Discover the most popular traditional Christmas songs that are currently in the public domain along with the release year for your reference. There may be additional Christmas songs that haven't been featured here and as a general rule, any song or musical work released before 1928 is considered to be in the public domain.
Christmas Songs You Can Use Without Restrictions
The Twelve Days of Christmas - 1500
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - 1500
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella - 1553
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - 1559
The Wassail Song - 1600
Angels We Have Heard on High - 1700
Auld Lang Syne - 1711
While Shepherds Watched - 1728
O Come All Ye Faithful - 1751
Deck the Halls - 1800
O Christmas Tree - 1800
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - 1827
I Saw Three Ships - 1833
The First Noel - 1833
Joy to the World - 1836
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing - 1840
O Holy Night - 1847
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - 1850
Here We Come A-Caroling - 1850
Good King Wenceslaus - 1853
Jingle Bells - 1857
We Three Kings - 1857
Go Tell It on the Mountain - 1865
What Child is This? - 1865
Angels from the Realms of Glory - 1867
O Little Town of Bethlehem - 1868
Up on the Housetop - 1870
Jolly Old St. Nicholas - 1870
The Holly and the Ivy - 1871
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - 1872
Silent Night - 1818
Toyland - 1903
Gesu Bambino - 1917
Coventry Carol - Traditional
In the Bleak Midwinter - Traditional
O Come, O Come, Emanuel - Traditional
Once in Royal David's City - Traditional
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