The 2024 Country Music Christmas Playlist

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There’s just something about sleigh bells and steel guitar that go great together, just like Christmas and country music.

The annual Saving Country Music Christmas Playlist is unique. It not only includes songs exclusively released this year, it favors original songs while making sure to also include new renditions of classic favorites. It’s also painstakingly curated to make sure it’s optimized for your Holiday party, Christmas road trip, or whatever else you might have in store this Holiday season.

Over the last few years, recording Christmas songs has become much more than just an annual tradition. It’s a great way for up-and-coming artists to get their name out there, and for listeners to discover someone new they might enjoy. The 2024 playlist is especially primed for this with lots of newcomers contributing songs.

The 2024 Saving Country Music Christmas Playlist is available on Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, and Apple Music. Find embedded players for your service below, and a list of all the songs in the playlist below that with listening notes. Then below that, you can find a list of the country and roots album and EP releases for 2024.

NOTE: If you think something is missing, please feel free to pipe up in the comments section. The playlist will be revised later in December as further songs are released.

Happy Holidays from Saving Country Music!

2024 Christmas Country Playlist:

  • Nate Barnes – “Jingle Bell Rock”
  • Spencer Hatcher, Aubrie Sellers – “Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus”
  • Randall King – I’ll Be Home For Christmas”
    (*Randall King releases a Christmas song each year, and it’s always good)
  • Emily Ann Roberts – “Joy To The World”
  • Adam Chafins – “Layaway Mama”
    (*Arguably the best original Christmas song released in 2024)
  • Maja Francis – “Another Sappy Xmas Love Song”
  • Milk Carton Kids – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
    (*part of an excellent Christmas LP Christmas in a Minor Key)
  • Megan Moroney – “All I Want For Christmas is a Cowboy”
    (*one of three new Christmas songs from Moroney)
  • Michelle Wright – “Let’s Make Memories For Christmas”
  • Raleigh Keegan – “Run Run Rudolph”
  • Emily Zeck – “Little Red Truck”
  • David Adam Byrnes – “All Year For”
  • Charly Reynolds – “A Little Christmas”
  • The Roamers – “Broke For Christmas”
  • Brittany Kennell – “Cowboy Santa”
  • Dusty Black – “Jingle Bell on the Rocks”
  • Sierra Hull – “The First Snowfall”
  • Gabby Barrett – “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”
    (*Arguably the best vocal Christmas performance in 2024)
  • Ben Gallaher – “Carol of the Strings”
  • Bob Wayne – “Fairies Wear Boots”
    (*Yes, a Black Sabbath cover Christmas style)
  • Annie Bosko – “Silent Night”
  • The Texas Trio – “Western Wonderland”
    (supergroup of Kyle Park, Jason Roberts, John Michael Whitby)
  • Riley Green – “Christmas To Me”
  • Megan Moroney – “Blue Christmas”
  • King Kazoo and the Reindeer Band – “Santa’s Lament”
    (*Christmas side project of Jay Bragg)
  • Trey Calloway – “Christmas With You”
  • Sam Stoane – “Santa Claus Must Be A Cowboy”
  • Chris Janson and Alabama – “Christmas in Dixie”
  • David Nail – “Silver Bells”
  • Ever More Nest – “Where Do The Holidays Go”
  • William Beckmann – “Ven a Mi Casa Esta Navidad”
    (*William Beckmann always excels in Spanish)
  • Julia Cole – “Away In A Manger”
  • Chapel Hart, Gretchen Wilson – “Hartfelt Family Christmas”
  • Milk Carton Kids – “O Holy Night”
  • Mackenzie Carpenter – “Boots On (Santa’s Version)”
  • Zoe Jean Fowler – “Holly Jolly Heartbreak”
  • Brandon Davis – “December”
  • Tori Rose – “Hometown Christmas”
  • JD Clayton – “Your Favorite Christmas Song”
  • Kasey Tyndall – “O Come All Ye Faithful”
  • Kevin Jonas Sr. – “ChrisMess”
  • Caylee Hammack – “Blue Christmas”
  • Josiah and the Bonnevilles – “Silent Night”
  • Jenny Tolman – “Mary, Did You Know?”
  • Katie Curley – “A Very Texas Christmas”
  • Blackberry Smoke – “Come Go With Us”

2024 Country/Roots Christmas Albums and EPs:


Milk Carton Kids – Christmas in a Minor Key
Megan Moroney – Blue Christmas … Duh EP
Michelle Wright – A Wright Christmas & More
Chapel Hart – Hartfelt Family Christmas
Emily Zeck – Coastal Country Christmas EP
David Nail – A Campfire Christmas EP
King Kazoo and the Reindeer Band (Jay Bragg) – (self-titled) EP
Ever More Nest – Merry Little Thing EP
The Wildwoods – Christmas Through The Years EP
Katie Curley – Big Colored Lights EP
Kevin Jonas Sr. – Ready Set Glow EP
Mason Ramsey – Merry Christmas Baby EP
Valerie June – Gifts, Presents, and Treats EP
Amy Grant and Vince Gill – When I Think of Christmas (Previously-released songs with 2 new tracks)
Little Big Town – The Christmas Record (not very country, standard Christmas songs)

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