A friend of mine, and fellow blogger, has been reading and commenting on my blog lately — from new posts to old ones. This has reminded me of fun posts I used to enjoy posting that I haven’t posted for a long time. One of those is “top ten lists” and it got me to thinking about how much fun it would be to create some fun “top ten lists” for the Christmas season this year.

Today, I am posting my first one, “Top Ten Christmas Songs”. However, first, I want to differentiate between Christmas Songs and Christmas Carols. Christmas songs do not include words about Jesus, wise men, angels, or any other people or items that Christians relate to the Christian holiday.

Christmas songs, on the other hand, include words about Santa Claus, bells, reindeer, sleigh rides, snow, etc. As a matter of fact, some of them don’t even have anything to do with the secular celebration of Christmas which includes Santa and his reindeer. Some songs that are only played at Christmas time are simply about snow and winter activities, like “Winter Wonderland” and “Frosty the Snowman”. Although these songs are all about winter, radio stations and stores stop playing them after Christmas, when they could play them all winter long, but they have simply become related to the Christmas holiday, even though some places don’t have snow or winter during Christmas time. (Example: Australia has summer in December when Christmas is celebrated).

So, today, I will be sharing my Top Ten Favorite Christmas Songs. I will begin with number 10 and work my way down to my #1 favorite Christmas Song.

You’ll want to come back next Monday for my Top Ten Christmas Carols, and then again, next Thursday for another Top Ten Christmas list.

10. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee

9. Winter Wonderland by Johnny Mathis

8. Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley

7. Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives

6. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) by Nat King Cole

5. Silver Bells by Johnny Mathis

4. White Christmas by Bing Crosby

3. Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano

2. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams

#1. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays by NSYNC