Can you imagine Christmas without music? No singing, no jingling. Only Scrooge would be happy with that! It is a time for music to fill the air. Part of the fun is hearing things that are only played at Christmas and at no other time of year – carols that make you think of the end of term, or the holidays, or bobble hats; songs that make you think of food, or snow, or stockings. Here are some of the most popular carols, as well as some other surprises… Merry Christmas!

Artists

Robert Stringer (treble), Raymond Johnston (organ), Stefan Bäcklund (double bass), Mats Norrefalk (guitar), Mats-Erik Björklund (conga), Mats Nyström (percussion), Skaila Kanga (harp), Michael Bloss (organ), John Evanson (piano), Worcester Cathedral Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, Tonus Peregrinus, Tewkesbury Abbey Choir, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Choir of New College Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, Örebro Chamber Choir, Cappella Istropolitana, The Elora Singers, New London Children's Choir, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice, Petite Bande de Montréal, La, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Oxford Camerata, Polish Radio Choir, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Resonus Chorus, Aradia Ensemble, City of London Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Donald Hunt, Barry Wordsworth, Antony Pitts, Andrew Sackett, Richard Hayman, Edward Higginbottom, Fred Sjöberg, Jaroslav Krček, Noel Edison, Ronald Corp, Alfred Walter, Martin Dagenais, Michael Halász, Grace Rossiter, Jeremy Summerly, Antoni Wit, Sauli Hannuksela, Kevin Mallon, Hilary Davan Wetton