Have you ever wondered just how many Christmas songs there are out there? Around Christmas time, the radios play them, the stores play them over their loud speakers and people are constantly playing their favorite Christmas albums in their homes. But how many Christmas songs are there? There are a whole lot, too many to count probably. But they’ve been passed down over the generations and they haven’t really changed much. However, sometimes a new Christmas song will come out and will get equal play time with the classics. That means that there are new Christmas songs coming out all the time, making the question as to how many there are really impossible to answer.

The Classics

We all know Frosty The Snowman, Jingle Bells, The Little Drummer Boy, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, just to name a few. However, there are many more than that. These classic Christmas songs have been passed from generation to generation and they’ve remained constant. Sure, some artists come out with albums where they’ll sing Christmas songs and they’ll add their own twist to them. They may sing the songs at a different tempo, they may add or take out words, or anything else they decide to change through creative license. However, the basic song is still there and it’s still recognizable as a classic.

The New Songs

Many artists will come out with new songs for Christmas time. Country stars are notorious for this, as they sing about Christmas time in the country. However, there is also funny Christmas music that comedians will come out with and these will often get a lot of playtime on the radio as well. We all know how popular funny Christmas music an be, such as Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer, but there are always new funny songs coming out every year.

What Makes A Song A Christmas Song?

We all know the Christmas songs but how can you categorize a song as a Christmas song? Well, generally, if it has to do with Santa, winter time, Christmas of course, the baby Jesus, or anything else related to the time that Christmas falls around, it’s a Christmas song. And because the songs vary so much, that only adds to the frustration of trying to count how many there really are.

If you ever get the time to try and count just how many Christmas songs are out there, you had better start your count and finish it quickly because as soon as Christmas time comes around, you’re going to have a whole new batch of songs to add to your enormous list.