There are only few hours left before Christmas, and I’m sure everyone is excited especially kids who are patiently waiting to receive and open their gifts under the spell of the Christmas Tree. What really makes this season special is the carols that we hear that prepare us to feel the spirit that it brings to our homes, and hearts. Despite of the modern songs and dances that we hear that become top choices of people around the world, these top 10 greatest Christmas songs of all time would really melt one’s heart because of the unique touch that it provides in every fiber of our soul. They might be classic, and some have been favorite tunes that we hear in most of the Christmas celebrations that we have had. In fact, we are listening to most of them today while busy preparing for the food that we are going to share once the Christmas Eve arrives. There’s nothing that would beat things off, makes a sad heart gladdens, and fill our homes with love because of the joyful messages that these happy Christmas songs bring to us. Read, enjoy, and have a fun-filled Christmas 2012.

10. Frosty the Snowman

It is one of the classic Christmas songs on this list, which was written and recorded in 1950 by Walter “Jack” Rollins, Steve Nelson, the Cass County Boys, and Gene Autry. In fact, it was put into a movie     in 1969 through the help of the producer Arthur Rankin and Julie Bass, and the script was drafted by Romeo Muller. It was written based on a snowman that got life after few kids placed a hat on his head that allowed him to play with children. However, he had said that he would comeback soon after a few seasons.

9. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

It became a Christmas hit upon its released in 1934 of November in after it was first heard on Eddie Cantor’s program. In fact, it sales received and recorded reached 10,000 copies of music the next day after it was played, and over 400,000 on Christmas. It was actually written by Haven Gillespie and J Fred Coots. In fact, just like the Frosty Snowman that had a short animated movie, it also had a TV special in 1970. In fact, it had various versions from orchestra to solo, and the last arrangement of it was made by Mariah Carey in 2005 in her album Rankin/Bass Special. The song tells about how Santa Claus distinguishes if a child has been good or bad and an encouragement to children around the world to be good always.

8. Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

The moment that you hear this voice over this Christmas song, you would guess that it was sung by an old lady. Your hunch is wrong because it was sung by a 13-year old Brenda Lee in 1958 that might be categorized as a country music. It was again released in 1959, and became one of the featured songs in some of the movies and TV shows. It has several versions, and it has a total downloads of 679,000 that was confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan in 2011 that placed this song in 4^th rank among the digital singles placed in SoundScan.

7. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let it Snow!

Let it Snow as a shorter title of it was released in 1945, and it was composed by Jule Styne, while the lyrics of the songs was done by Sammy Chan that became one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time. In fact, whenever there are Christmas parties, and events, it becomes the Christmas anthem because of seasonal lyrics that are really popular among kids, and even adults. It even hit the number one spot on the billboard music in 1946. The original version of it  was sung by Woody Herman in 1945, and there are over 20 versions of it that you could check in YouTube because of its popularity.

6. Little Drummer Boy

Who would never remember the Trapp Family Singers that popularized this song in 1955 although this song was written in 1941 by Teacher and a known classic composer of music, Katherine Kennicott Davis? The original title of the song was Carol of the Drum since its composition was actually based on the traditional carol in Czechoslovakia. It has more than 220 versions including the 20^th century arrangements of it by different composers and singers. The song talks about a boy who had nothing to offer to the Lord but his drumming.

5. Jingle Bell Rocks

Just like any Christmas songs that you would find on this list, it has several versions of it, but nothing really beats the original as most of the people would exclaim upon hearing and listening to other instrumentations of it. Yes, Bobby Helms who originally sung it in 1945 still holds the title as the most favorite tune of everyone. In fact, this was the first rock ‘n’ roll Christmas song in the history that got the number one ranking twice among the country hits in 1957. The creation of the song came from one of the oldest Christmas songs entitled Jingle Bells. 

4. 12 Days of Christmas

When it was published as a Christmas text in 1970 in England, it was actually written in French. It’s one of the favorite Christmas carols being sung by groups or choirs. The song tells about some of the beliefs of the Christian faith. Would you believe that the creation of this song was because of the law implemented in England that none can practice any of the Catholic religious activities whether publicly or privately, since it was considered a crime under their law in 1558 to 1829? It is not actually intended to celebrate Christmas, but it’s a catechism song  back then to help young generations learn Catholic faith through simple texts that have symbolism like turtle doves refer to the Old and New Testament. It has several variations as well just like other  classic Christmas songs that you can find on this list.

3. All I Want for Christmas Is You

This is the only Christmas song on this list that was released in 1994 of November 01 that undoubtedly became a hit and favorite of people who are in love. This was sung by Mariah Carey, and wrote & composed it as well along with Walter Afanasieff. The message of this song does not focus on the kind of temporal gifts that people usually receives, but a yearning to be united with her love on Christmas holiday. It has received several positive feedback  since you can rarely hear modern composition of Christmas songs, since most of the Christmas song list contains the classic ones.

2. Walking in a Winter Wonderland

It is classified as a Pop Christmas type of song that holds its fame still since 1934 when it was released. It was composed by Felix Bernard, and its lyrics were written by Richard B. Smith. You could actually find more than 150 versions of it sung by different artists for the past three decades. The song was written after Richard “Dick” B. Smith saw snow covering the whole Honesdale’s Central Park while he was receiving treatment for his illness Tuberculosis. It is one of the favorite Christmas songs up until now after the recording was made in 1934 by His Royal Canadians, Guy Lombardo, and another popular arrangement of it was done by The Andrew Sisters and Perry Como thereafter.

1. Sleigh Ride

This is the original composition of Leroy Anderson in 1946, but tracing back the history as to how he came-up with this song was really pure accidental. The lyrics were written by Mitchell Parish, and Leroy had done this song because of the heat wave that happened in July of 1946. His intention was to make it an orchestral piece and it was successfully done by the Boston Pops Orchestra after he finished it in 1948. The following year, Mr. Parish wrote the lyrics that tell about the desire of a person to take a sleigh ride on a winter’s day. It has been consistently included in top 10 list of Christmas songs yearly. Now it bagged the number one spot.