"Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Looking to freshen up your Christmas playlist with some newer recordings? Well, the contemporary Christian music (CCM) genre just keeps cranking out quality Christmas albums year after year. Here are some great tunes from that realm that have come out in recent years. So go ahead and make your own playlist from these choices on Spotify or another streaming service and enjoy a tuneful Christmas day."
"O Holy Night Tasha Layton delivers a gorgeous version of this classic on the 2022 album This Is Christmas. Because of Bethlehem Matthew West shines on this stand-out track from 2025's Come Home For Christmas. https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/0wGjAB3RQy3do3bV3aBGUm?utm_source=generator Freeze the Frame A first-tier Christmas tearjerker, for sure, which was first found on Michael W. Smith's Christmas at Home EP in 2022."
"I Still Believe In Christmas Anne Wilson is as great as ever on the opening number of the all-around-solid EP The Manger from 2022. Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee Elevation Worship's first-ever holiday album, 2023's Echo the Angels, closes with this amazing track featuring Isaiah Templeton on lead vocals."
Contemporary Christian music continues producing high-quality Christmas recordings each year. Tasha Layton performs a notable rendition of "O Holy Night" on the 2022 album This Is Christmas. Matthew West contributes "Because of Bethlehem" on the 2025 album Come Home For Christmas. Michael W. Smith's "Freeze the Frame" appears on the 2022 Christmas at Home EP and serves as a powerful tearjerker. Anne Wilson opens the 2022 EP The Manger with "I Still Believe In Christmas." Elevation Worship closes 2023's Echo the Angels with "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee," featuring Isaiah Templeton.
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