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Appendix A

William Studwell’s Christmas Carol Classifications

Section 1: Christmas As A Holy Day

• Birth of Jesus
• Mary and Joseph
• Angels
• Shepherds
• "Three Kings"
• Nights of Christmas
• Christmas Worship
• Spirituals
• Christmas Joy

Section 2: Christmas As A Holiday

• Winter Fun
• Holiday Greetings
• Holiday Festivities
• Christmas Tree and Holiday Decorations
• Caroling
• Christmas bells
• Santa Claus
• Christmas Animals
• Novelty Songs
• Holiday Memories

Source: William E. Studwell, The Christmas Carol Reader (New York: Harrington Park Press, 1995)

Professor Studwell's biography, and his Carol of the Year series.

The divisions, plus full contents of The Christmas Carol Reader are:

Subdivisions of Christmas Carols and Hymns

PART I: CHRISTMAS AS A HOLY DAY

The Birth of Jesus

• Away in a Manger
• The Babe
• The Birthday of a King
• A Boy Is Born in Bethlehem
• Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
• The Child Jesus
• Coventry Carol
• From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
• He Is Born, the Holy Child
• He Smiles Within His Cradle
• In the Bleak Mid-Winter
• Jesus Holy, Born So Lowly
• Bethlehem!
• O Come, Little Children
• O Little Town of Bethlehem
• Once in Royal David's City
• Polish Lullaby
• Rocking
• The Simple Birth
• Sleep, My Little Jesus
• The Sleep of the Infant Jesus
• The Snow Lay on the Ground
• Song of the Nuns of Chester
• What Child Is This'?

Mary and Joseph

• Ave Maria
• Blessed Be That Maid Marie
• The Cherry Tree Carol
• I Sing of a Maiden
• Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine
• Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
• The Seven Joys of Mary
• There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
• A Virgin Most Pure

Angels

• Angels from the Realms of Glory
• Angels We Have Heard on High
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
• It Came upon the Midnight Clear
• Susani

The Shepherds

• Angels and Shepherds
• Come Leave Your Sheep
• The First Nowell
• Shepherd, Shake off' Your Drowsy Sleep
• Shepherd's Carol
• Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance
• While by My Sheep
• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

The "Three Kings"

• As with Gladness Men of Old
• I Saw Three Ships
• The March of the Kings
• We Three Kings of Orient Are

The Nights of Christmas

• Brightest and Best
• Carol of the Bagpipers
• How Brightly Beams the Morning Star
• O Holy Night
• Silent Night, Holy Night
• Star of the East
• There's a Song in the Air

• 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
• Watchman, Tell Us of the Night

Christmas Worship

• Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
• The Garden of Jesus
• Love Came Down at Christmas
• O Come All Ye Faithful
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Of the Father's Love Begotten
• Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne
• Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying

Spirituals

• Children, Go Where I Send Thee!
• Go Tell It on the Mountain
• I Wonder as I Wander
• The Last Month of the Year
• Mary Had a Baby
• Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow

Christmas Joy

• All My Heart This Night Rejoices
• Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn
• Good Christian Men, Rejoice
• The Happy Christmas Comes Once More
• I Am So Glad on Christmas Eve
• In Dulci Jubilo
• Joy to the World!
• Masters in This Hall
• Thou Joyful Day

PART II: CHRISTMAS AS A HOLIDAY

Winter Fun

• Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
• A Marshmallow World
• Sleigh Ride
• Winter Wonderland

Holiday Greetings

• God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
• Happy Holiday
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• A Holly Jolly Christmas
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Holiday Festivities

• Auld Lang Syne
• The Boar's Head Carol
• Christmas Is Coming
• Dance Carol
• Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
• Gloucestershire Wassail
• Good King Wenceslas
• Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

The Christmas Tree and Holiday Decorations

• The Holly and the Ivy
• It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
• O Christmas Tree / O Tannenbaum
• Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Caroling

• Caroling, Caroling

• Fum, Fum, Fum
• On Christmas Night
• Sing We Now of Christmas
• Wassail Song
• We Sing in Celebration

Christmas Bells

• Carol of the Bells

• Ding Dong! Merrily on High
• I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

• Jingle Bell Rock
• Jingle Bells
• Silver Bells

Santa Claus

• Here Comes Santa Claus
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
• Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
• Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
• Up on the Housetop
• Just Because He's Santa Claus

Christmas Animals

• Almost Day
• Carol of the Birds
• The Chipmunk Song
• The Christmas Nightingale
• Do You Hear What I Hear?
• The Friendly Beasts
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Novelty Songs

• All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
• Frosty the Snowman
• The Little Drummer Boy
• Patapan
• Suzy Snowflake
• Toyland
• The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Welcome Christmas

Holiday Memories

• The Christmas Song
• Home for the Holidays
• I'll Be Home for Christmas
• White Christmas

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