Christmas Love Songs: Romantic Tracks to Listen to on a Holy Night

Love & Happiness (Let’s Be a Santa)Hirai Dai

Dai Hirai / Love & Happiness (Let’s Be a Santa) (Lyric Video)

“Love & Happiness (Let’s Be a Santa),” created in 2022 through a collaboration between singer-songwriter Dai Hirai and Starbucks as a holiday program song, portrays someone heading out on a snowy Christmas night to meet a loved one with a drink in hand.

Seasonal sounds like sleigh bells and Santa’s laughter ring out alongside his warm vocals.

It’s a Reiwa-era Christmas song that conjures up festive scenes celebrating a special day.

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Sound of SnowGReeeeN

GReeeeN – Yukinone

A heartwarming love song by GReeeeN that uses snow—an iconic symbol of winter—as its motif.

Released in December 2012 as the CM song for JR East’s “JR SKISKI” campaign, it delicately portrays the warmth of intimate moments with a lover and the bittersweet ache of unspoken feelings.

Depicting special time spent with someone you love on a quiet, snowy night, this piece is perfect for Christmas Eve.

It’s a song you’ll want to listen to with someone special, and it’s highly recommended for those in love.

それはアルバム「Ii ne! (´・ω・`)☆」にも収録されているので、ぜひチェックしてみてください。

Burnin’ X’masT.M.Revolution

T.M.Revolution – Burnin’ X’mas | Official Music Video

It features Christmas scenes expressed through Takanori Nishikawa’s unique worldview.

Pay attention to the lyrics depicting a provocative game of push and pull between a man and a woman, set to a pleasantly catchy melody line! You’ll experience a different vibe from the classic Christmas songs that portray pure love.

Christmas Love (After the Tears, White Snow Falls)Sazan Ōrusutāzu

Christmas Love (After the Tears, White Snow Falls) – Southern All Stars – COVER

Among the many major summer hits by Southern All Stars, this is a very rare Christmas song.

It’s a perennial favorite that enjoyed a long run on the charts: a beautiful ballad that paints a wintry, snow-filled scene, perfectly matched with Keisuke Kuwata’s sweet, bittersweet vocals to gently move the heart.

Be sure to listen for his wife Yuko Hara’s backing vocals as well.

Silent EveKarashima Midori

Tomomi Kahala – Silent Eve (duet with Midori Karashima)

Released in the 1990s, it topped the Oricon charts at the time and won various awards, and it’s also a classic Christmas song.

It sings of a woman’s bittersweet feelings as she steps away from a man with whom she’s having an affair, and its heartrending lyrics resonated with many.

Though the content is a heartbreak song, the mood is rich and romantic.

It’s perfect for setting the atmosphere, regardless of the literal meaning of the lyrics.

White Winter Love。haji→

Hajime → White Winter Love.

This is a famous song by Haji→, a singer-songwriter from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

It was released in 2013 as his third single.

Listening to it feels like your chest is being tightened.

It’s a poignant winter love song about feelings of love for someone important that he just couldn’t bring himself to express.

It’s a track I’d especially like couples, whose feelings for each other are already mutual, to listen to.

My lover is Santa ClausMatsutōya Yumi

My lover is Santa Claus

It’s not just a classic Christmas song, but also a winter tune that was often played at ski resorts back in the day.

The lyrics portray a cute girl who believes that someone she likes or her lover will come to pick her up someday.

It’s a masterpiece that has been covered by many female artists.