Playlist
Original Christmas Music With Vocals
Audiosocket's Christmas background music collection is a set of original contemporary holiday songs by H.B. Thal and JQ, not re-recordings of public-domain carols. Mallets, keyboards and percussion give every track its bell sparkle, with electric guitars and electronic production keeping the arrangements in radio-pop territory, and almost all of it is sung. It is aimed at retail promos, holiday ads and YouTube content that want a fresh song instead of a familiar carol.
11 tracks26 minUpdated Oct 8, 2026
About this Playlist
Nearly every track in this collection is an original contemporary holiday song rather than a carol. H.B. Thal contributes titles such as Christmas With You, This Christmas, Santa's Coming Tonight, Coming Home Soon and The Best Day of the Year, and JQ adds Christmas Time Again, Glistening and Merry Merry Christmas. The single traditional piece is Deck The Halls by PAHLR. Original songs avoid the sound-alike feel that recycled carols give holiday advertising.
This collection is almost entirely vocal, with roughly one track in ten instrumental, so it is not the right search for wordless holiday beds. It was selected for sung, pop-style Christmas songs that carry a spot on their own. Christmas With You by H.B. Thal is offered in both a male vocal and a female vocal version, which gives you a tonal choice without changing the song. For instrumental holiday cues, search the wider catalog instead.
Mallet instruments are the signature here, appearing on most tracks alongside keyboards and percussion, which is where the bells and chime tones come from. Electric guitars and electronic production sit underneath, with only a little strings and brass, so the result is contemporary pop with holiday color rather than an orchestral or choral sound. The mood tags are overwhelmingly happy and love, with a few exciting cues for high-energy promos.
Tracks in this collection average a little under two and a half minutes, shorter than most holiday songs, which makes them easy to trim for thirty-second retail spots and YouTube intros. The pop structure puts a sung chorus early, so a fifteen-second social cut can land on a hook without a long build. Full-length versions work as-is under a holiday montage or a store playlist video.
All of these Christmas songs are cleared for monetized YouTube videos, paid ads, podcasts and client work under the Audiosocket license you purchase, and each license is perpetual for that finished video, with written documentation you can show a platform or a client. If YouTube's Content ID flags a track, dispute the claim by stating it was licensed through Audiosocket and the claim is released.