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'Jingle Bell Rock' has been sung by hundreds of artists, but no one's version is as well-known as country crooner Bobby Helms' recording. Helms recorded the original version of 'Jingle Bell Rock' in 1957. Since then, the song has received frequent airplay from radio stations all over the world every Christmas...

Given Taylor Swift's history of recording songs about breakups, it's no surprise that we chose her cover of 'Last Christmas' for our Top 50 Country Christmas Songs list. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Swift's version of the heartsick holiday song is super fun...

Vince Vance and the Valiants really earned their slot on the Top 50 Country Christmas Songs list. After all, the country group's 1989 rendition of 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' is the most-played Christmas song on country radio. Vince Vance and the Valiants released their holiday smash hit on an album of the same name...

With a dreamy steel guitar and Willie Nelson's soft vocals, 'Pretty Paper' is practically the epitome of an original country Christmas song. In the tune, Nelson alters between singing about Christmas gifts and talking about the true meaning of the holiday...

Although Brooks and Dunn had a country music heyday in the 1990s, they didn't release their first Christmas album until 2000. That's when the duo became one of the hundreds of artists to cover the holiday song 'Winter Wonderland.' With their signature style, Brooks and Dunn gave this Christmas tune the country music treatment...

Gary Allan's 1997 country-meets-blues version of 'Please Come Home for Christmas' is in the running for one of the best covers of this popular holiday tune ever. Clark first covered the song for a Christmas compilation in 1997, and without any solicited airplay whatsoever, managed to land on the country charts...

With harmonica riffs and Clint Black's signature country twang, 'Til Santa's Gone (Milk and Cookies)' is the epitome of a good country Christmas song. This addition to the Top 50 Country Christmas Songs list is a simple song about the trick for bringing Santa Claus back year after year...

For some cold-natured country fans, a dream Christmas would be hanging out in the sunshine on a beach somewhere. Kenny Chesney's hit 'All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan' -- which was released on his 2003 album of the same name --  describes the perfect holiday at sea...

Is any Christmas party complete without 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree'? We certainly don't think so. That's why '60s rockabilly star Brenda Lee's rendition of the holiday tune scored a spot on the Top 50 Country Christmas Songs list...

Nobody can put a classic country twist on a Christmas hymn like Martina McBride. McBride recorded a mega-popular version of this song for her 1998 album, 'White Christmas.' The holiday album was so successful that RCA re-released it in 1999, and then again in 2007 with new artwork and four additional tracks...