While the radio starts playing Christmas songs the day after Thanksgiving, the Church recommends we wait to go all out on Christmas songs until Christmas Eve and the 12 days of Christmas. Instead, during Advent you can sing or listen to actual Advent Carols. These include songs such as:
‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel!’ LISTEN
‘People Look East’ LISTEN
‘Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus’ LISTEN
‘Lo! He Comes, With Clouds Descending’ LISTEN
‘Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying’ LISTEN
‘Maria Walks Amid the Thorn’ LISTEN
‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel!’ LISTEN
‘People Look East’ LISTEN
‘Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus’ LISTEN
‘Lo! He Comes, With Clouds Descending’ LISTEN
‘Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying’ LISTEN
‘Maria Walks Amid the Thorn’ LISTEN
Today: Try only listening to Advent Carols instead of Christmas songs. Click here for an example list of traditional
and modern Advent songs.