Want to take your listening experience to the next level?
The Christmas Music Listening Guide helps students (and teachers!) dive deeper with composer facts, listening prompts, and reflection questions—turning casual listening into meaningful musical engagement.
Each video on the playlist includes a short bit of background information—from history and composer details to unique musical elements to listen for. The accompanying reflection questions encourage deeper engagement with the music, helping listeners think, feel, and respond to what they hear.
Pentatonix Up on the Housetop
I Saw Three Ships – Jarrod Radnich
Angels We Have Heard on High – The Piano Guys
I Saw Three Ships – The Piano Guys
Let It Snow / Winter Wonderland – The Piano Guys
Carol of the Bells – Mormon Tabernacle Bell Choir and Organist
“Troika” from Lieutenant Kije by Sergei Prokofiev
The 12 Days of Christmas – Straight No Chaser
Little Tree by Eric Whitacre
Sleigh Ride – Cameron Carpenter
Sleigh Ride – The 5 Browns
Mozart’s Sleigh Ride
O Holy Night / Ave Maria – The Piano Guys, featuring Lexi Walker
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – The Piano Guys
“Winter” from Four Seasons by Vivaldi
“December: Christmas” from The Seasons, Op. 37 by Tchaikovsky
“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky played on a glass harp
The Holly and the Ivy arranged by Walford Davies
Jingle Bells Variations by students of Wendy Stevens
Silent Night – The Piano Guys, featuring Plácido Domingo
We Three Kings – The Piano Guys
Mary Did You Know – Pentatonix
Silent Monks singing “Hallelujah”
Christmas Boomwhackers
Rudolph – Merry Christmas from The Piano Guys
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