The 20 best Christmas carols in Spanish. You'll love them Our favorite time of year is approaching: Christmas. ⛄ Family gatherings, big meals, gifts and, of course, Christmas carols will soon come. If you like Christmas, you cannot miss this article because you will see
Our favorite time of year is approaching: Christmas. ⛄
Soon there will be family gatherings, big meals, gifts and, of course, the Christmas carols.
If you like Christmas, you cannot miss this article because I am going to talk to you about the 20 best Christmas carols in Spanish.
Ready to sing?
Christmas carols are popular Christmas themed songs and religious songs that are sung during this time of year.
The main theme of Spanish Christmas carols revolves around birth of jesus in the city of Bethlehem.
Traditional carols are usually sung with many voices, it is often children or women who sing them.
They are accompanied by different typical Christmas musical instruments: zambomba, tambourine, rattle, rattle...
I'm going to talk to you briefly about origin of Christmas carols.
The carols They began to be sung in the 15th century.
In the beginning, they were not associated with Christmas.
The word carol comes from Latin villanus. The "villains" were the people of humble class who lived in the villas during the medieval age.
They sang songs about their villages and on other topics related to the context in which they lived.
At first, these songs They were only performed with voice, without musical instruments.
Christmas instruments and lyrics began to be implemented in later centuries.
Now that you know what a Christmas carol is, would you like to know the songs of christmas carols in spanish more popular? The Christmas carols of a lifetime?
For sure yes.
Come and sing with me the best traditional carols. 🎶
Notice that in each song I put the videos of the Christmas carols in Spanish, so you can see the lyrics and appreciate the music.
I hope you like them!
What is the most famous Christmas carol in the world?
In my opinion, 'Silent Night' surely it is the most famous carol.
It has been translated into more than 300 languages and performed by countless stars: Frank Sinatra, Luis Miguel, Laura Pausini, José Carreras...
Your beautiful handwriting has caused 'Silent Night' to be declared Intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011.
The original lyrics were written by the Austrian priest Joseph Mohr, and composed it Franz Gruber.
'White Christmas' It is another of the most famous popular Christmas carols in the world. Irving Berlin He was the one who wrote the original song: 'White Christmas'.
It is also translated into many languages.
The version performed by Bing Crosby in 1942 has the Guinness Record for best-selling song of all time, with more than 50 million copies worldwide. 😮
'The fish in the river' It is one of the most sung Christmas carols during the Christmas in Spain.
Narrates the birth of the baby Jesus and how the Virgin Mary takes care of him.
As he recites his beautiful chorus, the fish drink in the river as a celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus:
«But look how the fish in the river drink,
But look how they drink to see God born.
Without a doubt, 'The Fish in the River' has one of the most popular carol lyrics in our country.
Do you like the funny carols?
So, 'A donkey goes towards Bethlehem' It will surely catch your attention.
It's one of the carols more fun to sing in Spain because of his quick chorus reminiscent of a tongue twister.
I leave you the chorus so you can try to sing it:
«A donkey goes towards Bethlehem, rin, rin,
I patched myself up, I patched myself up,
I put on a patch, I took it off,
loaded with chocolate."
Can you sing it quickly? 😋
This is one of the most famous Christmas carols in Spanish, since it narrates the arrival of the Three Wise Men, one of our most important holidays.
Three Kings Day is celebrated in Spain between January 5 and 6 of each year.
Do you know what the three kings are called?
Gaspar, Melchior and Baltasar.
In the carol, Kings come from Africa and they go to Bethlehem loaded with gifts for baby Jesus that has just been born.
During Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas Day, the carol 'Bell upon bell' can't be missed.
It is one of the favorites of the Spanish due to the simplicity of its lyrics.
Once again, tell the birth of Jesus in Bethlehemand how campaigns are played celebrating this moment.
Even though 'The drummer' It is of Czech origin, it is one of the Christmas carols most loved in Spain.
The reason for this is because Rafael, one of our most famous singers, composed a wonderful version of the lyrics of the drummer's carol in Spanish in 1969.
The song immediately entered the Spanish imagination and the list of favorite traditional Spanish Christmas carols.
'My burrito sabanero' It is one of the traditional Christmas carols most recent, and one of my favorites.
The letter I find it endearing:
«With my burrito sabanero, I illuminate my path».
It tells of a farmer who is on his way to Bethlehem riding his donkey and enjoying the journey with the sunlight illuminating his path.
The singer Juanes made a new version very interesting with its peculiar style that does not detract from the original.
'Arre, little donkey' It is a song that has been transmitted from generation to generation to children and they always love it.
That is why it is considered one of the favorite children's Christmas carols in Spanish.
The beginning of this song is perhaps the most hooligan of all Christmas carols:
«At the door of my house, I am going to put a firecracker
to laugh at whoever comes, to ask for the bonus.
Well, if I'm going to give everything, whoever asks on Christmas Eve,
"Yes, I am going to have to ask from door to door."
I love popular Christmas carols and their lyrics. 😁
'To Bethlehem, shepherds' is one of the Spanish Christmas carols more descriptive because it is accompanied by an animation.
As in the previous ones, the birth of Jesus is commemorated in Bethlehem and how all the people go to see him, in this case, the shepherds go to see him.
Here it is detailed where Jesus sleeps or what the weather is like.
The "Marimorena" refers to the virgin mary, who had dark hair.
This time she is the protagonist of this song.
It is one of the carols for children most popular and sung by the little ones at Christmas, especially its beginning:
«Go, go, go La Marimorena,
Go, go, go, it's Christmas Eve.
At the portal of Bethlehem
there are stars, sun and moon
the Virgin and Saint Joseph
and the child who is in the cradle.
This carol has a very difficult word to pronounce for a foreigner: chiquirriquitin.
Above it is repeated non-stop throughout the song.
"Oh! of the little one. Chiquirriquitín, stuck in straw!
Chiquirriquitín! Oh! of the chiquirriquitín Chiquirriquitín
Dear, darling of the soul!
It is one of the christmas carol lyrics funniest and complex to sing.
What do you think? Are you able to sing it without making mistakes? 😄
This song has its origins in the 16th century and comes from The Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and Catalonia.
The meaning of the word 'fum' in Catalan it is 'smoke' in Spanish.
The title of this carol refers to Christmas Day, December 25.
This is one of the short carols in spanish most famous.
The lyrics of the Christmas carol 'Adeste fideles' in Spanish it means 'Come, faithful.'
The original song is sung in Latin, but there are versions in many languages, and of course, also in Spanish.
The nice melody of this song and the tranquility with which it is sung, makes it one of the most beautiful Christmas carols.
This Christmas carol celebrates... Let's see if you guess it?
The birth of Jesus, of course! Like almost all Christmas carol lyrics. 😁
'Tell me whose child you are' perhaps it is one of the most unknown.
I also encourage you to listen to it.
Maybe for you it is the best of all the Christmas carols on this list.
Who knows?
Did you like these classic Christmas carols?
Or do you prefer songs a little more adapted to our times? With singers who update old Spanish carols.
If so, I propose five modern carols in spanish that you will surely like.
Let's see them!
Christmas It is a complete album by the singer Luis Miguel which compiles eleven Christmas related songs.
Some of these songs are new versions of popular Spanish Christmas carols seen previously, such as 'Silent Night'.
Although most are original songs by the composer.
One of the most popular on this album is 'In front of the fireplace'.
Do you remember that before I named Rafael in his version of 'The Drummer'?
Well this is another of his magnificent Christmas songs, this time covering 'Silent Night' in its purest style.
It is inimitable and captivating.
Without a doubt, Raphael is one of the most important Christmas carol singers in Spanish.
More versions of 'Silent Night'?
Yes, please, but this time with the help of the rock group Van Gogh's Ear.
This group is one of the most popular in Spain.
In addition to making rocking Christmas carols in Spanish, they have other great songs.
If you like their style, they are worth checking out.
We couldn't leave the song 'It's already Christmas' outside of this article of Christmas carols with lyrics in Spanish.
If yours are Latin rhythms and Spanish pop, this version of Nil Moliner you're going to love it.
We had never heard this song with a such a festive rhythm.
Let's dance! 🕺💃
And we come to the end with our christmas carol favorite.
'The best gift is you' It is the equivalent of Mariah Carey's Christmas carol in Spanish:'All I want for Christmas is you'.
In our opinion, this song transmits everything that Christmas is: family atmosphere, joy, company, generosity, good vibes...
These same values are what we always try to transmit to our students in Hispania, Spanish school. By the way, as usual, this year we have made our Christmas video 2022. By watching this video you can get an idea of how much fun we had in our spanish courses.
Also, if you are with us on Christmas days, you will enjoy a lot of events that we organize so that you feel the christmas spirit and sing with us the lyrics of Christmas carols in Spanish. 😊
This has been our list of Christmas carols in Spanish.
I don't want to finish this article about Christmas and Christmas carols without first proposing an activity with the song. 'All I want is you'.
You are going to make a listening comprehension exercise:
You must listen to the song and fill in the missing gaps.
1. Christmas
2. you are
3. I want
4. gifts
5. will know
6. together
7. you are
8. I will be
9. color
10. me
11. Lights
12. wait
13. reality
14. matter
15. you
You can see the solutions in this article or in the light bulb icon of the same exercise.
You'll tell me how it went.
Luck! 😉
Article written by Carlos Martinez for Hispania, Spanish school
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