Catholic Music for Christmas

Frankly, I've always been a bit of a party pooper when it comes to irreverent Christmas songs, like Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer and It's Christmas at Ground Zero.

When I've gone shopping for new Christmas music, most of it is an unpleasant modern twist to old favorites or with a predominantly Protestant slant. 

At last! We've found a "one stop" source for really excellent Christmas music to suit every taste.

Click on the album images for a track listing and to listen to samples.

We'll be shopping here as well. Let us know your favorites.

Free Christmas Music Downloads

We recognize that our taste isn't everyone's taste. Here are two collections for younger people that you can download. Despite the odd graphics, the lyrics are quite devout. We like Ave Maria.

An Elephant Hug Christmas

The Choir at Your Door

The Announcement of Christmas

Nuns of the Abbey of Regina Laudis

The nuns of the Abbey of Regina Laudis are back, bringing listeners a rare opportunity to experience the original Christmas music of the monastic tradition. The original Christmas music was sung as an act of prayer, voices raised to God in worship, rather than as a performance. The Announcement of Christmas carries listeners through the different phases of the season: the four weeks of Advent, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and finally the Epiphany. With selections that range from majestic ensembles to stunning solo pieces, a musical masterpiece that at once thrills the ears and opens the heart to the birth of Christ.

Another highly-acclaimed, award-winning Christmas recording from the renowned Cambridge Singers. This magnificent album celebrates the joy and the peace of Christ’s birth with 21 carols that draw together music of many styles and sources including O Holy Night, For Unto Us a Child is Born, O Magnum Mysterium, Coventry Carol, What Child is This and 18 more.

Already considered a classic, this gorgeous recording by the renowned John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers highlights 22 carols about Christ’s birth that span six centuries. This magnificent album with booklet, liner notes and lyrics, includes The Cherry Tree Carol, O Tannenbaum, In Dulci Jubilo, Away in a Manger and more.

This very unique album combines the talents of Paddy Moloney, leader of the famed Irish group The Chieftans, with the Vatican Orchestra, and other world-class singers and musicians from various countries. Irish singer Maire Brennan, Norwegian singer Sissel, Spanish singer Monserrat Caballe, the Harlem Gospel Choir and many others.

The Irish Tenors have elevated Irish tenor song into a powerful and moving experience. This new collection of classic Christmas songs includes the best of the tradition. Recorded with a stunning 78-piece orchestra

Following up the best-selling Faith of Our Fathers albums, this unique edition includes 16 classic Christmas hymns with splendid voices of the great tenors John McCormack and Frank Patterson, five of Ireland's top sopranos, the national Irish children's choir and the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus

'The outstanding string ensemble in the Arturo Delmoni Quartet present deeply moving, heartfelt chamber music of classic hymns for the Christmas season

Among the inevitable multitude of Christmas music releases, there are always a few that are destined to stand out. This is one such album. The trio's Celtic shadings as well as their diverse range of influences impart considerable warmth and compelling new dimensions to these favorites

This is the new, and first, Christmas album by the hugely popular young American tenor with the stunningly rich, beautiful voice that seems to appeal to all ages and music fans. Groban puts his heart and soul into these 13 Christmas songs that include many traditional Christmas favorites, as well as some classic Latin hymns.

Produced by Raymond Arroyo, with Andrew Miller 'Narrated by Liam Neeson 'This inspiring, musical celebration, featured on PBS this Christmas season, brings the Christmas story to vivid life as never before. Through song, the timeless characters beloved the world over: Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth and the Shepherds reveal their humanity and passion. Recorded live in Dublin, Ireland, in the venerable Christ Church Cathedral, this historic premiere of The Birth of Christ brings together a world-class chorus of Catholic and Protestant singers who for "One Blessed Night" put aside their sectarian differences and raised their voices in unity and peace around the central mystery of their faith. This premiere reunited some of the very same choirs Handel used to unveil his Messiah in 1742. Featuring a tender narration of Luke's Nativity by Liam Neeson, this powerful musical treasure will awaken you again to the startling wonder of Christmas.

The very popular angelic singers of Celtic Woman take on the most beloved Christmas songs on this very inspiring, unique Christmas album. Chloë, Lisa, Moav, Órla, and Mairoad lend their signature Celtic style to classics