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The Night Before Christmas Playlist
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Oct 24, 2026
This instrumental sequence follows Moore’s Christmas Eve from the hush of a sleeping household through the sleigh’s magical arrival and the bright excitement of Santa’s visit, then settles into the tenderness of his departure and the poem’s final benediction. Lyrical orchestral writing, music-box colors, gentle dances, and a few warmly festive pieces evoke the poem’s nineteenth-century domestic setting and child’s-eye wonder while keeping a steady, reading-friendly flow.
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20 songs
1
Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24 - Instrumental
Trans-Siberian Orchestra · Christmas Eve and Other Stories
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Last Night of the Proms
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux: Intrada. Andante maestoso
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12, Divertissement: d. Trepak (Russian Dance)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
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Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson · Blue Tango: The Very Best of Leroy Anderson
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A Christmas Festival
Felix Mendelssohn · A Christmas Festival
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Children's Corner, CD 119: V. The Little Shepherd
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Piano Works
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Children's Corner, L. 113: II. The Snow is Dancing
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Clair De Lune and Other Piano Favourites
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Children's Corner: vi. Golliwogg's Cakewalk
Claude Debussy · Mother Goose
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XII. Kind im Einschlummern
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XIII. Der Dichter spricht
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 12, December. Christmas
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Seasons
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The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: 11. November: On the Troika
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · "Classical Encores" - A Collection of Piano Works
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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Valse triste
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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg · The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: II. Andantino semplice
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky
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The Snowman: Walking in the Air
Howard Blake · Cai Thomas: Wherever you are - Walking in the Air
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