Last Updated on December 23, 2019 by Klaus Crow

Christmas time, I love it. I am a sucker for romance, christmas lights and feel good songs. It’s a time where I teach my guitar students the joy of playing and singing christmas songs. Two for the price of one.

We all have our favorites and it’s funny to see those old christmas songs appearing in new jackets over and over again. A great way to inspire a new generation with the real classics. Sometimes I really enjoy a new version, but I keep coming back to those warm beautiful voices of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Yet I hope new christmas songs will be written every year and that the best of those songs will become classics again. Anyway, in the meantime there are a zillion songs you can enjoy. I created a top 35 to get busy. Grab your guitar, start playing and building your christmas repertoire!

Just click the song title to listen to the song on Youtube. Click “Chords” (next to the song title) for the chords and lyrics to the song.

Enjoy!

1 – Jingle Bells – Dean Martin – Chords

2 – Happy Xmas – John Lennon – Chords

3 – Hark! The herald Angels Sing – Frank Sinatra – Chords

4 – Santa claus is coming to town – Michael Buble – Chords

5 – Christmas time – Bryan Adams – Chords

6 – Driving home for christmas – Chords

7 – It’s beginning to look a lot like christmas – Michael Buble – Chords

8 – Silver Bells – Chords

9 – White Christmas – Bing Crosby – Chords

10 – The First Noel – Frank Sinatra – Chords

11 – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry – Chords

12 – Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms – Chords

13 – A holly jolly christmas – Burt Ives – Chords

14 – Someday at christmas – Stevie Wonder – Chords

15 – Have yourself a merry little christmas – Michael Buble – Chords

16 – Wonderful christmas time – Paul McCartney – Chords

17 – Last Christmas – Wham – Chords

18 – All I want for christmas is you – Mariah Carey – Chords

19 – Rockin’ around the christmas tree – Brenda Lee – Chords

20 – Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow- Dean Martin – Chords

21 – It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Andy Williams – Chords

22 – I’ll be home for christmas – Doris Day – Chords

23 – Silent night – Frank Sinatra – Chords

24 – Winter wonderland – Bind Crosby – Chords

25 – Baby it’s cold outside – Dean Martin – Chords

26 – Blue Christmas – Chords

27 – Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano – Chords

28 – Merry Christmas everyone – Shakin’ Stevens – Chords

29 – Joy to the world – Mariah Carey – Chords

30 – The little drummer boy – Johnny Cash – Chords

31 – Cold cold christmas – Dana – Chords

32 – Frosty the snowman – Bing Crosby – Chords

33 – It came upon a midnight clear – Ella Fitzgerald – Chords

34 – O come all ye Faithful – Ella Fitzgerald – Chords

35 – O little town of Bethlehem – Bing Crosby – Chords

If you are more into finger picking you can also check out Fingerpicking Christmas

If you just want tons of real christmas classics check out The Ultimate Christmas Guitar Book

Happy holidays everyone!

Warm regards,

Klaus Crow