OK, I’ll admit it. I like some Christmas songs. Not so much “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” as some of the more traditional ones. So I get a kick out of hearing these songs sung in Chinese. Thinking that some of you may feel the same way (you all seemed to really enjoy the Hakka Jingle Bells song), I decided to put together an album of Chinese Christmas music.
This album contains secular kids’ classics like “Jingle Bells” as well as religious classics like “What Child is This.” Some songs sound like they are sung by a church choir, while others are more playful. Some of the songs’ sound quality is good, while others’ are abysmally low. The melodies are familiar, but the lyrics are all in Chinese. Oh, yes. You need this to make your Christmas complete.
The Sinosplice Chinese Christmas Song Album (~40 MB)
- Jingle Bells
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- Silent Night
- The First Noel
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- What Child Is This
- Joy to the World
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Jingle Bells
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- Silent Night
- Joy to the World
[The sharper among you may have noticed that some of the songs towards the end repeat. That's because there are multiple versions of some of the same songs.]
I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t find Chinese versions of “We Three Kings of Orient Are,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” or “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” but I suppose these will do.
Merry Christmas.
Thanks for that! Another one I really like is ‘O holy night’
December 24th, 2006 at 9:34 amThanks for the upload =D
December 24th, 2006 at 11:48 amYou seem to have the bandwidth that just keeps giving… and I love it! Audacity is a pretty sweet program, too. The noise removal function is way better than what I expected from a free (and patent-free) software package.
December 24th, 2006 at 2:37 pmMatt,
Yeah, that one would be good too. The thing is, I know there is a Chinese version. It’s just finding it.
December 24th, 2006 at 2:51 pmMark,
I have a ton of bandwidth. (Thanks, DreamHost!)
After the Bible stories this month and now this, I just checked my bandwidth allotment, and I have still only used up 1%!
December 24th, 2006 at 2:52 pmThe songs will be playing in Rosewood House stores this Christmas Holiday.
December 24th, 2006 at 6:29 pmThanks I’ll arrive to late to join you both this evening. Have a Merry Christmas Greg
December 25th, 2006 at 5:22 amThis is awesome. Thanks so much. Now I’ve got music for today…
December 25th, 2006 at 8:05 amOh! And Merry Christmas!
December 25th, 2006 at 8:05 amI was about to suggest making torrent files, but damn that’s some sweet hosting. Downloading them as I type. Merry X-mas!
December 25th, 2006 at 1:02 pmThanks for this, brought a tear to my eye. Merry Christmas John.
December 25th, 2006 at 11:32 pmThank you so much for these! If you find any “Chinese Country” (as in similar to American Country music), I’d love to hear about it! :)
December 26th, 2006 at 1:38 pmHappy holidays, John! I left a msg to you on MSN some days ago…but seems it didn’t like me… :( Anyway, just wanna send a wish to you.
December 26th, 2006 at 9:35 pmwow! i’m listening right now, they’re great. :+) thanks!
December 30th, 2006 at 2:31 amThanks for the posting! This is a life saver!
September 24th, 2007 at 11:43 amhey… great!!! any chance of getting the lyrics in pinyin and traditional so I can sing along? thanks!!!
November 10th, 2007 at 1:36 amCan anyone please help me find “White Christmas” in Chinese? Thank you!
November 20th, 2007 at 8:19 pmYo man, thanks 4 the upload song… U’r the great…
November 20th, 2007 at 8:52 pmThank you so much!
November 26th, 2007 at 5:46 amThanks!
November 29th, 2007 at 5:44 amthanks for the songs! do you have the chinese lyrics for these songs?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pmi remember my grade school days when i heard these songs. thanks…just like the others, i would like to request for the lyrics in pinyin and traditional.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:54 pmThanks for the songs! can i also ask for the pinyin lyrics of jingle bells and santa clause is coming to town? we’ll use it in our presentation. Thanks again!
December 6th, 2007 at 11:47 amOMG. ok. I love you. I really luuuuuv hearing these tunes in Chinese. Let’s find the pinyin version now.
fyi–Texan moving to china to teach Hick talk to the locals. All Chinese will forget the words Hello…it will be HOWDIE YA’LL with as much hick as I can add…hehe
December 7th, 2007 at 9:32 pmgreat to finally find these songs. but could someone provide the text versions? pinyin or hanzi is not important. i can transform those myself
would be really great!!
December 12th, 2007 at 6:01 pmHI! We’re all so happy here with these Christmas songs! We’re gonna use these in our Christmas party! Thanks for your generosity!
December 13th, 2007 at 12:16 pmThanks man, this is sooooo precious. it is just what my choir’s been looking for… Cheers! Chestnuts
December 13th, 2007 at 7:09 pmThank you so much for these. With an adopted daughter from China, we LOVE playing these over and over again. She LOVES them, especially Jingle Bells. I would love the pinyin versions too. Thanks again and Merry Christmas
December 17th, 2007 at 6:55 amI know this is gonna sound redundant redundant, but 我也要！Hehe… if you have any pinyin or know how to get them for the Chinese Christmas songs, let me know. I am singing many of them in English, but I need the translations for my audience.
December 23rd, 2007 at 5:40 pmI’m still downloading, exited to find it, thanks a lot.
December 25th, 2007 at 9:27 am