	20th century
The night descends silently	Hermann Heinz Wille	Gerhard Wohlgemuth	1953
Still, still, still (because the child wants to sleep)	from Salzburg	from Salzburg	1819	1819
Silent Night Holy Night	Joseph Mohr	Franz Xaver Gruber	1816	1818
Silence, silence, no sound made	from Thuringia	from Thuringia	before 1830	before 1830	Lullaby, in some versions of the text as a Christmas song, melody as a drinking song Beer here, Beer here, or I'll drop by .
Sweeter the bells never sound	Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger	from Thuringia		1826	See how the sun goes down there
The angel choir sings sweetly for Christmas					Artist: Costa Cordalis
Day of splendor and joy	Maria Luise Thurmair after "Dies est laetitiae"	from Medingen	1969	around 1320	This est laetitiae
Dew from Heaven	Maria Luise Thurmair	Heinrich Rohr	1952	1952
Thaw heaven from the heights	Johannes Schlick	Johann Spangenberg	1970	1544
Thaw the righteous, heaven	Michael Denis (according to Isa 45.8  EU )	Norbert Hauner	1774	1777
A thousand golden poinsettias	Elke Martens	Wilfried Peetz
A thousand little winter fires					Interpreter: Kristina Bach
A thousand stars are a cathedral	Siegfried Koehler	Siegfried Koehler	1946	1946
Deep in the cold winter		From Otto Fröhlich's Christmas album
Daughter of Zion, rejoice	Friedrich Heinrich Ranke	georg Friedrich Handel	around 1826	1747	See the conqu'ring hero comes
Now carry a light into the world	Wolfgang Longardt	Wolfgang Longardt	1972	1972
Dream of christmas	Peter Heppner	Lothar Mannteuffel, Dirk Riegner	2012	2012	Dream of Christmas
Comforts, comforts, says the Lord	Waldemar Rode (according to Isa 40,1-10  EU )	Hans Friedrich Micheelsen	1938	1938
Trucker Christmas					Performer: Sally Carter
Turaluraluralu - I do BuBu what are you doing	Kralle Krawinkel and Stephan Remmler	Kralle Krawinkel and Stephan Remmler	1982	1982	Performers: Trio
Bethlehem is everywhere					Interpreter: Hanne Haller
And we light lights	Günter Deicke	Joachim Werzlau	20th century	20th century
A child is born to us today	after Parvulus nobis nascitur	Bartholomeus Gesius	1560	1601
A child is born to us			17th century	14th Century	God's hand leads the wise
We are told about Jesus Christ	Kurt Rommel	Kurt Rommel	1967	1967
Our dear women dream (And our dear women)	Beuttner's hymnbook	Beuttner's hymnbook	before 1602	before 1602
Up from heaven, that's where I come from	Martin Luther according to Lk 2.9-16  EU	Martin Luther	1535	1539
From heaven high, O angel, come	Attributed to Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld	Paderborn	1622	1616	Oldest text version Vom Himmel kompt, o Engel kompt
The angels came from heaven	Martin Luther	Martin Luther	1543	1539	This is the day that God made; An angel came bright and clear; We sing to you, Immanuel; From heaven high, there I come;
This news comes from God	Peter Spangenberg	Johann Crüger		1647
Anticipation, greatest joy (joy in Advent)	Erika Engel-Wojahn	Hans Naumilkat
Awake, the voice is calling us	Philipp Nicolai	Philipp Nicolai	1599	1599
If you were, child, in the Kashubian country	Werner Bergengruen		1927
Heaven would always be so close to us					Performer: Mary Roos
What will December bring?	Orig. Text: Beat Jäggi , German text: Rolf Zuckowski	Peter Reber
What does Santa Claus bring	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben			1842
What is it today	Cesar Bresgen	Cesar Bresgen
What is before new joy
what is that supposed to mean	from Austria, Silesia a. a.	from Silesia	before 1656	before 1842
Christmas on the high seas					Artist: Heino
Christmas at home					Artist: Rainhard Fendrich
Christmas is and every room shines in the candlelight (Christmas Eve)	Willi Layh	Ernst Meyerolbersleben	20th century	20th century
I'm home for Christmas					Artist: Roy Black
Christmas in the Dolomites					Performers: Kastelruther Spatzen
Christmas in Tyrol	Dietmar Ganshofer, Willibald Ganster	Helmuth Karl Gruber	2008	2008	Hansi Hinterseer
Christmas is alive					Interpreter: Simone
Christmas is the Celebration of Love					Angela Wiedl
Christmas is at our door
Christmas deep in my heart					Artist: Gilbert
Christmas as always			2001	2001	Artist: Wolfgang Ambros
Christmas like it used to be
Christmas you will be with me					Interpreter: Claudia Jung
Christmas in the snow					Artist: Rex Gildo
Christmas is always and everywhere	Philipp Simon Goletz	Fabian P / Philipp Simon Goletz	1993	1993
Christmas oh Christmas					Interpreter: Tina Rainford
Christmas as it used to be					Artist: Tommy Steiner
Christmas peace
Christmas greeting					Performers: Seer
Christmas carols					Performers: Kathrin and Peter
Christmas market at the old cathedral	Ben Brocker	Leo Garsson	20th century	20th century
Christmas fairy tale
Christmas wonderland					Artist: Peter Sebastian
Christmas star					Interpreter: Angelina
Christmas dreams					Performers: Cagey Strings
Christmas time
Christmas time kids time	Udo Juergens	Udo Juergens
Christmas what are you	Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf Zuckowski
Christmas at home					Interpreter: Kristina Bach
Because God appeared in the dead of night	Dieter Trautwein	Dieter Trautwein	1963	1963
White Christmas	Oliver Lukas, Mihael Hercog, Saša Lendero, Jörgen Andersson, Thorsten Brötzmann	Oliver Lukas, Mihael Hercog, Saša Lendero, Jörgen Andersson, Thorsten Brötzmann	2017	2017	Artist: Semino Rossi
When it gets cold in the world					Artist: Bernhard Brink
When it's Christmas		From Otto Fröhlich's Christmas album
Who knocks?	from Upper Bavaria	from Upper Bavaria	around 1880	around 1880
How beautiful the morning star shines	Philipp Nicolai	Philipp Nicolai	1598	1598
How should I receive you	Paul Gerhardt	Johann Crüger	1653	1653
Winter time, Christmas time					Artist: Rolf Zuckowski
We ask you, little Jesus			18th century	18th century
We Christians are now and Freud	Kaspar Füger	Johann Crüger	before 1593	1640
We say to you to the dear Advent	Maria Ferschl	Heinrich Rohr	1954	1954
We sing to you, Immanuel	Paul Gerhardt	Martin Luther			This is the day that God made; An angel came bright and clear; The angels came from heaven; From heaven high, there I come;
We want to sing a song	from the Sudetenland	from the Sudetenland
Do you remember how it happened?	Hermann Claudius	Christian Lahusen	1939	1939
Where does Santa Claus live?	Fredrik Vahle	Fredrik Vahle
Wonderful mercy seat	Johannes Olearius		1665	15th century	In natali domini
I like to eat cinnamon	Andrew Bond	James Lord Pierpont	1998	around 1850	Jingle Bells
Born in Bethlehem	Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld	from Paris	1637	1599	Une petite solid
Zumba, zumba, what a singing	German by Lieselotte Holzmeister	from León ( Spain )			Zumba, zúmbale al pandero
We'll see each other again for Christmas					Artist: Roland Kaiser

Web links

• Directory of Christian Christmas carols
• Advent and Christmas carols in the Alojado song archive
• Christmas carols texts on song lyrics and notes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berlin Bishops' Conference (ed.): Gotteslob. St. Benno, Leipzig 1978.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Evangelical hymn book. Edition for the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Bavaria and Thuringia . Evangelical Press Association, Munich 2009.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Rüdiger Sell (Ed.): Song book. For music lessons in general schools . People and Knowledge, Berlin 1991.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu} Songs of Christmas . 6th edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1981.
5. ^ ^{A b} Walter Frickert, Renate Conradi (Ed.): It Christmas . 15th edition. Harth, Leipzig 1956.
6. ^ Ansgar Franz (ed.): Hymn in the church year. Fifty new and old songs for Christian festivals. Francke, Tübingen / Basel 2002.
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag} Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann: The book of Christmas carols. 151 German Advent and Christmas carols. Cultural history, notes, texts, images. With piano and organ accompaniment. Schott, Mainz a. a. 1982, pp. 97-98.
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Hildegard Meyberg (Ed.): Let's sing during the Christmas season. Auer, Donauwörth 1985, ISBN 3-403-01602-1 .
9. ↑ Rejoice, rejoice. The most beautiful Christmas carols. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-596-17450-3 .
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Monika Fink, Martin Horyna, (Walter Salmen): Hohenfurter Manschriften  . In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, subject part, volume 4 (Hanau - Carthusians). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1996, ISBN 3-7618-1105-5 , Sp. 354 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag} Christmas part in the Evangelical Hymnal
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (Hrsg.): Hofmeister Chorblätter  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Leipzig: 2010  
13. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} Advent part in the praise of God
14. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Advent part of hymn in the church year
15. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v} Advent part in the Evangelical Hymnal
16. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Christmas part in God's praise
17. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Christmas part in hymn in the church year
18. ↑ Bosworth Music Publishing
19. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Volume 7, Issue 2. US Government Printing Office, 1912, p. 1598 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
20. ↑ Adolf Lohmann (Ed.): Christmas Singing Book 2nd part, Christophorus, Freiburg i. Br. 1954.
21. ↑ Theo Mang, Sunhilt Mang (ed.): Der Liederquell . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0850-8 .
22. ↑ ^{a b} Epiphany part of hymn in the church year
23. ↑ Our great songbook. The most beautiful folk and children's songs in complete texts and notes. Naumann & Göbel Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-625-13137-3 , p. 224 .
24. ^ Fritz Hugo Hoffmann (Ed.): Songs of the Germans. Ludendorffs Volkswarte-Verlag, Munich 1931–1934, p. 100 Textarchiv - Internet Archive
25. ↑ Walter Götze: Our Christmas carols for guitar alone. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1958, p. 8 ( I lay and slept ).
26. ^ Organ book .
27. ↑ Walter Götze: Our Christmas carols for guitar alone. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1958, p. 8 f. ( You shepherds awake, the night is lit ).
28. ↑ Walter Götze: Our Christmas carols for guitar alone. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1958, p. 9 ( You shepherds wake up, are cheerful and laughing ).
29. ↑ mattern-online.info
30. ↑ Christian song database
31. ↑ August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben : History of the German church hymn up to Luther's time. Rümpler, Hannover 1861, p. 431 f. ( Digitized in the Google book search).
32. ↑ See for example Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series .
33. ↑ Walter Götze: Our Christmas carols for guitar alone. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1958, p. 14.
34. ↑ ^{a b} Markus Bautsch: About counterfactures of Gregorian repertoire . Retrieved December 6, 2014
35. ↑ Hansjoachim Kaps (ed.): Guitar sound at Christmas time. Robert Lienau, Berlin-Lichterfelde, 1977, p. 21.
36. ↑ Walter Götze: Our Christmas carols for guitar alone. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1958, p. 21.
37. ↑ Hermann Wagner: The legacy. German folk songs from Central and Eastern Europe. Voggenreiter, Bonn 1972, DNB 995292752 .
38. ↑ Walter Götze: Our Christmas carols for guitar alone. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1958, p. 24.
39. ↑ Cesar Bresgen: A rose has sprung up. A Christmas cantata. Edition Schott, Mainz.
40. ^ Franz Magnus Böhme: German children's song and children's game. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1897, p. 10 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
41. ↑ Walter Götze: Our Christmas carols for guitar alone. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1958, p. 28 f.
42. ↑ Cesar Bresgen: A rose has sprung up. A Christmas cantata. Edition Schott, Mainz.
43. ↑ O'Brian-Docker, John .: We are waiting for Christmas: Songs from the CDs "Winterkinder" and "We are waiting for Christmas" . Sikorski, Hamburg, ISBN 3-920880-46-3 ([approx. 2007]).