Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 41 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. BalleTopics: Christmas DayTune Sources: DanishTune Key: E MajorIncipit: 33313 56533 42312 Used With Text: Chime, Happy Christmas Bells, Once More
Meter: IrregularAppears in 664 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franz Grueber; Carl ReineckeTopics: Christmas Day Evening Prayer GeneralTune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 56535 65322 77115 Used With Text: Silent night, holy night
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 328 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Kirbye (c. 1565-1634); Alan Gray (1855-1935)Topics: Christmas DayTune Sources: In Thomas Este's The whole booke of psalmes, 1592; Possibly derived from Christopher Tye's The Actes of the Apostles, 1553Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 13321 44323 55453 Used With Text: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Meter: 11.11.11.11Appears in 225 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James R. Murray, 1841-1905; Randall DeBruyn, b. 1947Topics: The Liturgical Year Christmas (Days of)Tune Key: F Major or modalIncipit: 55433 21176 55565 Used With Text: Away in a Manger
Meter: 6.5.6.5 DAppears in 33 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Henry Monk, 1823-1889Topics: Years A, B, and C Christmas DayTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 35651 54321 11343 Used With Text: At the name of Jesus
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8Appears in 313 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois; Claude GoudimelTopics: Christmas Day 2 Year CTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 12321 76512 34321 Used With Text: Isaiah 40 (Comfort, Comfort Now My People)
Meter: 6.5.6.5 with refrainAppears in 107 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Randall DeBruyn, b. 1947Topics: The Liturgical Year Christmas (Days of)Tune Sources: Trad. French CarolTune Key: e minor or modalIncipit: 15645 34453 21156 Used With Text: Sing We Now of Christmas
Meter: 11.10.11.10Appears in 60 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Francis Thrupp, 1827-1867Topics: Years A, B, and C Christmas DayTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 32156 71765 32114 Used With Text: Brightest and best