Editing Christmas music (section)

====1960s====
* 1960: "Caroling, Caroling", written by [[Alfred Burt]] in 1953; popularized by Nat King Cole on ''[[The Magic of Christmas (Nat King Cole album)|The Magic of Christmas]]''.
* 1960: "[[Please Come Home for Christmas]]", written by [[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]] and Gene Redd; released by Brown on ''Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs'' (since becoming associated with [[the Eagles]]' 1978 cover).
* 1960: "[[Must Be Santa (song)|Must Be Santa]]", written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=1026080&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Must Be Santa |website=BMI Repertoire |publisher=[[Broadcast Music Incorporated]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714164530/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=1026080&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |access-date=December 3, 2011}}</ref> first released by [[Mitch Miller]];<ref name="Billboard">{{Cite magazine |date=November 7, 1960 |title=Reviews of This Week's Singles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eR0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 |magazine=The Billboard |page=46 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=December 3, 2011}}</ref> [[Tommy Steele]]'s cover of the song reaching No. 40 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/tommy%20steele/ |title=Tommy Steele |website=UK Chart Archive |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=December 3, 2011}}</ref>
* 1960: "[[Dominick the Donkey]]" written by Ray Allen, Wandra Merrell, and Sam Saltzberg; recorded by [[Lou Monte]] on [[Roulette Records]]. The song describes a donkey who helps [[Santa Claus]] bring presents ("made in [[Brooklyn]]") to children in Italy "because [[Santa Claus's reindeer|the reindeer]] cannot climb" Italy's hills.
* 1961: "Blue Holiday", recorded by [[The Shirelles]]. The song was featured in [[The Santa Clause 2]].
* 1961: "The Merriest", "Christmas Heart", "Ring a Merry Bell" and "Seven Shades of Snow", all written of original compositions by Connie Pearce and Arnold Miller; recorded by [[June Christy]] on an unusual album''[[This Time of Year]].''
* 1961: "We Wish You the Merriest", written and recorded by [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]]; released by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and [[Fred Waring]]'s Pennsylvanians on ''[[12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album)|12 Songs of Christmas]]'' in 1964.
* 1963: "[[Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)]]", written by [[Ellie Greenwich]], [[Jeff Barry]] with [[Phil Spector]]; released by [[Darlene Love]] on ''[[A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector]].''
* 1963: "[[Happy Holidays]]/The Holiday Season" medley by [[Andy Williams]] of Irving Berlin's 1942 classic with [[Kay Thompson]]'s "The Holiday Season" from 1945.
* 1963: "[[Little Saint Nick]]", written by [[Brian Wilson]] and [[Mike Love]]; released by the [[Beach Boys]] as a single and included on ''[[The Beach Boys' Christmas Album]]'' in 1964.
* 1963: "[[Pretty Paper (song)|Pretty Paper]]" by [[Willie Nelson]]; sung by [[Roy Orbison]]. Nelson had a hit with his own song in 1978.
* 1964: "[[Silver and Gold (Burl Ives song)|Silver and Gold]]", written by Johnny Marks; sung by [[Burl Ives]] on the Rankin-Bass Christmas special ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]].''
* 1964: "[[Babes in Toyland (operetta)#Musical numbers|Toyland]]" written by [[Victor Herbert]] and [[Glen McDonough]] for the [[operetta]] [[Babes in Toyland (operetta)|''Babes in Toyland'']] (originally produced in 1903); released by [[Doris Day]] on ''[[The Doris Day Christmas Album]]''.
* 1964: "[[Claude Thornhill#Cover versions of "Snowfall"|Snowfall]]", written by [[Claude Thornhill]] in 1941, with lyrics later added by his wife, Ruth Thornhill; covered by [[Doris Day]] on ''[[The Doris Day Christmas Album]]''.
* 1965: "[[Christmas Time Is Here]]", written for ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' animated TV special; harmonized by the choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in [[San Rafael, California]].
* 1965: "[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]", written by [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Oscar Hammerstein]] for the 1959 musical, ''[[The Sound of Music]]''; recorded by [[Diana Ross and the Supremes]] on ''[[Merry Christmas (The Supremes album)|Merry Christmas]].''
* 1965: "[[Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy]]", written by [[Buck Owens]] and [[Don Rich]]; released by Owens as single with "All I Want for Christmas, Dear, Is You" on the [[B-side]].
* 1966: "[[We Need a Little Christmas]]" written by [[Jerry Herman]] for the Broadway musical ''[[Mame (musical)|Mame]]'', and first performed by [[Angela Lansbury]] in that 1966 production; popularly covered by [[Percy Faith]] & His Orchestra on ''Christmas Is... Percy Faith.''
* 1966: "The Happiest Christmas Tree", written by Cathy Lynn; recorded by Nat King Cole.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-happiest-christmas-tree-mt0054632991 |title=The Happiest Christmas Tree - Nat King Cole - Song Info |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-album-2-mw0001657266 |title=Christmas Album [#2] - Nat King Cole {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref>
* 1967: "[[Snoopy's Christmas]]", written by [[George David Weiss]] and [[Hugo & Luigi]]; released by [[the Royal Guardsmen]] on ''[[Snoopy and His Friends]]''.
* 1967: "[[What Christmas Means to Me]]" written by Allen Story, [[Anna Gordy Gaye]], and George Gordy; recorded by [[Stevie Wonder]] on ''[[Someday at Christmas]]''.