50 carols for sopranos and altos (suitable for boys', girls', or women's choirs). It contains mostly simple arrangements of the best-loved carols, some less well-known ones, and four original pieces by Britten (2), Rutter, and Hadley. Most of the Christmas hymns are presented in two versions, for choirs only, unaccompanied, and for choir and audience/congregation, with accompaniment. Orchestral accompaniments for many of the carols are available on hire.

Willcocks: Adeste fideles, Willcocks: Angels, from the realms of glory, Willcocks: Angelus ad Virginem, Kocher/Willcocks: As with gladness men of old (2 versions), Kirkpatrick/Willcocks: Away in a manger, Willcocks: The cherry tree carol, Rutter: Coventry carol, Rutter: Deck the hall, Willcocks: Ding dong! merrily on high, Rutter: Donkey carol, Willcocks: The first Nowell, Willcocks: Gabriel to Mary came, Rutter: Gabriel's message, Willcocks: God rest you merry, gentlemen (2 versions), Willcocks: Good King Wenceslas, Wood: Hail! blessed Virgin Mary, Mendelssohn/Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing (2 versions), Willcocks: He smiles within his cradle, Rutter: The holly and the ivy, Willcocks: How far is it to Bethlehem?, Willcocks: I saw three ships, Hadley: I sing of a maiden, Rutter: Il est ne le divin enfant, Pearsall: In dulci jubilo (4-part version), Rutter/Pearsall: In dulci jubilo (3-part version), Rutter: The Infant King, Sullivan/Willcocks: It came upon the midnight clear, Rutter: King Jesus hath a garden, Rutter: The Linden tree carol, Ballet/Rutter: Lute-book lullaby, Rutter: A Merry Christmas, Rutter: Nativity Carol, Britten: A New Year carol, Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful, Willcocks: O come, O come, Emmanuel, Willcocks: O little town of Bethlehem, Gauntlett/Willcocks: Once in royal David's city (2 versions), Rutter: Past three a clock, Rutter: Personent hodie, Willcocks: Quelle est cette odeur agreable, Rutter: Quem pastores laudavere, Willcocks: Rocking, Goss/Willcocks: See amid the winter's snow, Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol, Rutter/Pont: Star Carol, Gruber/Rutter: Stille Nacht, Willcocks: Sussex Carol, Britten: There is no rose, Rutter: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, Willcocks: Unto us is born a son, Woodward: Up! good Christen folk, and listen, Rutter: A Virgin most pure, Willcocks: While shepherds watched