Fifteenth century fresco of the birth of Christ by Beato Angelico
- Christmas, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, all 1819 by Washington Irving
- A Christmas Eve in Spain, 1864 by José María de Pereda
- Is There a Santa Claus? (also called Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus), 1897 by Francis Pharcellus Church
- "Christmas," in All Things Considered, 1908, essay by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- A Christmas Letter, 1910 letter declining to attend a party, by Stephen Leacock (transcription project)
- "Christmas," in A Christmas Garland, 1912 by Max Beerbohm
Messages and announcements
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Religious observance
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Other holiday traditions
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Painted image from a Christmas card of Santa Claus lifting toys from a sack
Christmas Carols
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See Category:Christmas carols
- Adeste Fideles (O come all ye faithful), written by John Francis Wade in 1742, and translated into English by Frederick Oakeley.
- Angels, from the Realms of Glory, written by James Montgomery
- Away in a Manger, 1885
- Boar's Head Carol, traditional English carol
- Christmas, a carol by an anonymous writer, now known as "Once in Royal David's city"
- Christmas Day also called Hark! the Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley
- Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, by Charles Wesley
- Coventry Carol
- Deck the Halls
- D'où viens-tu, bergère?
- Gesu Bambino by Pietro Yon, translated by Frederick H. Martens, 1917
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, 1833
- Good Christian Men, Rejoice, 1853, by John Mason Neale
- Good King Wenceslas, 1853, by John Mason Neale
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing originally Christmas Day by Charles Wesley
- Here We Come A-Wassailing
- The Holly and the Ivy
- A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour, 1616 by Ben Jonson
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- In Excelsis Gloria, traditional
- In Dulci Jubilo, traditional
- In hoc anni circulo, anonymous
- In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Georgina Rossetti
- It Came upon a Midnight Clear
- Jingle Bells, written in 1857 for Thanksgiving
- Joy to the World
- The Legend of St. Nicholas, English translation by James Henry Dixon
- No Room at the Inn, 1916
- O, Christmas Tree (a.k.a. O, Tannenbaum)
- O come all ye faithful translation of Adeste Fideles by John Francis Wade (1742) translated by Frederick Oakeley
- O come, O come, Emmanuel, translation of the Latin text ("Veni, veni, Emmanuel") by John Mason Neal and Henry Sloane Coffin, mid-19th century
- On Christmas Night, traditional
- Silent Night, written by Josef Mohr.
- Still, Still, Still, traditional
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas, traditional English carol
- What Child Is This?, 1865 by William Dix sung to the tune of Greensleeves
- A Visit from St. Nicholas, 1823 (also called 'Twas The Night Before Christmas or The Night Before Christmas), by Clement Clarke Moore
- Christmas, 1836 poem by Elizabeth Margaret Chandler
- Christmas Bells, 1863 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Santa Claus’ Assistants, 1896 poem by Ernest Vincent Wright
- Santa Claus, 1900 poem by Banjo Paterson
- Christmas, 1903, by John Masefield
- A Defective Santa Claus, 1904 poem by James Whitcomb Riley
- The Goblins' Christmas, 1908 by Elizabeth Anderson
- Chrismus Is A-Comin', 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Chrismus On The Plantation, 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- A Little Christmas Basket, 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Christmas In The Heart, 1913 by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Christmas, 1913 poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Christmas, 1913 poem by William Henry Davies
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