Christmas has a special place in Christian worship. The first coming of Christ is the great revelatory event in salvation history and has always moved Christians to sing the praises of Christ. This new music book from Praise Trust aims to give Christians and churches a trusted and diverse collection of carols, advent hymns and modern songs to enrich their worship.

Within this collection you will find the essential classics as well as more traditional carols, with many modern items that are well known, along with some recent discoveries. Several items are best suited as a performance piece, with singing groups and carol services in mind, and several children’s Christmas songs are also included.

Many items in this book are also matched by further musical content that is downloadable from the Praise Trust website, praise.org.uk.

Contents1. Angels from the realms of glory

2. As with gladness
3. Away in a manger (Cradle song)
4. Away in a manger (Woods)
5. Beyond the hills of Bethlehem
6. Child in a manger born
7. Christians awake!
8. Come, adore the humble King
9. Come and sing the Christmas story
10. Come, O long-expected Jesus
11. Come, watch with us
12. Eternity once entered time
13. From the heights of glory
14. From the squalor of a borrowed stable
15. Fullness of grace
16. Glorious light
17. God comes among us in holiest mystery
18. God has spoken by his servants
19. Good Christians all, rejoice
20. Guess what happened long ago
21. Hark! the herald angels sing
22. Hear the songs of angels rise
23. Heaven must sing
24. How low was our redeemer brought
25. How still the starry night above
26. I cannot know the love that brought you down to earth
27. In the bleak midwinter
28. Infant holy, infant lowly
29. Into darkness light has broken
30. It came upon the midnight clear
31. Jesus Christ the Lord is born
32. Jesus, joy of the highest heaven
33. Jesus, the Saviour, comes
34. Joy has dawned upon the world
35. Joy to the world
36. Let earth and heaven combine
37. Lift up your eyes and look for him
38. Look to the skies
39. Lord, from the splendour of heaven
40. Lord, you were rich beyond all splendour
41. Mary, did you know?
42. May the blessing of the Christ-child
43. My soul exalts and magnifies the King
44. My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
45. O come, all you faithful
46. O come, all you unfaithful
47. O come, O come, Immanuel
48. O holy night
49. O little town of Bethlehem (Enmore)
50. O little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)
51. Of the Father’s heart begotten
52. On Christmas Day
53. On Christmas night all Christians sing
54. Once in royal David’s city
55. Over two thousand years ago
56. See amid the winter’s snow
57. See he lies there in the manger
58. See him lying on a bed of straw
59. Silent night, holy night
60. Silently we watch as our God steps down
61. Sing we the song of Emmanuel
62. The first Nowell
63. The promised time arrives
64. Unto us a child born
65. Welcome, welcome Jesus’ birth
66. What kind of greatness can this be
67. What kind of throne
68. When you think what you were told
69. While shepherds watched their flocks by night
70. Who is this Baby, and what is his name?
71. Who is this baby? Why did he come?
72. Word of the Father everlasting
73. You stepped down from heaven