volunteers bring you a festive selection of 16 Christmas carols for the 2021 holiday. This year's collection includes traditional favorites and lesser-known selections in English and Latin. The singers wish all listeners around the world a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.

A Child is Born in Bethlehem; Traditional Latin hymn, English translation by Richard F. Littledale , tune by Lowell Mason .
Adam Lay Ybounden; Words traditional English, tune by alanmapstone.
All Glory to God; Words by Charles Wesley , tune by Charles H. Gabriel .
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came; Words by Sabine Baring-Gould , tune traditional Basque carol.
Auld Lang Syne; Words by Robert Burns , tune traditional Scottish air.
Behold a Branch is Growing; 15th century German carol, English translation by Harriet R. Krauth and John C. Mattes , tune by Michael Praetorius .
Boar’s Head Carol; Words traditional English carol, tune by alanmapstone.
Carol of the Birds; Words by Unknown, traditional French tune ‘Bas-Quercy’.
Christ is Born; Words by William C. Wilbor , tune by W. Howard Doane .
If Ye Would Hear the Angels Sing; Words by Dora Greenwell , tune traditional.
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Words by Edmund H. Sears , traditional English tune ‘Kingsfold’.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence; Traditional Greek Hymn, English words by Gerard Moultrie , traditional French tune ‘Picardy’.
Personent Hodie; Words traditional Latin, tune traditional.
Shepherds Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep; Traditional French carol, English translation by Unknown, traditional French tune ‘Besancon’.
Star in the East; Words by Reginald Heber , tune by John H. Hickock .
Watchman Tell Us of the Night; Words by John Bowring , tune ‘Aberystwyth’ by Joseph Parry .