The global village has learned to embrace the holiday season. For many, Christmas has become a non-secular holiday and the spirit of the holiday’s underlying message is of love and joy. Come December, people can look forward to sharing gifts, food, family, and music. What better way to celebrate the season than with a global Christmas playlist. 

In the spirit of the holidays, we compiled a list of Christmas/Holiday songs from around the world for your listening pleasure:

UNITED STATES

1."The Christmas Song" (1944) is a classic Christmas song, written by vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song early in 1946, becoming a massive hit on both the pop and R&B charts.

2."All I Want For Christmas Is You" is sung by American singer Mariah Carey. This song was released on the Christmas album Merry Christmas . Released in the United States on November 1, 1994 by Columbia Records,  it subsequently went on to become one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time, selling eleven million copies wordwide.

PUERTO RICO

3."Feliz Navidad" is a Christmas song written in 1970 by the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter José Feliciano. With its simple Spanish chorus and equally simple English verse, it has become a classic Christmas pop song in the United States, Canada and throughout the Spanish-speaking world.

CHINA

4.Mavis Fan's "Snowman", is one of the catchiest contemporary Christmas songs in China. Mavis Fan has mesmerized the Mando-pop scene with her musical diversity.

PHILLIPINNES

5. Lea Salonga "Pasko Na Sinta Ko" Lea is one of the most inspirational figures of the Filipino diaspora, as a singer/actress she is in some ways the voice of the Philippines. For many, her Christmas recordings connote "home" -- whatever that may be to her fans around the world.

RUSSIA

6."Five Minutes" is from a very popular Russian movie, "Carnival Night". The song and movie have become a   New Year's/holiday classic. The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the old Julian calendar; therefore, its Christmas celebration falls on January 7th, 13 days behind the West.

FRANCE

7."Les Anges dans nos campagnes" is a traditional French Christmas carol which was long ago translated into English as Angels We Have Heard On High. Sung in this video by  Mireille Mathieu.

SPAIN and LATIN AMERICA

8."Los peces en el río" is among the most popular Spanish carols, the writer of the song is unknown, although the tune shows some Arabic influence.

NIGERIA

9. This Nigerian Christmas song "Betelehemu" was arranged by Wendell Whalum, the song was given to Whalum by Babatunde Olatunji a nigerian student. Whalum arranged the way we still hear and perform it today.

UKRAINE

10."Carol of the Bells" (also known as the "Ukrainian Bell Carol") is a choral miniature work originally composed by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych. The piece was taken from an ancient pagan Ukrainian New Year's chant known in Ukrainian as "Shchedryk".


 

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