Celtic Christmas Music

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Celtic Holiday Music

Holiday and seasonal songs and tunes performed on traditional instruments associated with Celtic music will take you far from the supermarkets and commercial radio and put new life in your seasonal celebrations. Performers from both sides of the Atlantic serve up a savory feast of music, some of it familiar, some less so, and some original tunes sure to become holiday favorites.

Videos from Loreena McKennitt, Enya, The Chieftains, Moya Brennan and Celtic Woman are included on this page.

Be sure to check out my Celtic Music: Christmas Compilations lens for CDs from Windham Hill, A Christmas Celtic Sojourn from WGBH in Boston, MA and more. For traditional Christmas music from England performed by John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig, Steve Woodruff and Andy Davis, visit my Nowell Sing We Clear lens.


CDs are available for order from Amazon.co.uk. Click on the text links to order from that division of Amazon. Clicking on the CD cover or the bold title next to the cover will take you to Amazon.com (US). MP3 albums and individual tracks are available from both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk for many of the CDs in this lens. It's never too late to download an MP3 album!

Loreena McKennitt - A Midwinter Night's Dream 

Loreena McKennitt's first full-length holiday CD blends the five tunes from 1995's A Winter Garden with eight new recordings of holiday favorites and other holiday-inspired tunes.

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Also available from Amazon.co.uk but not listed at Amazon.com (US) is the CD packaged with the DVD A Moveable Musical Feast which is about McKennitt's 2007 "An Ancient Muse" tour: A Midwinter Night's Dream & A Moveable Musical Feast

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A Midwinter Night's Dream

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Tracks:

    1. The Holly & The Ivy
    2. Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
    3. The Seven Rejoices of Mary
    4. Noul Nouvelet!
    5. Good King Wenceslas
    6. Coventry Carol
    7. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen [Abdelli Version]
    8. Snow
    9. Breton Carol
    10. Seeds of Love
    11. Gloucestershire Wassail
    12. Emmanuel
    13. In the Bleak Midwinter

Loreena McKennitt sings The Seven Rejoices of Mary 

This is from A Midwinter Night's Dream. The song is set to the Irish traditional tune "Star of the County Down."
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Loreena McKennitt - To Drive the Cold Winter Away 

Originally released in 1987. This remastered edition was released in 2006.

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To Drive the Cold Winter Away

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Tracks:

    1. In Praise of Christmas
    2. The Seasons
    3. The King
    4. Banquet Hall
    5. Snow
    6. Balulalow
    7. Let Us the Infant Greet
    8. The Wexford Carol
    9. The Stockford Carol
    10. Let All That Are to Mirth Inclined

Loreena McKennitt - A Winter Garden 

Five Songs for the Season

Originally released in 1995. Enhanced edition released in 2004.

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A Winter Garden: Five Songs For The Season

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Tracks:

    1. Coventry Carol
    2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
    3. Good King Wenceslas
    4. Snow
    5. Seeds of Love

Enya - Oiche Chiun 

Enya's seasonal hit "Silent Night" sung in Irish.

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This version is not the same as the one offered in the US. It contains the tracks "Only Time," Oiche Chiun" and "Willows on the Water."

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Oiche Chiun (Silent Night) [Maxi Single]

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Tracks:

    1. Oiche Chiun (Silent Night)
    2. Oriel Window
    3. 's Fagaim Mo Bhaile

Enya performs Oiche Chiun 

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Enya - Christmas Secrets 

This is a four track EP released in 2006.

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Christmas Secrets

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Tracks:

    1. Adeste, Fideles
    2. The Magic of the Night
    3. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    4. Christmas Secrets

Enya - Christmas 

This CD was originally released in 1994.

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Christmas Ep

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Tracks:

    1. Oiche Chiun (Silent Night)
    2. As Baile
    3. 's Fagaim No Bhaile
    4. Ebudae
    5. The Celts

Enya - And Winter Came 

Enya's seventh studio album combines musical imagery of the changing winter landscape with holiday tunes including a new version of Oiche Chium (Silent Night).

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And Winter Came

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Tracks:

    1. And Winter Came
    2. Journey Of The Angels
    3. White Is In The Winter Night
    4. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
    5. Trains And Winter Rains
    6. Dreams Are More Precious
    7. Last Time By Moonlight
    8. One Toy Soldier
    9. Stars And Midnight Blue
    10. The Spirit Of Christmas Past
    11. My! My! Time Flies!
    12. Oiche Chiuin (chorale)

The Chieftains - Bells of Dublin 

The Chieftains team up on this recording with Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithfull, Rickie Lee Jones, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and Nanci Griffith.

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The Bells of Dublin

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Tracks:

    1. The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve
    2. Past Three O'Clock
    3. St. Stephen's Day Murders
    4. Il Est Ne': Ca Berger
    5. Don Oiche Ud I Mbeithil
    6. I Saw Three Ships a Sailing
    7. A Breton Carol
    8. O the Holly She Bears a Berry
    9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    10. The Boar's Head Carol
    11. The Wexford Carol
    12. The Rebel Jesus
    13. Skyline Jig
    14. O Holy Night
    15. The Arrival of the Wren Boys
    16. The Dingle Set: Dance
    17. The Wren in the Furze
    18. A Dance Duet: Reels
    19. Brafferton Village: Walsh's Hornpipe
    20. The Farewell: Piper Through the Meadow Strayed: This Is the Season
    21. Once in Royal David's City
    22. Ding Dong! Merrily on High
    23. O Come All Ye Faithful

The Chieftains - The Christmas Bells of Dublin 

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Moya Brennan - An Irish Christmas 

Moya Brennan, Enya's sister and the principal voice of Clannad presents both familiar and unfamiliar songs for the season. "I've been involved in number of other people's Christmas projects in recent years," explains Moya, "but I wanted to capture a truly Celtic Christmas feeling." "It's always important to bring the meaning of Christmas to the fore. It is the essence of what I believe in and the album offers both celebration and reflection on that familiar theme." (quoted from Amazon.co.uk)

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An Irish Christmas

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Tracks:

    1. Carol of the Bells
    2. Do You Hear - Don Oiche Ud I Mbeithil
    3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    4. I Still Believe (in Christmas)
    5. Gabriel's Message
    6. Joy to the World
    7. In the Bleak Midwinter
    8. Deck the Halls
    9. Love Came Down
    10. Wexford Carol
    11. In Dulci Jublio
    12. Oiche Chiun (Silent Night)

Moya Brennan sings Joy to the World 

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Eileen Ivers - An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas 

Released in 2007.

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An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas

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Tracks:

    1. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
    2. Wexford Carol
    3. Reels Christmas Eve/Oiche Nollag/High Road To Linton
    4. Time Is Approaching
    5. Jesu Joy Of Men's Desiring
    6. Do You Hear What I Hear
    7. Don Oiche Id I Beithill
    8. Holly Treet
    9. Jigs Apples In Winter/Frost Is All Over/A Merry Christmas
    10. O Holy Night

Bonnie Rideout - A Scottish Christmas 

This best-selling seasonal CD features Bonnie Rideout on Scottish fiddle, Al Petteway on guitar & cittern, Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer, Eric Rigler (the piper on "Braveheart" soundtrack) on Highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes & Uilleann pipes, with Abby Newton on cello and percussion.

This CD and others by Bonnie Rideout can be found on the Maggie's Music label.

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A Scottish Christmas

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Tracks:

    1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    2. Here We Come A-Wassailing - Bottom of the Punch Bowl
    3. Christmas Duanag - Hark the Bonny Christ Church Bells
    4. What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
    5. Rock Thee O' Child - Christ Child's Lullaby
    6. Christmas Carousing - Ale is Dear - New Christmas
    7. Da' Day Dawis - Christmas Day I' Da Moornin'
    8. Adeste Fidelis ((O Come All Ye Faithful)
    9. Baloo, Lammy
    10. Gloomy Winter
    11. The Huntsman's Bag of Grain - Goosegirl's Song - New Year's Day
    12. New Year's Day - On Christmas Night
    13. Yeoman's Carol - Sound of Sleat
    14. Rorate (Nativity)
    15. All Sons of Adam
    16. Auld Lang Syne

Bonnie Rideout - A Scottish Christmas - The Celebration 

After Rideout's CD A Scottish Christmas became a best-selling success, she has hosted annual shows that play to sold-out venues across North America. The tracks on this CD come from those shows. Released in 2003.

A Scottish Christmas- The Celebration

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Tracks:

    1. Christmas Day in the Morning/ I Saw Three Ships/ On Christmas Night/ New Year's Day
    2. Hark the Bonny Christ Church Bells/Lord of the Dance
    3. Aberystwyth/ The Jolly Shepherds
    4. Taladh Chriosta(The Christ Child's Lullaby)
    5. Angels We Have Heard on High
    6. Hogmanay, or Adieu to the Auld Year/ 12 Days Reel
    7. Baloo Lammy
    8. As With Gladness Men of Old
    9. So Merry As We Have Been
    10. Away In the Manger/O Come Divine Messiah
    11. Wassail!Wassail all over the Town! or The Gloucester Wassail/We Wish You a Merry Christmas/ The Bottle of Punch
    12. Cold Frosty Morning
    13. Auld Lang Syne

Maggie Sansone - Sounds of the Season 

Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer is joined by Robin Bullock on guitar, cittern, violin,mandolin; Sue Richards on Celtic Harp; Wendy Morrison on concertina; Linda Lunbeck on recorders; Carolyn Surrick on Viola da gamba; Myron Bretholz on Bodhran and Mike Varas on dombek (medieval drum).

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This CD and others by Maggie Sansone can be found on the Maggie's Music label.

Sounds of the Season, Vol. 1

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Tracks:

    1. Deck The Hall / Ding Dong, Merrily On High
    2. Wexford Carol
    3. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
    4. Gower Wassail
    5. O Come, O Come, Emmanual / Masters In This Hall
    6. Baloo, Lammy
    7. Joy To The World / Here We Come A Wassailling
    8. Christmas Eve Is Here / Fum, Fum, Fum / Christmas Eve Reel
    9. Il Est Ne / Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
    10. What Child Is This
    11. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
    12. Personent Hodie
    13. I Saw Three Ships 2:24
    14. Angels We Have Heard On High
    15. Scotch Mist / Marquis Of Huntley's Strathspey
    16. Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
    17. Miss Patterson / Johnny's Gone To France
    18. Bridget Cruise
    19. Ductia
    20. Parson's Farewell

Maggie Sansone - Sounds of the Season II 

On this INDIE-nominated (Best Seasonal Album of the Year) CD, Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer is joined by Robin Bullock on guitar, cittern, violin,mandolin; Sue Richards on Celtic Harp; Linda Lunbeck on recorders; Carolyn Surrick on Viola da gamba and Stream Ohrstrom on Zarb ( medieval drum).

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Sounds of the Season, Vol. 2

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Tracks:

    1. People Look East
    2. The Holly And The Ivy
    3. Lord Of The Dance - Simple Gifts
    4. We Three Kings
    5. Coventry Carol
    6. Good King Wenceslas
    7. Alle Psallite Cum Luya
    8. The First Noel
    9. Away In The Manger
    10. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
    11. Picardy Carol
    12. Silent Night
    13. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
    14. I Wonder As I Wander
    15. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
    16. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
    17. Jingle Bells

Al Petteway and Amy White - Winter Tidings 

Husband and wife duo Al Petteway and Amy White combine Celtic infuences with those from the Appalachians and England with performances on acoustic guitars, mandolin, piano, Irish bouzouki and vocals. Al Petteway is also featured on A Scottish Christmas.

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This CD and others by Al Petteway and Amy White can be found on the Maggie's Music label.

Winter Tidings: An Appalachian Christmas

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Tracks:

    1. Breakin' Up Christmas
    2. Joy to the World / The Gift
    3. The Holly and the Ivy
    4. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
    5. People Look East
    6. Cherry Tree Carol
    7. Into the Light
    8. Roving on a Winter's Night
    9. Aerial
    10. Gabriel's Message / I Wonder as I Wander
    11. A New Year's Carol / Sussex Carol / Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day
    12. Christ Child's Lullaby
    13. Star in the East / Born in Bethny

Ensemble Galilei - A Winter's Night 

Ensemble Galilei features Liz Knowles, fiddle, viola; Deborah Nuse, Scottish small pipes, fiddle; Sue Richards, Celtic Harp; Carolyn Anderson Surrick, viols; Sarah Weiner, oboe, tin whistle, recorder
and with Kieran O'Hare, Uilleann Pipes, flutes, low whistles & tin whistles.

Download the MP3 album or individual tracks (US only): A Winter's Night - Christmas In The Great Hall

This CD and others by Ensemble Galilei can be found on the Maggie's Music label.

A Winter's Night; Christmas in the Great Hall

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Tracks:
1. Salterello/Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella
2. New Prince, New Pomp/Galician Carol
3. Christmas Day I'Da Moornin'
4. Bressay Lullabye (Balloo Lammy)/Don Oiche
5. Of Darkness and Light
6. Rorate
7. The Donkey Carol/The Friendly Beasts
8. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel/What Child Is This
9. Bells and Bows/New Year's Dawn
10. Bottom of the Punch Bowl/The Man Who Died and Rose Again/Ward's Jig/Apples in Winter
11. Easter Snow
12. Puer Natus est in Bethlehem, In Dulci Jubilo/Saw Three Ships
13. Danse Arabe (from The Nutcracker Suite)
14. Congaudeat
15. The Bellman's Carol/The Moon Shines Bright
16. The First Nowell/Joy to the World/Joy to the World Jig

Sue Richards and Maggie Sansone - Merrily Greet the Time 

Sue Richards on Celtic harp and Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer offer seasonal tunes from harvest time, Samhain (Hallowe'en) Winter Solstice, Christmas and New Years. They are joined by Connie McKenna on vocals; Karen Ashbrook on Irish flute, pennywhistle and hammered dulcimer; and Ralph Gordon on cello.

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This CD and others by Sue Richards and Maggie Sansone can be found on the Maggie's Music label.

Merrily Greet the Time

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Tracks:

    1. Slieve Gallen Braes
    2. Harvest Home
    3. Abbot's Bromley/Twist Ye,Twine Ye (Song)
    4. The Ash Grove
    5. Captain O'Kane/Planxty George Brabazon
    6. Fire in the Hearth
    7. Cantiga de Santa Maria,No.4 A Madre Do Que Livrou
    Cantiga de Santa Maria, No.166 Como Poden
    8. Garten Mother's Lullaby
    9. Sean Donegal (Irish-Gaelic Song)
    10. Swallowtail Jig
    11. Christ Child Lullaby
    12. Rorate (Nativity)
    13. ll est ne/Ding Dong, Merrily on High
    14. Balloo, Lammy
    15. Mist Covered Mountains of Home
    16. Bressay Lullaby/Don Oiche
    17. Drive the Cold Winter Away
    18. Drunk at Night, Dry in the Morning
    19. Song of Wandering Aengus (Song)
    20. Simple Gifts/Jingle Bells
    21. Greensleeves (What Child is This?)
    22. Christchurch Bells/Bottom of the Punch Bowl

Ensemble Galilei and Maggie Sansone - Ancient Noels 

The Ensemble Galilei and Maggie Sansone are joined by special guests Bonnie Rideout on Scottish fiddle, Zan McLeod on cittern and guitar and Ben Harms on hand drums and medieval tambourine. Together they offer Basque and Galician carols from Spain, medieval Dutch & French carols, and Renaissance tunes by 16th century master Tilman Susato.

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Ancient Noels

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Tracks:

    1 Cantiga de Santa Maria, No. 48
    2 Gloucester Wassail / Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day / The Sussex Carol
    3 Hoboekentanz / Schafertanz
    4 O Bethlehem / Bethlehem's Stall / A Maiden Was Adoring God, The Lord / Great Gentlefolk, Hold And Bethink You
    5 The Bellman's Song
    6 The Truth Sent From Above
    7 Nowell, Nowell: Tidings True / Riu, Riu, Chiu
    8 I Must Go Gather Comfort / There Was A Maid So Lovely / When Judah's Loyal Soul Alone
    9 Cantiga, A Madre Do Que Livrou
    10 Whenas The Rose Of Jericho / A Year Begins Of Joy And Grace / To Us A Little Child Is Born
    11 The Donkey's Carol / The Friendly Beasts
    12 Here Betwixt Ass And Oxen Mild / The Golden Carol
    13 In The Bleak Midwinter

Magical Strings - Good People All 

Pam and Phil Boulding are joined by their very talented children on this holiday album released in 1992. The family performs a series of holiday concerts every year in the Pacific Northwest.

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Good People All -- A Celtic Yuletide Tradition

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Tracks:

    1. Love Came Down at Christmas
    2. Come Ye Shepherds/Kling Glockchen
    3. People Look East
    4. Fairy's Gift
    5. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
    6. Il Est Nu, le Divin Enfant/Processional/Bourre
    7. Good People All
    8. O Little Town of Bethlehem
    9. What Is This Fragrance?
    10. Somerset Wassail/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    11. Christ-Child's Lullaby
    12. Infant Holy/In the Midst of Winter's Night
    13. Still, Still, Still
    14. March of the Kings
    15. Let Me Count the Stars/ O Come Little Children
    16. All Through the Night

Phillip Boulding - Celtic Holiday 

Phillip Boulding of the duo Magical Strings performs seasonal songs on harps he built himself.

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Celtic Holiday (Harp)

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Disc: 1

    1. I Saw Three Ships
    2. O Come All Ye Faithful
    3. Ding Dong Merrily on High
    4. Still, Still, Still
    5. Once in David's Royal City
    6. The Holly Bears a Berry
    7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    8. The Friendly Beasts
    9. Good King Wenceslas
    10. Away in a Manger
    11. Norwegian Carol
    12. The Winter Robin
    13. March of the Kings
    14. Silent Night
    15. Joy to the World
    16. What Child Is This

Disc: 2
    1. Deck the Halls
    2. The Susex Carol
    3. Angels We Have Heard on High
    4. O Little Town of Bethlehem
    5. Christ Child Lullaby
    6. Bring a Torch, Isabella
    7. Love Came Down at Christmas
    8. People Look Cast
    9. O Come Little Children
    10. Dona Nobis Paccem
    11. The First Noel
    12. Here We Come a Wassailing
    13. We Three Kings
    14. Somerset Wassail
    15. This Endress Night
    16. Mary Wanders Through the Thorn

Golden Bough - Christmas in a Celtic Land 

Christmas in a Celtic Land

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Tracks:

    1. Drive the Cold Winter Away/Kid on the Mountain
    2. Christmas Bells
    3. The O'Rourke's Feast/The Humours of Flynn
    4. Dear Joseph
    5. Praise Midwinter
    6. Oiche Nollag/Frost and Snow
    7. Green Grow the Holly/The Holly and the Ivy Girl
    8. The Raddle Man
    9. Christmas Morning
    10. Mrs. Fogarty's Christmas Cake
    11. A New Year Song
    12. The Snow Storm/Christmas Eve/Snow on the Hills
    13. Il Est Ne/Un Flambeau Jeanette Isabella
    14. Bring Us a Bowl
    15. Farewell on a Cold Winter's Day

Golden Bough - Winter's Dance 

GOLDEN BOUGH: Winter's DanceWinter's Dance
1. Christmas Day in the Morning
2. The Holly and the Ivy
3. The First Noel/We Three Kings/What Child is This?
4. The Gloucestershire Wassail
5. Tomorrow is my Dancing Day
6. Det Va Den Heilage Jolekvell
7. Logs to Burn
8. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
9. Christmas Comes But Once A Year/Lord Mayo
10. One Bottle More/Humors of Winter/Apples in Winter
11. Down in Yon Forest
12. Lullaby/Ma Chaora Bhan (My White Lamb)
13. The Toymaker/Last Day of the Year
14. Please to see the King/The Cutty Wren

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Ashley MacIsaac - A Cape Breton Christmas 

Cape Breton, the large island that forms the northernmost part of Nova Scotia, has long been home to some of Canada's best traditional musicians, especially fiddlers who helped keep traditional Scottish fiddle styles alive after so many Scots moved to the island during the Highland Clearances. Ashley MacIsaac has been keeping the scene jumping with his lively fiddling and piano playing.

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A Cape Breton Christmas [IMPORT]

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This CD features Ashley MacIssac on violin & piano, producer Scott Macmillan on guitar & keyboard sequencing, Aurelie Cormier on vocals, Jim Faraday on percussion, Jeff Macdonald on vocals and Alan MacKenzie on pipes.

Tracks:

    1. Medley-Twas the Night Before Christmas/Devil In the Kitchen
    2. Go Tell it on the Mountain
    3. Away in a Manger
    4. Il Esr Ne
    5. Fiddle Medley- March of the Cameron Men/ Glencoe March/ Laddie with the Paddle/ Jenny Dang the Weaver Reel/ Irish Reel
    6. Childrens Medley- Macnabs Hornpipe
    7. Ciuin An Oidhach (Silent Night)
    8. Christmas Jig and Reels- Midnight Clearance Sale/ The Three Dories
    9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    10. Auld Lang Syne

Celtic Woman - A Christmas Celebration 

The beautiful voices of Chloe Agnew, Orla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, and Meav Ni Mhaolchatha join with the fascinating fiddling of Mariread Nesbitt in a concert setting with orchestra.

A deluxe edition is also available from Amazon.com (US) with a Christmas ornament: Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration (with Christmas Ornament)

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A DVD in NTSC format recorded live in Dublin in 2006 is available from Amazon.com (US): A Christmas Celebration

A Christmas Celebration

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Tracks:

    1. O Holy Night
    2. Away in a Manger
    3. Ding Dong Merrily on High
    4. White Christmas
    5. Silent Night
    6. Christmas Pipes
    7. Christmas Song
    8. Carol of the Bells
    9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    10. Panis Angelicus
    11. Don Oiche id I mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem)
    12. O Come All Ye Faithful
    13. Little Drummer Boy
    14. Wexford Carol
    15. Let It Snow!

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A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh 

Fiona Ritchie says she chose the tunes on this CD because they reminded her of the holiday socials she attended in her village as a child. They're certainly lively enough tunes, but most aren't particularly tied to Christmas aside from I Saw Three Ships and Auld Lang Syne, so this CD could be played at any time of the year.

Artists featured on A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh that can be found on my Celtic Music lenses are:

Altan
Andy M. Stewart and Phil Cunningham from Silly Wizard
Liz Carroll
Capercaillie
Patrick Street
Lunasa
The Tannahill Weavers

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A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh

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Tracks:

    1. The Snowy Path Altan
    2. At It Again Andy M. Stewart And Manus Lunny
    3. Happy One-Step/Green Willis The House Band
    4. Sevens/Michael Kennedy's/The Cup Of Tea Liz Carroll
    5. Puirt A Beul/Snug In A Blanket Capercaillie
    6. I Saw Three Ships John Renbourn
    7. Garcon A Marier/Orgies Nocturnes/Dans Fisel Touchstone
    8. Maneo Da Ulla/Foliada De Padrenda Milladoiro
    9. Ceilidh Funk Phil Cunningham
    10. Jenny Picking Cockles/An Gabhran/Jack Keane's Reel Patrick Street
    11. The Cat Rambles To The Child's Saucepan/Maire O'Keefe/Harry Bradshaw Cherish the Ladies
    12. Reconciliation Niamh Parsons And The Loose Connections
    13. Ballavanich Wolfstone
    14. Goodbye Miss Goodavich/Rosie's Reel Lunasa
    15. Genevieve's Waltz Manus McGuire
    16. Auld Lang Syne The Tannahill Weavers
    17. The Moving Cloud Kips Bay

bohola - bo-Ho-Ho-hola 

The "b" is supposed to be in lower case.

This CD was recommended by Bill Margeson, who writes reviews for LiveIreland.com and is host of Blarney on the Air, Monday nights from 7-9 Chicago time on WDCB, 90.9fm, or www.wdcb.org. He writes, "bo-Ho-Ho-Hola is a Christmas album, and the real only 'must have' for the holiday season. The tops in holiday fare, a wondrous mix of tunes, songs and stories, it is a real, true Irish Christmas experience. Just perfect."

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Tracks:

    1. Is The Frost All Over?/Six Christmases/On A Christmas Day/The Holly Jig/The Wren
    2. Miss Fogarty'S/Trip To The Cottage
    3. Celebration/Stack Of Barley/Fairytale Of New York
    4. The Boys Of Barr Na Sraide/Chapelizod
    5. Song Of Joy 2:09
    6. The Christmas Reel
    7. January 1 St
    8. The Wee Snowstorm
    9. Nollaig Fancy
    10. Boughs Of Holly Hornpipe
    11. Christmas Concerto
    12. The Snowy Hill
    13. The Snow Waltz
    14. Nollaig Jig
    15. Song Of Hope
    16. March To Fingal/The Bells Of Paradise
    17. Dear Nuala/Christmas Eve
    18. Recipe

Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol 1 

BROBDINGNAGIAN BARDS: Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol 1

Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol 1
What's "Carol of the Bells" without bells, or "The Little Drummer Boy" without a drum? It's not your stereotypical Christmas music, for one thing. The Brobdingnagian Bards, aka Marc Gunn and Andrew McKee, are two daft Celtic musicians from Austin, Texas who give some traditional Christmas tunes a new sound with autoharp, recorder and vocals. Renaissance fairegoers and others who delight in traditional sounds will want to add this to their collection.

1. Little Drummer Boy
2. Carol of the Bells
3. Bog Down in Christmas
4. What Child Is This?
5. Christmas Time in Texas
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Kim Robertson - Celtic Christmas 

KIM ROBERTSON: Celtic Christmas

Celtic Christmas
1. I Wonder as I Wander
2. The First Nowell
3. Quad Li
4. Devinum Mysterium
5. Venite Adormus
6. Jesu Joy Oh Man's Desiring
7. Veni Emmanuel
8. Entre le Boeuf
9. Greensleeves
10. Sheep May Safely Graze
11. Saltarello
12. Rosa Mystica
13. God Rest Ye Merry Gettlemen
14. Good King Wencelas
15. Christ's Lullaby
16. Coventry Carol

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KIM ROBERTSON: Celtic Christmas 2

Celtic Christmas 2
1. El Tutu
2. The darkness is Falling
3. A la Nanita Nana
4. As Joseph Was A-Walking
5. Paduana
6. Jesos Ahatonhia
7. We Three Kings
8. Silent Night
9. Noel Nouvelet
10. Verbum Supernum
11. Merrily on High
12. Come All Ye Shepherds
13. Pastourelle
14. Christ ist erstanden

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Rose and Thistle Band - Celtic Christmas 

ROSE AND THISTLE BAND: Celtic Christmas

Celtic Christmas
The Rose and Thistle Band consists of Elizabeth Nicholson (harp, guitar, vocals), Eddie Parente (violin, viola), and Rob Barrick (Scottish Pipes, bass violin). These three Pacific Northwest musicians present traditional Christmas music from Ireland, Scotland, England and France.

1. Christ Child Lullabye
2. The Holly Bears a Berry
3. New Years Day/New Christmas/Christmas Carousing
4. The Wexford Carol
5. The Cherry Tree Carol
6. Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella/Hewlitt's
7. Christmas Day in the Morning/Christmas Eve
8. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence/The Strayaway Child
9. What Child is This
10. O Come O Come Emmanuel

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Glenn Falkenberg - Christmas O'Carol 

GLENN FALKENBERG: Christmas O Carrol

Christmas O'Carol
Glenn Falkenberg's primary instrument is the Celtic Harp, which he has played for several years at Faerieworlds to begin Sunday performances at the Main Stage. Among his other instruments are the hammered dulcimer, bowed psaltery, guitar and mandolin. He performs traditional music from the Celtic lands of Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Brittany as well as his own compositions.

Track Listings
1 Oh Christmas Tree/Deck the Halls
2 Jingle Bells
3 Away in a Manger/Silent Night
4 The Little Drummer Boy
5 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings
6 What Child Is This
7 English Carol
8 Good King Wenceslas/Angels We Have Heard On High
9 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
10 Hark the Herald Angels Sing/Oh Come All Ye Faithful
11 The First Noel/Joy to the World
12 Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
13 Oh Holy Night
14 Oh Come Emmanuel/ We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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