The following are the top 25 most-performed holiday songs, based on ASCAP's performance data for the first three years of the 21st century, and the songwriters who wrote them.
| Rank | Song | Songwriters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie |
| 2 | The Christmas Song | Mel Torme, Robert Wells |
| 3 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin |
| 4 | Winter Wonderland | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith |
| 5 | White Christmas | Irving Berlin |
| 6 | Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne |
| 7 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram |
| 8 | Jingle Bell Rock | Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe |
| 9 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Johnny Marks |
| 10 | Little Drummer Boy | Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone |
| 11 | Sleigh Ride | Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish |
| 12 | Silver Bells | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans |
| 13 | It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Edward Pola, George Wyle |
| 14 | Feliz Navidad | Jose Feliciano |
| 15 | Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree | Johnny Marks |
| 16 | Blue Christmas | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson |
| 17 | Frosty the Snow Man | Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins |
| 18 | A Holly Jolly Christmas | Johnny Marks |
| 19 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Tommie Connor |
| 20 | Here Comes Santa Claus | Gene Autry, Oakley Halderman |
| 21 | Home for the Holidays | Bob Allen, Al Stillman |
| 22 | Santa Baby | Joan Ellen Javits, Phillip Springer, Tony Springer |
| 23 | It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas | Meredith WIlson |
| 24 | Carol of the Bells | Peter J. WIlhousky, Mykola Leontovich |
| 25 | Wonderful Christmastime | Paul McCartney |
This page updated on January 26, 2023 .