Editing Christmas music (section)

===Standards===
A popular set of traditional carols that might be heard at any Christmas-related event include:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www3.pair.com/montrsmu/carolslist.html |title=Carol Histories and Track List |publisher=pair.com |access-date=December 18, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="things_2014_12_13_byu_edu">Burchett, Sarah: [https://universe.byu.edu/2014/12/13/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-your-favorite-christmas-songs/ "13 things you didn’t know about your favorite Christmas songs,"] December 13, 2014, ''[[The Daily Universe]],'' [[Brigham Young University]], retrieved December 8, 2023</ref><ref name="classics_2012_12_14_rutgers_edu">Stetler, Carrie: [https://www.rutgers.edu/news/christmas-song-classics-why-some-tunes-endure "Christmas Song Classics: Why Some Tunes Endure,"] December 14, 2012, ''[[Rutgers Today]],'' [[Rutgers University]], retrieved December 8, 2023</ref>
{{listen
 | type         = music
 | filename     = Christmas_music2004.ogg
 | title        = 'A collection of traditional Christmas music'
 | description  = performed by James D. Blodget on a Roland U-20 synthesizer, December 23, 2004.
 | format       = [[Ogg]]
 | filename2    = Joy-to-the-World_KB.ogg
 | title2       = "Joy to the World"
 | description2 = Performed a cappella by Kim Butler on December 15, 2006.
 | format2      = [[Ogg]]
 | filename3    = I_Saw_Three_Ships.ogg
 | title3       = "I Saw Three Ships"
 | description3 = Tune of traditional English Christmas carol transcribed by CambridgeBayWeather.
 | format3      = [[Ogg]]
 | filename4    = El Noi de la Mare (guitar).ogg
 | title4       = "El Noi de la Mare"
 | description4 = A traditional [[Catalonia|Catalan]] Christmas carol, arranged for guitar.
 | format4      = [[Ogg]]
}}

* "[[Angels We Have Heard on High]]" (in the UK the text of "[[Angels from the Realms of Glory]]" is sung to this tune)
* "[[Away in a Manger]]"
* "[[Deck the Halls]]"
* "[[Ding Dong Merrily on High]]"
* "[[The First Noel]]"
* "[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]]"
* "[[God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen]]"
* "[[Good King Wenceslas]]"
* "[[Hark! The Herald Angels Sing]]"
* "[[I Saw Three Ships]]"
* "[[It Came Upon the Midnight Clear]]"
* "[[Joy to the World]]"
* "[[O Tannenbaum|O Christmas Tree]]" (''O Tannenbaum'')
* "[[Adeste Fideles|O Come, All Ye Faithful]]" (''Adeste Fideles'')
* "[[O come, O come, Emmanuel]]"
* "[[O Holy Night]]" (''Cantique de Noël'')
* "[[O Little Town of Bethlehem]]"
* "[[Once in Royal David's City]]"
* "[[Silent Night]]" (''Stille Nacht, heilige Nach''t)
* "[[The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)|The Twelve Days of Christmas]]"
* "[[We Three Kings of Orient Are]]"
* "[[We Wish You a Merry Christmas]]" 
* "[[What Child Is This?]]"
* "[[While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks]]"

[[File:Kolędnicy 2008.JPG|thumb|Carol singers in festive costume in Poland]]
These songs hearken from centuries ago, the oldest ("Wexford Carol") originating in the 12th century. The newest came together in the mid- to late-19th century. Many began in non-English speaking countries, often with non-Christmas themes, and were later converted into English carols with English lyrics added—not always translated from the original, but newly created—sometimes as late as the early 20th century.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}