| | year | event |
| 1 | 1659 | Celebrating Christmas outlawed in Boston |
| 2 | 1719 | “Joy To The World” published |
| 3 | 1739 | “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” appears |
| 4 | 1780 | “Twelve Days Of Christmas” published |
| 5 | 1822 | Clement C. Moore pens “A Visit from St. Nicholas” |
| 6 | 1833 | “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” published |
| 7 | 1843 | “A Christmas Carol” written |
| 8 | 1845 | “The Little Match Girl” published |
| 9 | 1847 | August Imgard invents candy cane |
| 10 | 1849 | “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” written |
| 11 | 1857 | “Jingle Bells” published |
| 12 | 1863 | Harper’s Weekly carries Thomas Nast’s first annual Santa Claus drawing |
| 13 | 1870 | Christmas Day a federal holiday in the United States |
| 14 | 1892 | Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite” performed |
| 15 | 1897 | “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” written |
| 16 | 1904 | L. Frank Baum pens “A Kidapped Santa Claus” |
| 17 | 1905 | “The Gift of the Magi” published |
| 18 | 1913 | Mark Twain pens “A Letter From Santa Claus” |
| 19 | 1931 | Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition begins |
| 20 | 1934 | “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” recorded |
| 21 | 1939 | Robert L. May pens “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer” |
| 22 | 1941 | “White Christmas” recorded |
| 23 | 1942 | “Holiday Inn” screened |
| 24 | 1944 | “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” sung on screen |
| 25 | 1945 | “Christmas in Connecticut” screened |
| 26 | 1946 | Nat King Cole records “The Christmas Song” |
| 27 | 1947 | “Miracle On 34th Street” screened |
| 28 | 1948 | “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” published |
| 29 | 1949 | “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” recorded |
| 30 | 1950 | “Frosty The Snowman” recorded |
| 31 | 1951 | “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” recorded |
| 32 | 1952 | “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” recorded |
| 33 | 1954 | “White Christmas” screened |
| 34 | 1955 | “Let There Be Peace On Earth” written |
| 35 | 1957 | “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” published |
| 36 | 1958 | “The Chipmunk Song” recorded |
| 37 | 1964 | “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” broadcast |
| 38 | 1965 | “A Charlie Brown Christmas” broadcast |
| 39 | 1966 | “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” broadcast |
| 40 | 1969 | “Frosty the Snowman” broadcast |
| 41 | 1970 | “Feliz Navidad” recorded |
| 42 | 1978 | “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” recorded |
| 43 | 1979 | “Jack Frost” broadcast |
| 44 | 1983 | “A Christmas Story” screened |
| 45 | 1989 | “Christmas Vacation” screened |
| 46 | 1990 | “Home Alone” screened |
| 47 | 1992 | “The Muppet Christmas Carol” screened |
| 48 | 1994 | “The Santa Clause” screened |
| 49 | 1985 | “The Polar Express” written |
| 50 | 2004 | “Christmas with the Kranks” screened |
