A diferencia de las ruidosas celebraciones de Año Nuevo con fuegos artificiales, música atronadora e invitados desconocidos, la Navidad es una festividad tranquila y entrañable. Se disfruta en la calidez del hogar, en compañía de la familia y los seres queridos. La Nochebuena evoca el recuerdo de quienes amamos y representa la mejor oportunidad para compartir alegría, en especial a través de las canciones navideñas.
En nuestro país, durante mucho tiempo la Navidad no tuvo reconocimiento oficial y, por consiguiente, a diferencia de las canciones de Fin de Año, no existían temas populares dedicados a ella. Hoy en día, sin embargo, los villancicos e himnos navideños ya resuenan con fuerza en nuestros hogares.
Te presentamos una recopilación de los mayores éxitos navideños del mundo. Enciende tu equipo de karaoke, haz a un lado la cena y dale inicio a una alegre velada navideña en familia.
José Feliciano
El título no necesita traducción. Fue escrita en 1970 por el célebre cantautor y guitarrista puertorriqueño José Feliciano.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| Feliz Navidad | José Feliciano | Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Próspero año y felicidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Próspero año y felicidad I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Próspero año y felicidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Próspero año y felicidad I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Próspero año y felicidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Próspero año y felicidad I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas I wanna wish you a merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Próspero año y felicidad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8NcQzMQN_U |
Carol of the Bells (Shchedryk)
Una pieza folclórica tradicional ucraniana que alcanzó resonancia mundial gracias al arreglo coral del compositor Mykola Leóntovych. Su consagración definitiva llegó al sonar en la emblemática comedia navideña Mi pobre angelito.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| Carol of the Bells | Pentatonix | Hark how the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say Throw cares away Christmas is here Bringing good cheer To young and old Meek and the bold Ding-dong, ding-dong That is the song With joyful ring All caroling (oh, oh, ah) One seems to hear Words of good cheer From everywhere (from everywhere) Filling the air Oh, how they pound (oh, how they pound) Raising their sound O’er hill and dale Telling their tale Gaily they ring While people sing songs of good cheer Christmas is here Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas On on they send On without end Their joyful tone To every home Ah, ah, ah Ding-dong, ding-dong Ding-dong, ding-dong Hark how the bells (hark how the bells) Sweet silver bells All seem to say (all seem to say) Throw cares away (We will throw cares away) Christmas is here Bringing good cheer To young and old Meek and the bold Oh how they pound (oh, how they pound) Raising their sound O’er hill and dale Telling their tale Gaily they ring While people sing songs of good cheer Christmas is here Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas On on they send On without end Their joyful tone To every home Ah, ah, ah | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUFzC6_fp8 |
Blue Christmas
Elvis Presley, Martina McBride
Inmortalizada por Elvis Presley en 1957, esta canción sigue siendo un clásico indiscutible. Un agridulce recordatorio de quienes están ausentes durante las fiestas.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| Blue Christmas | Elvis Presley, Martina McBride | I’ll have a blue Christmas without you I’ll be so blue just thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won’t be the same dear, if you’re not here with me And when those blue snowflakes start falling That’s when those blue memories start calling You’ll be doing all right With your Christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas You’ll be doing alright With your christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas You’ll be doing all right With your Christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KK6sMo8NBY |
White Christmas
Human Nature
Como muchas otras de nuestra lista, esta canción sobre una blanca Navidad nos transporta a una época en que los árboles parecían más altos, el traje de Santa Claus más rojo y la nieve más blanca. Al menos esa es la cálida nostalgia que transmite White Christmas.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| White Christmas | Human Nature | I, I just can’t take any bows for this next song Really a jackdaw with a cleft palate could have sung it successfully You gotta give full credit to its composer, Mr. Irving Berlin I’m dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the tree tops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white I’m dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the tree tops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cne3GAB4W5I |
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Dean Martin
Un tema perfecto si vives en zonas cálidas y solo ves la nieve en el cine. Porque, a decir verdad, ¿qué sería de la Navidad sin nieve?
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Dean Martin | Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we’ve no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Man, it doesn’t show signs of stopping And I brought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow When we finally kiss good-night How I’ll hate going out in the storm But if you really hold me tight All the way home I’ll be warm And the fire is slowly dying And, my dear, we’re still good-bye-ing But as long as you love me so Let it snow, let it snow and snow When we finally kiss good-night How I’ll hate going out in the storm But if you really grab me tight All the way home I’ll be warm The fire is slowly dying And, my dear, we’re still good-bye-ing But as long as you love me so Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnil5LyK_B0 |
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Andy Williams
El Año Nuevo y la Navidad son de nuestras festividades predilectas, y el invierno es, sin duda, la época más maravillosa del año.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | Andy Williams | It’s the most wonderful time of the year With the kids jingle belling And everyone telling you be of good cheer It’s the most wonderful time of the year It’s the hap-happiest season of all With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings When friends come to call It’s the hap-happiest season of all There’ll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for toasting And caroling out in the snow There’ll be scary ghost stories And tales of the glories Of Christmases long, long ago It’s the most wonderful time of the year There’ll be much mistletoeing And hearts will be glowing When loved ones are near It’s the most wonderful time of the year There’ll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for toasting And caroling out in the snow There’ll be scary ghost stories And tales of the glories Of Christmases long, long ago It’s the most wonderful time of the year There’ll be much mistletoeing And hearts will be glowing When loved ones are near It’s the most wonderful time Yes, the most wonderful time Oh, the most wonderful time Of the year | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbZTfrhcamA |
Last Christmas
Wham!
Este éxito rotundo de 1984 encaja de maravilla en cualquier fiesta de karaoke. Last Christmas nos invita a reflexionar sobre lo que verdaderamente tiene valor.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| Last Christmas | Wham! | Happy Christmas Last Christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year To save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special Last Christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year To save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special Once bitten and twice shy I keep my distance But you still catch my eye Tell me, baby Do you recognize me? Well, it’s been a year It doesn’t surprise me Merry Christmas I wrapped it up and sent it With a note saying «I love you» I meant it Now I know what a fool I’ve been But if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again Last Christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year To save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special Last Christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year To save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special Oh, oh, baby A crowded room Friends with tired eyes I’m hiding from you And your soul of ice My god, I thought you were someone to rely on Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on A face on a lover with a fire in his heart A man under cover, but you tore me apart Now I’ve found a real love. You’ll never fool me again Last Christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year To save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special Last Christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year To save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special A face on a lover with a fire in his heart I gave you my heart A man under cover, but you tore him apart Maybe next year I’ll give it to someone— I’ll give it to someone special Special Someone Someone I’ll give it to someone— I’ll give it to someone special Who give me something in return I’ll give it to someone— Hold my heart and watch it burn I’ll give it to someone— I’ll give it to someone— I’ll give it to someone special I thought you were here to stay How could you love me for a day I thought you were someone special Gave you my heart I’ll give it to someone— I’ll give it to someone— Last Christmas I gave you my heart You gave it away I’ll give it to someone— I’ll give it to someone— | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI |
Silent Night
Pentatonix
Una joya clásica nacida en el siglo XIX que perdura como una de las composiciones navideñas más inspiradoras y conmovedoras.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| Silent Night | Pentatonix | Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace O silent night, O holy night Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night Silent night, holy night Silent night, holy night Silent night, holy night | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sme8N2pzRx8 |
Joy To The World
Celtic Woman
El tradicional himno navideño Joy To The World sigue iluminando a generaciones enteras con su espíritu festivo y vitalidad.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| Joy To The World | Celtic Woman | Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let Earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And Heaven and nature sing And Heaven and nature sing And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing Joy to the Earth, the Savior reigns Let all their songs employ While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy Repeat the sounding joy Repeat, repeat the sounding joy He rules the world with truth and grace And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness And wonders of His love (and wonders of His love) And wonders of His love (and wonders of His love) And wonders, wonders of His love Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let Earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And Heaven and nature sing (and Heaven and nature sing) And Heaven and nature sing (and Heaven and nature sing) And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let Earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And Heaven and nature sing (and Heaven and nature sing) And Heaven and nature sing (and Heaven and nature sing) And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDmIddF7DfQ |
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Santa Baby
Eartha Kitt
Uno de los villancicos más populares del mundo, tomado a menudo por una canción infantil, aunque su pícaro trasfondo resulta mucho más evidente para los adultos.
| Canción | Artista | Letra | Vídeo |
| Santa Baby | Eartha Kitt | [Verse 1] Santa, baby, just slip a sable under the tree for me Been an awful good girl Santa, baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight [Verse 2] Santa, baby, a ’54 convertible too, light blue I’ll wait up for you, dear Santa, baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight [Chorus] Think of all the fun I’ve missed Think of all the fellas that I haven’t kissed Next year I could be just as good If you’ll check off my Christmas list [Verse 3] Santa, baby, I want a yacht, and really that’s not a lot Been an angel all year Santa, baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight [Verse 4] Santa, honey, one little thing I really need, the deed To a platinum mine Santa, baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight [Verse 5] Santa, cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex, and checks Sign your ‘X’ on the line Santa, cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight [Chorus] Come and trim my Christmas tree With some decorations bought at Tiffany I really do believe in you Let’s see if you believe in me [Verse 6] Santa, baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring I don’t mean on the phone Santa, baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight [Outro] Hurry down the chimney tonight Hurry, tonight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTCFi4l3nkY |
