Top 5 Popular Christmas Songs

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Every year at this time, in December the entire mood of everyone changes, all are happy, everyone has a smile on their face and there are greetings all around that's the change that Christmas brings to each and every one of us the joy and the happiness all are a very important part of the Christmas spirit.
But there is one more thing that is a very essential part of the Christmas spirit that are the Christmas songs or better known as the carols, you can hear them coming out of every Christian house and church during the Christmas season.
Just to describe few of the most popular Christmas songs.

1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town":
It was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. It is a beautiful song, and beautifully sung aimed especially at children but there would be no one who does not like this song. With a beautiful melody Santa Claus Is Coming To Town everyone is filled with joy whenever they here this song.
The song is often used to tell children that Santa knows when they've been bad or good and that they should be good.
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... br />2. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!":
The lyrics of the song are quite an irony to the situation when the song was written. It was written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in 1945. It was written in July 1945 in Hollywood, California during one of the hottest days on record. "Let It Snow!" has been covered countless times. Due to its seasonal lyrics, it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song. Yet despite its cheery, holiday feel, it is a love song that never mentions Christmas and both the composer and lyricist were Jewish. But the cheerful feel of the song is enough to make it a Christmas song.

3. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer":
Rudolph is a character created in a story and song by the same name. The story was created by Robert L. May in 1939. Johnny Marks decided to adapt May's story into a song, which through the years has been recorded by many artists. The song tells the tale of Santa Claus's ninth and lead reindeer who possesses an unusually red-colored nose that gives off its own light, powerful enough to illuminate the team's path through inclement weather. Now Rudolph has become a figure of Christmas folklore.

4. "Jingle Bells:
It is one of the best known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893) and copyrighted under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" on September 16, 1857. Despite being inextricably connected to Christmas, it is not specifically a Christmas song. The entire song gives a fast and a melodious sound that stay in our minds for long even after the song is over. In some versions the tempo of the song keeps on increasing as the songs is continuously sung.

5. "Feliz Navidad":
Feliz Navidad is a Christmas song written in 1970 by the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Jose Feliciano. With its simple Spanish chorus (the traditional Christmas/New Year greeting, "Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad" or "Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year ") and equally simple English verse ("I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart "), it has become a classic Christmas pop song
These songs may be very old songs but it the spirit with which it is sung every year at Christmas time that keeps these songs alive, all these songs and many more bring out the exact feeling of happiness, joy and cheerfulness that goes through our minds in the Christmas season