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- Christmas Songs: A History
- Christmas Discography
- Video: Making Christmas Songs
- Guitar Tutorials
- Christmas Pageant
- Media
While Jars of Clay’s most popular Christmas offerings are the Drummer Boy EP and Christmas Songs, the band has released many Christmas songs over the years. This page lists every Christmas Song ever released by the band, in chronological order:
1995 – Drummer Boy EP – Purchase on iTunes
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Little Drummer Boy
Little Drummer Boy (Grinch Mix)
2002 – City on a Hill: It’s Christmas Time – Purchase on iTunes
Bethlehem Town – Jars of Clay original
2004 – Maybe This Christmas Tree – Purchase on iTunes
Christmas for Cowboys – John Denver cover
2004 – Reel to Reel V2.9 – The Holidays – Go to Media for a free download!
Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk this Christmas) – John Denver cover
2005 – Come Let Us Adore Him – Purchase on iTunes
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
2007 – Christmas Songs – Purchase on iTunes
The Gift of St. Cecilia – Jars of Clay original instrumental
Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney cover
Love Came Down at Christmas – cover of Shawn Colvin’s arrangement
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Hibernation Day – Jars of Clay original
Winter Skin – Jars of Clay original
Peace Is Here – Jars of Clay original
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Evergreen – Jars of Clay original instrumental
Christmastime Is Here – Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi cover
Drummer Boy
Gabriel’s Message – Sting cover
In the Bleak Midwinter
I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day
2006 – Christmas Songs Bonus Tracks
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Acoustic)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Acoustic)
Peace Is Here (Acoustic)
2010 – Live at Gray Matters, Volume 3: The Christmas Edition – Purchase on iTunes
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Live)
Love Came Down at Christmas (Live)
Drummer Boy (Live)
Hibernation Day (Live)
2011 – More Christmas Songs EP – Purchase on iTunes
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry cover
Almost Christmas – Jars of Clay original instrumental
Someday At Christmas – Ron Miller and Bryan Wells cover
2014 – Christmas StageIt Highlights – Go to Media for a free download!
Wonderful Christmastime
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Christmas for Cowboys
Hibernation Day
In the Bleak Midwinter
Drummer Boy
BONUS!
The Coke Commercial – Jars of Clay used a discarded b-side to created a Christmas-themed radio commercial for Coca Cola in 1995. Head over to the Media page for a free download.
Smells Like Rudolph – This Smells Like Teen Spirit / Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer mashup has been a fan favorite at concerts since the mid-nineties. Check out the Media page to watch a performance of the song.