"Well-known" is a very subjective: this list has been compiled by scanning Christmas lists published on the internet by various parishes in the English-speaking world, and choosing the carols which appear across multiple parishes and countries.
Adeste Fideles / O Come all ye Faithful
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away in a Manger
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Joy to The World
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Holy Night
Once in Royal David's City
Silent Night
The First Nowell
The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy
What Child is This
Are there other carols that are so well-known that they should be on this list? Or ones that you think aren't well-known and don't be long here? Please leave a message in the Comments section at the bottom of the page.
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
ReplyDeleteof The Father’s Love Begotten
See Amid The Winter’s Snow
On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
Mary’s Boy Child
These are well known in the UK. I cannot comment on those known better in the US
Thanks for doing all this work to give us ideas for hymns suitable for the liturgy, so helpful! Have a Blessed Christmas!
Thank you Dr Jenny, your suggestions are most welcome. fyi, Mary's Boy Child is not public domain, though it sounds old, it was actually written for a Hollywood choir in 1956. There's more information about it here.
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