1. O TANNENBAUM 00:01:19 THE WORLD-FAMOUS CHRISTMAS CAROL 'O TANNENBAUM' HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE 16TH CENTURY. THERE ARE LYRICS IN MANY LANGUAGES.

2. MORGEN, KINDER, WIRD'S WAS GEBEN 00:01:15 POPULAR GERMAN CHRISTMAS CAROL FROM THE 18TH CENTURY. IT DESCRIBES THE ANTICIPATION OF THE CHILDREN ON THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

3. LASST UNS FROH UND MUNTER SEIN 00:01:00 FAMOUS GERMAN SONG FOR THE FEAST DAY OF ST. NICHOLAS. TEXT AND MELODY DATE BACK TO THE 19TH CENTURY.

4. ES IST EIN ROS ENTSPRUNGEN 00:01:54 LO, HOW A ROSE E?ER BLOOMING' IS A CHURCH CHRISTMAS SONG FROM THE 16TH CENTURY. NOT ONLY IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

5. SCHNEEFLOECKCHEN, WEI?ROECKCHEN 00:01:16 THE NURSERY RHYME SCHNEEFLOECKCHEN, WEI�ROECKCHEN IS ACTUALLY A WINTER SONG. BUT AS IT ALWAYS APPEARS IN CHRISTMAS SONG COLLECTIONS AND IS OFTEN SUNG IN ADVENT, IT IS OFTEN COUNTED AMONG THE CHRISTMAS CAROLS. IT DATES FROM THE 19TH CENTURY.

6. O DU FROEHLICHE 00:02:18 ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GERMAN CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

7. STILLE NACHT, HEILIGE NACHT 00:02:40 SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT' IS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS CHRISTMAS CAROL. IT IS THE EPITOME OF THE CHRISTMAS TRADITION IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING WORLD. IN 1818 IT WAS PREMIERED IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OBERNDORF NEAR SALZBURG (AUSTRIA). SINCE THEN, GERMAN LYRICS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED AND SUNG WORLDWIDE IN 320 LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS.

8. LEISE RIESELT DER SCHNEE 00:01:09 ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WINTER SONGS IN GERMAN. IT DESCRIBES THE ANTICIPATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHRIST CHILD.

9. IHR KINDERLEIN, KOMMET 00:01:25 THIS FAMOUS GERMAN CHURCH CAROL WAS WRITTEN AROUND 1800.

10. KLING, GLOECKCHEN, KLINGELINGELING 00:02:05 GERMAN CHRISTMAS CAROL FROM THE 19TH CENTURY.

11. ALLE JAHRE WIEDER 00:01:20 INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE WELL-KNOWN 19TH CENTURY CHRISTMAS CAROL.

12. MORGEN KOMMT DER WEIHNACHTSMANN 00:01:33 INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE FAMOUS GERMAN CHRISTMAS CAROL. IT IS BASED ON THE MELODY OF A FRENCH FOLK SONG. THE TEXT WAS WRITTEN BY HOFFMANN VON FALLERSLEBEN IN 1835.

13. S??ER DIE GLOCKEN NIE KLINGEN 00:02:14 WELL-KNOWN GERMAN CHRISTMAS SONG FROM THE 19TH CENTURY. THE SONG CREATES A HOPEFUL AND HEALING MOOD. THE SOUND OF THE BELLS SYMBOLIZES PEACE AND JOY.

14. VOM HIMMEL HOCH, DA KOMM ICH HER 00:01:54 GERMAN-LANGUAGE CHRISTMAS SONG BY MARTIN LUTHER AND ONE OF HIS BEST-KNOWN SONG CREATIONS. BACH'S BAROQUE VARIATIONS OF THE MELODY FOR ORGAN ARE ALSO WELL-KNOWN.

15. AM WEIHNACHTSBAUM DIE LICHTER BRENNEN 00:01:38 POPULAR GERMAN CHRISTMAS CAROL FROM THE 19TH CENTURY. IT DESCRIBES THE FESTIVE MOOD ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

16. KOMMET, IHR HIRTEN 00:01:14 COME, YOU SHEPHERDS' IS A CHRISTMAS CAROL THAT COMES FROM BOHEMIA AND WHOSE TITLE IS ORIGINALLY 'NESEM V�M NOVINY'. THE SONG IS IN THE TRADITION OF THE SHEPHERD'S SONGS, WHICH HAS THE THEME OF ANNOUNCING THE BIRTH OF JESUS BY THE ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT PASSAGE TO THE STABLE OF BETHLEHEM FROM THE CHRISTMAS STORY.