The Roots Music Report's
Top Christmas Song Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | That Child Was Born (Christmas in West Virginia) | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 2 | Even Santa Gets the Blues (feat. Teresa James) | Blue Heart |
| 3 | Santa Baby | Blue Heart |
| 4 | Christmas | Clarence Spady |
| 5 | Carol of the Bells | Patty Loveless |
| 6 | Silent Night | Ricky Skaggs |
| 7 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Blue Heart |
| 8 | Santa's Got It in the Bag | Sean Poluk |
| 9 | Ring the Bells | Gulf Coast |
| 10 | Merry, Merry Christmas | Keb Mo |
| 11 | I Was a Bad Boy This Year | Blue Heart |
| 12 | Man! It's Christmas | Jimmie Bratcher |
| 13 | Silver Bells (feat. Ange Kogutz) | Blue Heart |
| 14 | The Christmas Boogie | The Sweetback Sisters |
| 15 | Christmas Time in the City | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 16 | Maybe This Christmas | Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem |
| 17 | The Box | Becky Buller |
| 18 | Christmas is Near | Chosen Road |
| 19 | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Jarred Albright |
| 20 | Christmas Lights Come Down | Kirsten Manville |
| 21 | Bad Santa | Big Harp George |
| 22 | An Old Fashioned Christmas | Daryl Mosley |
| 23 | Please Come Home for Christmas | Charles Brown |
| 24 | Christmas Fais Do Do | Alligator |
| 25 | Merry Christmas Baby | David Gogo |
| 26 | Christmas Comes but Once a Year | B.B. King |
| 27 | Don't Plan No Party This Christmas | Various Artists |
| 28 | Please Come Home for Christmas | Colin James & the Little Big Band |
| 29 | Christmas Time in New Orleans | Delta Moon |
| 30 | It Ain't Christmas | Gulf Coast |
| 31 | Coquito Girl | Big Harp George |
| 32 | Silver Bells | Tom Principato |
| 33 | Fairytale of New York | The Pogues |
| 34 | City of Angels | B'ee |
| 35 | My First Christmas Alone (feat. Nolapsters) | Denis Agenet |
| 36 | Light of the Stable | Ricky Skaggs |
| 37 | Reindeer on Strike | Big Harp George |
| 38 | Christmas Cheer | Lisa Biales |
| 39 | Nick's Takin' the Reindeer Home | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
| 40 | Silver Bells | Patty Loveless |
| 41 | Kris Kringle Jingle | Ollee Owens |
| 42 | This Christmas Time | Ben Reel |
| 43 | Stalker Santa | Bianca De Leon |
| 44 | Rise Up Shepherd | The Lasses |
| 45 | Christmas in Carrick | West of Eden |
| 46 | Do You Hear What I Hear | Maxx Jazz |
| 47 | Silver Bells | Ed Sweeney |
| 48 | Santa Baby | Hiedi Hyacinth |
| 49 | Zat You Santa Claus? | Lyn Stanley |
| 50 | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (For Xmas) | Lazarus Nichols |
| 51 | Homeless Christmas | Smoky Greenwell |
| 52 | Merry Christmas Baby | Blue Heart |
| 53 | Amazing Grace II | Blue Heart |
| 54 | At Christmas | Lisa Biales |
| 55 | Run Rudolph Run | Gulf Coast |
| 56 | Carioca Christmas | Big Harp George |
| 57 | The Twelve Days of Christmas | Joey DeFrancesco |
| 58 | Winter Wonderland | The Cowsills |
| 59 | Santa Claus is Back in Town | Gulf Coast |
| 60 | Merry Christmas Baby | B.B. King |
| 61 | Somebody Stole My Christmas | Gulf Coast |
| 62 | Thee Three Kings | Big Harp George |
| 63 | Nick's Place (Holiday Mix) | Blue Heart |
| 64 | Auld Lang Syne | B.B. King |
| 65 | Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto | Blue Heart |
| 66 | These Holiday Blues | Misty Blues |
| 67 | Naughty List (feat. Johnny Burgin & Kid Andersen) | Joel Astley |
| 68 | That's What I Like About Christmas | Lisa Biales |
| 69 | Hey! Merry Christmas! | The Mavericks |
| 70 | Elf on a Shelf | Michele D'Amour And The Love Dealers |
| 71 | Funky Santa | Michele D'Amour And The Love Dealers |
| 72 | Boogie Woogie Christmas (feat. Jorma Kaukonen, Pete Sears, Jack Casady, Dave Diamond, Professor Louie, Miss Marie, Klyph Black & Tom Circosta) | Michael Falzarano |
| 73 | It's New Year's Eve | Big Harp George |
| 74 | Jingle Bells | Gary Hoey |
| 75 | What Child is This | Natalie MacMaster |
| 76 | Boogie Woogie Santa Claus | Various Artists |
| 77 | Please Come Home for Christmas | Various Artists |
| 78 | Winter Song | Leslie Odom, Jr. |
| 79 | Peace and Good Will | Blue Heart |
| 80 | La Murga | Los Lobos |
| 81 | Ride Santa Ride | Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene |
| 82 | Snow in Austin | Ellis Paul |
| 83 | Christmas in the Trenches | John McCutcheon |
| 84 | Christmas in Prison | John Prine |
| 85 | Aspenglow | John Denver |
| 86 | All That I Want | The Weepies |
| 87 | The Longest Night | Peter Mayer |
| 88 | Unwrap You at Christmas | The Monkees |
| 89 | Christmas and You | Los Lobos |
| 90 | Santa's Movin' | Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene |
| 91 | All I Got for Christmas is the Blues | Gulf Coast |
| 92 | The Bluest Christmas | Gulf Coast |
| 93 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Heather Maloney |
| 94 | Riu, Riu, Chiu | Bruce Cockburn |
| 95 | Blame It on the Mistletoe | Amanda Shires |
| 96 | O Tannenbaum (2022 Mix) | Vince Guaraldi Trio |
| 97 | What Child is This (2022 Mix) | Vince Guaraldi Trio |
| 98 | Christmas is Coming (2022 Mix) | Vince Guaraldi Trio |
| 99 | Bringing in a Brand New Year | B.B. King |
| 100 | Naughty List | Michele D'Amour And The Love Dealers |
| 101 | I Want Some Christmas Cheer | Benny Turner |
| 102 | Santa's Messin' with the Kid | Eddie C. Campbell |
| 103 | Go Tell It on the Mountain (feat. Steve Krase) | Trudy Lynn |
| 104 | Christmas on Bourbon St | Gregg Martinez |
| 105 | War on Christmas! | Big Harp George |
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