Vintage Christmas Songs from the 1900's & 1910's Playlist

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Nine Vintage Christmas Songs from the 1900's & 1910's recorded from wax cylinders. Enjoy the christmas music from the time of Downton Abbey and the Titanic. Full song playlist:
Joy to the World The Edison Concert Band 1906
The First Noël Carol Singers 1914
Silent Night Elizabeth Spencer & Anthony Harrison 1912
Adeste Fideles Carol Singers 1914
Hail, Hail, Day of Days! The Edison Mixed Quartet 1913
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen! Carol Singers 1917
Oh, Tannenbaum Nebe Quartett 1907
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! The Edison Mixed Quartet 1912
The Night Before Christmas Harry E. Humphrey 1914
I do not own rights to any of the music or videos. This is a fan tribute.

[@blueskymut]

These singers and players had no idea that over 100 years later I would be listening to them on my Ipad... Thanks and Merry Christmas to them.

[@lc7604]

blueskymut Yes, we are fortunate to have the technology today to enjoy these gems💜

[@johnnypastrana6727]

@America Reigns There is no probably about it...all deader than doornails. How many years do people live on your planet...just wondering??? 🎅🎅🎅

[@cellom.9227]

@@tuff47 Hark! The Herald Angels was written by Mendelssohn around 1840. Silent Night was written by Schubert.

[@mangot589]

L C well, we didn’t HAVE an iPod or pad until a VERY few years ago. I know all these, as did my mother and grandmother. They played them and sang along, records, however primitive, then radio, then tv, and so on.🤷‍♀️ in almost every house, Someome could play the piano. Those scenes you see in Christmas movies with everybody gathered around the piano and singing are not made up.

[@adamandrews8534]

America Reigns, probably? 🎅🏻

[@kirktoe]

Love these. I am so tired of the same Christmas songs played over and over on radio today.

[@elenamatota175]

me too, modern style Christmas songs

[@IwshIcldstrtover]

So are a LOT of us. Christmas isn't elves, Santa Claus, snowmen, and all that stuff, it is about Christ the LORD being born to save us all from being separated from God, and the vintage Christmas songs, sung by choir's and individuals tell this story. Christmas music has been turned into love songs about humans being in love at Christmas time, now. It's sickening and sad.

[@kirktoe]

Ain’t that the truth.

[@kevinceniceros1690]

Same

[@federicoperone5346]

@@IwshIcldstrtover nah, shitty lord

[@Furby098]

Listening to it in December 2020. Have a great and peaceful December after this troubling year of 2020. Merry Christmas. 🎄

[@DaisyMay0]

2021 is much the same as 2020. Too much calamity. Awaiting the second coming to save us from our tyrant governments.

[@Punki80]

I´m crying. Why must time go by so quickly and why must everyone die? I lost so many loved ones already. Sleep well, Pete, and all the rest of you, and the people who sang these wonderful songs. I hear you and I think of you.

[@jamestheredenginefan5268]

SOMEBODY GET THIS COMMENT MORE LIKES I NEARLY CRIED

[@Punki80]

@@jamestheredenginefan5268 I´m sorry, I didn´t mean to make you cry! That makes me sad. But your comment is very kind, thank you!

[@tomkane6032]

Hi Punki80 - Yes, death is painful for us and it is an enemy, but through Jesus Christ we can overcome death, and then death is not Goodbye forever, but only, See you later. It's a matter of simply having faith in Jesus and inviting him into our hearts, repenting of our sins, then we will be forgiven and receive eternal life. That's the wonderful Gospel message. If we all do that, death is still sad parting, but we know we'll see those people again in Heaven. And we'll see them soon enough, as life goes by quickly, as you said. Jesus is truly the reason for the season! There would be no Christmas carols and no festive season of merrymaking if the Son of God were not born into the world. Maybe you know all this, but many people don't, or they don't care. We should all reflect on this, pray, accept him (if we haven't) and we'll all rejoice forever more some day. Heaven will be like Christmas forever!

[@reyrey7775]

If it makes you feel better, most of these singers were probably bigots.🤷🏽‍♀️

[@sundial6919]

@@reyrey7775 i think youre the bigot . Why you even come here for ?

[@naelyneurkopfen9741]

Voices so long silent being enjoyed a century later. I wish they knew.

[@Chanticlair47]

If our religion is real and God is true.....then they know and celebrate along with us....they no longer see through a glass darkly.

[@calebproductions5970]

@@Chanticlair47 I doubt that

[@Chanticlair47]

caleb prodtoins you do not think Thor and Odin would not allow us to see Valhalla?

[@geoffw6007]

They may have known (thought) they may have not but what they don’t know is we still like their music to this day

[@cynthiaennis3107]

@Henry Payton I do, too! 😊

[@sharonkeith601]

Grandma was born on 09/23/1899. She would love hearing this! Grandma, I'm sharing this with you. I love you!

[@curtisgraham414]

godbless

[@ginakeith5520]

Ms. Sharon just wondering what part of the country you're from? If you don't mind me asking. Just wondering if we could have any family ties.

[@edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613]

Sharon Keith she’s still alive?

[@Virginia_Cayne]

@@edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613 @119?

[@edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613]

Graceful_Meadow Sparrow well the way Sharon Keith puts it makes it sound like she’s still living.

[@uriahgroff9657]

Anyone here in 2020? Stay safe out there. Chrismas is very soon~♡

[@garygnagey3569]

Merry Christmas from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA!

[@uriahgroff9657]

@@garygnagey3569 And merry Christmas to you! From Gap in lancaster county PA!

[@ButterCupMMXXIII]

From before and during the First World War, before the Roaring Twenties, before the Great Depression, long before the Second World War, and before the world knew television and all things digital, this music fills the heart with the sounds of those who hoped for a peaceful future and brings much wonder of an earlier blissful and innocent era. Thanks so much!

[@LindsayHoliday]

You're welcome, merry Christmas!

[@jimwilson9326]

Well said. Merry Christmas

[@Takianchr]

This brought tears to my eyes man, well said. Merry Christmas!

[@martinputt6421]

Antedon Bifida such beautiful sentiments, I agree completely Merry Christmas to you.

[@curtisgraham414]

amenyousaidit

[@caspence56]

There is a story in my family that, as their first Christmas as newlyweds (1907), my Grandfather surprised his bride with a gramophone. After finding these wonderful recordings, in my mind's eye I can almost picture that young couple celebrating Christmas while listening to music just like this. I only wish someone in the family would have kept that gramophone!

[@damirapevec6203]

I still have gramophone at home

[@jacjuet1464]

So nice to see young and old enjoying this site god bless everyone here! Peace to all.

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

I'm 14

[@ludwigvanbeethoven5176]

I'm 249

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

@@ludwigvanbeethoven5176 I'm 15 now

[@Pinkiegirl570]

@@ludwigvanbeethoven5176 Happy early 250th, sir!

[@grammamarth6681]

And the same also to you!

[@CalmedByNature]

This is wonderful! This music reminds me of my grandparents :) I also love the B/W video. Merry Christmas!

[@lilamint]

Well, this is a small world. I'm a subscriber to your Calmed By Nature channel and love your ambience videos! Many of them help me sleep at night. 😀

[@CalmedByNature]

@@lilamint small world indeed :) Thanks for being a subscriber

[@bejoyful]

Thank you for taking the time to share these voices now in heaven.

[@martinputt6421]

It is so wonderful to listen to these songs being sung this far back in time some more than one hundred years ago. And they put so much heart and soul into it. Thank you for uploading.

[@hogenmogen8545]

We and our parents lived our whole lives with the knowledge that any recorded session could be available for future generations. In the early 1900s, this must have been a novelty. I wonder if the Edison Concert Band members thought that someone would be listening 111 years later using a technology they would find indistinguishable from magic.

[@fitzdraco]

I'm gonna go with yes, at least in the case of anything related to Edison. By this time the Library of Congress was already putting together a collection of culturally significant recordings for preservation. Looking a list of preserved materials Edison's name shows up a couple of times, although not the song here.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

He created a phonograph to try & capture voices of the departed! That was his initial idea! So...I’m sure he had thought of the preservation of music, as well! Some fact & the latter, my opinion.

[@mikekolokowsky]

@@cynthiaennis3107 I don't think Thomas Edison was actually in the Edison Concert Band. Sounds like they were using "Edison" as something that folks would associate with the phonograph.

[@peachydandy2570]

@@mikekolokowsky Or they were simply related to him??

[@tymanung6382]

Composers always expect that current + future singers shall perform their songs.

[@64madmat]

Love this. Shadows of souls from the past.

[@karloshernandezs5631]

Christmas ghost !🤔

[@99oildrops]

@@karloshernandezs5631 There's something eerie yet beautiful about hearing the singing of a soul who has slept for a long time.

[@karloshernandezs5631]

@@99oildrops agree 👍'eerie. and more.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

@@karloshernandezs5631 ...of Christmas Past! Energy can not be destroyed...only changed. 😊

[@karloshernandezs5631]

@@cynthiaennis3107 exactly! happy new year.

[@americaspatriots8553]

Merry Christmas Everyone :)

[@dennisthompson4725]

Merry Christmas.

[@Pinkiegirl570]

Merry Christmas!

[@garygnagey3569]

Merry Christmas to all from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@patrickdcyau]

TRACK TIMING: 00:00 [1] Joy to the World - The Edison Concert Band (1906) 02:30 [2] The First Noël - Carol Singers (1914) 05:36 [3] Silent Night - Elizabeth Spencer & Anthony Harrison (1912) 09:40 [4] Adeste Fideles - Carol Singers (1914) 13:58 [5] Hail, Hail, Day of Days! - The Edison Mixed Quartet (1913) 18:21 [6] God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen! - Carol Singers (1917) 22:11 [7] Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! - The Edison Mixed Quartet (1912) 25:13 [8] Oh, Tannenbaum - Nebe Quartett (1907) 27:22 [9] The Night Before Christmas - Harry E. Humphrey (1914)

[@johnl1685]

Thanks for that list!

[@matthewadrianstamaria7966]

Thank you

[@MCDreng]

Correction: "God rest ye merry gentlemen' should really be the Modern English"god rest you merry gentlemen' - it is a wish that God let you (object) rest, not a phrase like *"God rest!" which didn't exist.

[@PINKBUGG]

Happy I happened to come across these wonderful songs! My mother is 99, and when I play these for her tomorrow, it will be a huge surprise. I know she will love hearing these songs. She always talks about their old cylinder record machine and the songs they had. What a treat this will be!

[@LindsayHoliday]

It makes me so happy to hear that you and your mother will enjoy my video. I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy new year!

[@DaisyMay0]

What was your mother’s reaction? We’d love to hear about it ♥️♥️

[@whitneyhiggins7580]

@@DaisyMay0 I hope her mother is still around

[@Lubin-md4ml]

@@whitneyhiggins7580 Bruh, she was 99 4 years ago. She probably isn't around anymore. You came too late since he hasn't answered...R.i.p his mother. All good things must come to an end eventually...

[@LinkRocks]

@@Lubin-md4ml Grow up.

[@TheWhispervoices]

I've listened to this more than anything this christmas. It was a real treat. I was looking for oldies. And, this is the limit of early recording.

[@bbqvocalist]

This is my first Christmas without my sweet mother, - she finally succumbed this year to her battle with Alzheimers. These timeless songs bring me comfort...they remind me that she's with her Jesus now, and no longer in pain or confusion. Thank you, and Merry Christmas.

[@jamesstenhouse4113]

Sorry for your loss, i went thru the same with my Mom two years back. I quit my job in 2010 and moved back home to look after my Mom when she developed dementia and got to look after her at home for three more years and then it became too much before she moved into an extended care home. Take care and Merry Christmas. God Bless from Canada l*l

[@bbqvocalist]

@@jamesstenhouse4113 Thank you so much for the kind words...God bless you and yours.

[@christinefortner7725]

This is my first Christmas without my beloved younger brother. He passed in late August after a short battle with ALS. He was just 58. I loved him all his life & will miss him the rest of mine. 😔🎄

[@bbqvocalist]

@@christinefortner7725 So sorry for your loss, Christine. God bless your heart...

[@LiFE-ETERNAL]

Who's listening in 2020?

[@thedinobros1218]

I’m listening in 2023.

[@axanazic9512]

​@@thedinobros1218me too

[@patriciapruitt8925]

This music brings such joy to my heart; the days of songs my grandparents as youngsters enjoyed. Thank you.

[@barrychessall3344]

Like the pic of the vintage living room decorated for Christmas. It's nice to hear songs that may have been forgotten for decades. Thanks for posting.

[@carlastripling8447]

Barry Chessall These song are hymns, and are still sung today in most churches. They have not been forgotten. I am 71, born in 1948 and used to go house to house singing Christmas Carols for many years. These very songs.

[@elenareed2103]

Wax cylinders! at the dawn of recording, transported to our modern age via KZbin. Edison was the huge name in "technology" then, like Microsoft today. I love the photo also, looks like a middle or upper middle class home judging by the wallpaper and fireplace with fancy clock and vase. Thanks for the posting Lindsay Koski, and Blessings to you and yours. :>)

[@Izumi-sp6fp]

This is magnificent! This is the kind of vintage Christmas music I crave today. I don't want to hear "Baby, it's cold outside" or "Here comes Santa Claus". I want to hear the religious standards. Thank you for this. I only wish this was 2 hours longer...

[@jamessomers8495]

I was reading the comments.And loved everyone.Merry Christmas everyone.From Christmas passed.

[@scotnick59]

The first offering was recorded the same year as the San Francisco Earthquake: amazing to hear something so historically revelant: 112 years old!

[@broadwayFan28]

Most of this collection is repeated today. In a constantly changing world, Jesus is everlasting. These carols reflect that.

[@aprilcunningham7246]

Unfortunately many people nowadays aren't concerned with Jesus. These timeless songs are reassuring and remind us of the birth of our Lord and Savior, in times of stupid meaningless songs like Santa Baby!

[@thekidsclub2793]

@@aprilcunningham7246 Woah there Karen, those Christmas songs are just a different genre... They still get people into the spirit of Christmas lol

[@breastfeeder4856]

@@thekidsclub2793 not when the songs are based around adultery and fornicating.

[@giu.-.9238]

@@aprilcunningham7246 And then there's me listening to these songs, even though I'm no longer Christian (and with no intention of going back, my current beliefs/religion are perfect for me). Christmas is religious, but it can also be something else and that's how it is for me.

[@libertytree3209]

The recordings are really old, but you can tell they are exquisite. What voices.

[@littlejennhunter1803]

I live in a old public housing apartment built in 1900. I wonder all the time who lived here & where they listening to this here at Xmas time.

[@7Steveski]

Listen to how clearly the singers enunciate. I can understand every word, unlike with today's music, even with it's updated technology. Even more importantly, listen to the carols themselves which primarily bring "good tidings of great joy, that unto us a Savior has been born!"

[@timyumichuck9262]

Christmas music used to be pretty good before mass commercialization

[@maxbatch70]

my pa, born in 1907 my mom in 1919 - now am listening to the carols they listened, many thanks for these vintage songs.

[@ncfeline1959]

+maxbatch70 My Mom was born in 1917 and her Mom was born in 1888. Love this music

[@Outlaw-Josey-Wales]

maxbatch70 God rest their souls Amen

[@bebotmaxphilippines.5656]

thank you, very kind of you.

[@debyeliab3198]

My parents almost match that .

[@debyeliab3198]

1905 and 1919

[@thomasgriffin5340]

I like being able to understand the words on my native language with out all the whiney screeching of modern pop music.

[@jessewilliams8655]

Notice how it was so much more about Christ back then

[@seaofmadness2622]

Yes your right! Merry Christmas 🎄❄

[@billbammerlin4666]

jesse williams the real reason for the season

[@Alexandra-ix6cl]

But these are well known songs even today, and there was secular christmas music from the turn of the century that has just faded from the popular canon of the holiday. For example, Miss Hooligan's Christmas Cake, which is actually quite a fun song.

[@broadwayFan28]

Interesting to compare this list to a modern one or even one from the 40s and 50s. These are not "commercial" or "holiday" they are Christian. All of them. And they are still covered today.

[@989787777778787]

Back when Christmas was about Christ. Oh how I missed the good things by a century. 😢

[@malibudolphin3109]

Make them Good in your life. It was good, cause people put Christ first. They knew & practiced The 10 commandments. You start this in your life, prayfully it will spread. Acquire a peaceful spirit and then thousands of others around you will be saved - St Seraphim of Sarov

[@mrs.g.9816]

How I'd love to be in that living room, winding up the gramophone, then listening to these recordings when they were new! I felt quite cozy listening to this video, remembering my early childhood Christmases (early 1960's) in an old house.

[@geoffw6007]

To think this is what passengers aboard Titanic, Olympic and other ships at the time would have listened to is just mind blowing, its only recently I’ve started to study the ways of Christmas and Christmas music back at the turn of the century and it’s very interesting

[@PelsckoPolesko]

well, the olympic, but yeah the titanic too.

[@GreggOConnell]

You should listen to Christmas past podcast.

[@MCDreng]

The titanic sailed in April so not that one at least.

[@Tara-g7c]

There's a reason back then it was more religious.

[@Tara-g7c]

I heard in one song here where they weren't afraid to say a certain name either. People today might have vague concepts about evil, but back then they could say what things were without everyone laughing at them for taking religion too seriously: the majority were religious and would read their Bibles. My Grandma read her Bible to her dieing day, very likely just like her mother before her.

[@Astro319]

Someone should let Charles Dickens know we found his record collection.

[@TheKonga88]

I have just spoken with Mr Dickens and he wants his records back.. He will pay a very handsome price too. 🎶🎶🎄🎄🎄🌙🌛🌜💡🙌🚪👨🏃🏃🏃🎃🎃🎄🎄😷

[@Moni-xb7hl]

@@TheKonga88 🎅🤶🤩

[@bobbieschendel3144]

@@TheKonga88 He needs to be paid better from Mr.Scrooge

[@cynthiaennis3107]

@@TheKonga88 😁

[@daniellavaladez9538]

The classic vintage Christmas songs are, and always will be the BEST! They’re timeless!

[@fasx56]

These recordings might sound crude to us in this sophisticated generation but surely this music warmed the hearts and was loved by of those in that generation celebrating Christmas with family and friends.

[@sofiabravo1994]

fasx56 this sounds elegant what we have is cheap

[@653j521]

fasx56 Back then most people made their own music. They didn't have to listen to this.

[@yukyukyuk1335]

Not crude. Natural.

[@williamanthony9090]

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word crude.

[@dguy0386]

@@williamanthony9090 i think they are referring to the sound quality, personally i think it adds character

[@ginakeith5520]

Grandparents were youngsters. Imagine Christmas during those time. They are long gone but can imagine their excitement listening to these songs.

[@DA-ib1ii]

Listening on Christmas Eve 2019🎄❤️

[@biankanincakova9071]

yeah, beautiful year it was 😅

[@karloshernandezs5631]

in December 2020,soon 2021.😁

[@JohnVacay]

A better time

[@thetruescience9881]

Merry christmas!

[@marklauzon186]

We talk about the voices of the past not knowing 100+ yrs later we would be listening in. Betcha YOU didn't have an idea that less than 4 months away an Earth shattering Virus would cripple the Planet and only now...at Christmas...would a possible answer be available. Merry Christmas...Here's hoping NEXT YEAR at this time we can meet back here again with possible Good news! Merry Christmas,my Friend.

[@GeorgeRellas]

Will our voices be heard 112 years from now? Think about it

[@karenhall4645]

I'm a history buff and I get magical feeling listening to recordings over a hundred years old. The picture is beautiful and nostalgic.

[@sallysullivan4463]

Grace and Blessings are coming as such surprises this special Christmas season ! My parents were born in 1915, and my Mother's Father sang in a religious Quartet. I'm so certain that these songs were part of their growing years. The songs have brought tears of love to my heart and soul. Thank you for producing this treasure. I can hardly wait until I get to see them again. As Tiny Tim so famously said " May GOD bless us, everyone " .

[@TheMistysFavs]

My grandparents were children when these were made! Born in 1900 and 1901.. *Loving every moment of this!* God bless you for sharing this amazing, blessed music! Merry and blessed Christmas to you and yours!

[@matthewlivermanne4441]

It's is pretty good for music over 100 yrs old. Something's never change-- which is nice to have tradition and it ties us to the past. Song and music same as we have now. Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas

[@Lycantori]

these songs always give me the chills. the oldest christmas songs have the best vibes. a hundred times better than these pop songs today

[@emmelle53]

Thanks so much for these, Lindsay, and Merry Christmas to you! My grandparents were married in 1910, and my daddy was their firstborn in 1912. I love these things that put me in their timeframe. My grandfather would go out and get a tree on Christmas Eve night (when they were then free at the tree lot), and the children would wake up to it Christmas morning. I don't know how in the world real candles were put on a tree without burning it down, but I saw the candle holders on Etsy, and now I understand.

[@LindsayHoliday]

Thanks, Merry Christmas!

[@Lubin-md4ml]

That sounds abselutely wonderful. I'm sure your grandfather was a wonderful human being :) I salute both him and you for existing. Music brings us all together, no matter age, gender or race. Music is universal, a language everyone can understand :)

[@canman5060]

Christmas back in time when my grand parents were wearing diapers !

[@happyme6153]

My grandparents had just gotten married. So, I know my grandmother, who I never met, would be listening to these somewhere someplace near Christmas time. Thanks for sharing.

[@Kutil99]

My Great-grandparents possibly listened to these. My grandpa was not born until 1919.

[@sugarpuff2978]

I love this! My Nan was born in 1904 and would likely have heard these Christmas Carols as a child. I much prefer to listen to traditional Christmas Carols than today's modern Christmas music.

[@annbell6453]

I hardly know what to say about these recordings, except it fills me with awe that I am able to hear them so long after they were made! How fantastic that you were able to take them and work with them so we could hear them in 2018, over a hundred years later!

[@junegomez2325]

This is like beautiful silk....I will cheerish it!!!!!...Merry Christmas to all!!!!

[@fazioashmeadmohammed5598]

That was so Beautiful, reminds me old version of the Christmas Carol, Reginal Owen

[@winstonsmith9533]

Alister Sim, rather, lol!!

[@codechasr1]

Albert Finney!!

[@gregday7188]

Thank you for sharing this video. I love listening to the older Chrstmas music. To me it sounds like they actually sing them from thier hearts. I wish my Grandparents and Mom was still here so i could let them hear this. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy NewYear.

[@defunctorum9999]

Merry Christmas to the ghosts that live in my house built in this era.

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

Good your not a scrooge

[@rcdoggie24]

I was born 100 years too late..Times may have been harder..but simpler and more values.

[@QueenCityHistory]

rob c. c. there was more of a sense of unity and community back then. you helped your neighbors when they needed it. everyone looked out for one another.

[@Vornezz]

Our time is too artificial and materialistic. This is the real problem. And too technological. We kill our humanity that we have in our soul.

[@ruthjohn9080]

I so agree...i envy their lives and the integrous way they lived...i too surround myself with antique furniture and music...i was born out of my time and it breaks my heart that i can't touch the past

[@derekmyers3258]

i am a relic of the past and i escape there all the time with music and images. i was blessed with a much greater than average imagination so i can take myself back there in what to me is a tangible way with more than just sights and sounds, but smells, tastes, and feelings too.

[@channelantoneon]

yeah but polio

[@thomasgriffin5340]

Dear Santa. I want a Lionel Pullman Deluxe, an Edison Phono Graph, and a Teddy Bear. We need electricity in our house to run the train set, and tell President Taft that he’s is not the real Santa!

[@patriciahelms8036]

Beautiful! No wonder my Grandma loved Christmas so much. She'd be 127 yrs. If she had lived!

[@jokidd4005]

Old world charm&historical, thank you

[@vungathunglotha9001]

Thank you old is gold

[@harryamer3128]

Strange to think that all these people are now dead...... for a very long time👍🏻

[@The6Higs]

Thank you!! This is rich in beauty and history. Loved reading some of the stories in the comments also :) God Bless you all

[@dennyferguson7854]

“Teacher says every time a bell rings an angel gets it’s wings”.Merry Christmas.😀

[@niklel4036]

Happy Christmas to you,too!🎄☃️

[@docbeck888]

Crank up the victrola Mildred, it's Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas everyone.

[@StarDreamMemories]

Enjoying the crackle of a well worn record. About twice a year my grandparents would bring an actual gramophone down from the attic and play some very old recordings. But best was having them play live music on piano, accordion, harmonica, and organ.

[@marcyhoward4121]

I like this old music of course l love history

[@StarDreamMemories]

@@marcyhoward4121 Nostalgic

[@jaimemarchese11]

Thank you for sharing Lindsay! I love this kinda nostalgia!

[@ReverendPop]

I don't know about the choirs, but I'm pretty sure Edison knew WE would be listening :)

[@starwars518]

U know I can go back 35 years and my grandparents place looked similar lol gosh do I miss it. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years everyone

[@motorbiker63]

It's very nice. When it comes to traditional, this is about as far as you can travel, without going all the way back to Bethlehem! It's going to be part of my Christmas for now on. Thank you, and... Merry Christmas!

[@LindsayHoliday]

Merry Christmas to you!

[@mikekolokowsky]

And the recording quality in Bethlehem was really terrible. Sounded like they kept oxen and lambs in the studio.

[@knoxklay11]

This is perfect. Ive been looking for something like this all over. Thank you!

[@RobertoAlvarezGalloso]

Thanks for sharing these great Christmas Carols from the beginning of the 20th Century. They are such a treasure.

[@revbrian111]

oh wow ! Fabulous. I'm deep into researching and writing about my home city of Hamilton Ontario in 1914 and 1915 ! Thank you for this playlist

[@jamessomers8495]

Truly amazing. Music of the Christmas season. From over 100 years.

[@valfletcher9285]

How sweet, lovely and special. Thank you so much for these!

[@ahllztheadventurer1632]

when i listen to this song today, i forgot that theres a covid-19 pandemic. it gives hope to whole man kind. god bless us all.

[@NextTopSuperSpy]

These playlists are amazing!!!! Having a 1930's Christmas-themed party this week and this is exactly what I was looking for!!! Thanks and happy holidays!

[@LindsayHoliday]

Thanks, have a great party and happy holidays!

[@aprilcunningham7246]

A very Merry Christmas to all! Love this very vintage collection.

[@joalexsg9741]

Thank you so much for this compilation of historical Christmas treasures! By the way, congrats for the wonderful taste in chosing such a beautiful thumbnail/gif!!

[@aliciamontefusco8633]

Great vintage music. Thanks for sharing!

[@sambasina8685]

It’s May and I’m listening to this beautiful vintage treasures.

[@daxia.8557]

Es Agosto del 2.024 y aquí estoy ☺️también escuchando esta joya .

[@daylightboy]

Thank you for posting, excellent mix. Have a Very Merry Christmas.

[@LindsayHoliday]

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

[@michaelgardner789]

WONDERFUL HERITAGE

[@greatexp59]

Wonderful! I can even understand the lyrics! Imagine that!

[@chasidahL]

It feels like travelling back through the gentle mists of time to enjoy these beautiful festive songs..🎵🎼🎶

[@wrockage]

it's amazing these recordings exist! really neat to hear them. thank you for sharing, and merry christmas all!

[@trc3675]

I find this very intriguing! I try to imagine the people who must've listened to these songs over a hundred years ago! Thank-you and Merry Christmas?

[@LindsayHoliday]

Thanks, merry Christmas!

[@catman3552]

I love the sound of years ago,I hate this contemporary crap we have these days!🎄🎅⛄🐱🐶😇

[@wardkendall7095]

*These Christmas carols remind me of the America that once was, before it became "enriched" and "vibrant".*

[@CapitanBizarrely]

With a purity and sincerity which is very refreshing to listen to in these times.

[@HarrySmith-hr2iv]

@Ward Kendall: You are 1 zillion billion trillion % correct. Same here in UK, It's like they threw out the baby with the bathwater.

[@HarrySmith-hr2iv]

@@CapitanBizarrely Sure and pigs fly. Right?

[@raedwulf61]

Divursity is our strength, doncha know.

[@TheAnubis57]

@@raedwulf61 LOL !

[@MrPieman1011]

Merry Christmas to all and to all a great New Year. Thank you for posting these historic songs.God Bless

[@kevinceniceros1690]

Lindsay Koski, I do bet that these recordings are completely rare to come across. I should know that, for I do study history. :b

[@jcf4733]

I was born in central California.1 of 11 children. We too listened to all of these wonderful songs. Many fond memories.

[@TopolskiOpinion]

This music evokes an emotional reaction, its stunning. Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas everyone!

[@yukyukyuk1335]

After a fruitless search of the internet today looking for Christmas music, I finally found what I sought. Thank you so very much for posting this! Merry Christmas To All!

[@Music-fh6yu]

Thank you for the Vintage Christmas Songs. Timeless... Flory

[@Improvemypronunciation]

It’s nice to hear what christmas music sounded like back then. Thank you:)

[@alexandercove1194]

Look at the abundance of pictures and paintings...having the money to have photos was considered very opulent at the time

[@michelledenny2253]

you've out done yourself this time. My dad and his twin brother were born in 1912 ,the year the Titanic sunk .It was interesting to hear music from the year he was born.They sound so good for wax cylinders.Well done ,thanks and Happy Christmas.xxx

[@vincejorgensen121]

Listening in JULY 2020. Amazing what I'm finding during COVID shelter in place!

[@chrismullan7191]

Always find christmas songs cheer me up what ever time of year it is. Cant beat the vintage christmas songs. Thanks for share, myself and my cat very happy.

[@sharonkeith601]

Chris Mullan / Merry Christmas, Chris! Peace, joy and love to all men!