Get ready to celebrate Christmas with a heart-warming collection with Happy Kids Xmas: Japanese Christmas Songs. Hear “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer”, “Winter Wonderland” and other well-known festive favorites like you've never heard before, as well as a number of Japanese Christmas songs unique to the country, such as 'Awatenbou no Santa Clause', and Japanese nursery school favorite 'Usagi Nohara no Christmas'.

Happy Kids Xmas: Japanese Christmas Songs features 25 festive classics sprinkled with a super cute Japanese flavor. It's available to download and stream from 4 November 2020 and on CD from 4 December, making it the perfect present or soundtrack to the holiday period for anyone interested in the Japanese language, culture, or alternative Christmas songs. The physical edition includes lyrics printed in the booklet in easy to read hiragana, as well as romaji, so anyone can sing along and spread the Christmas cheer regardless of their Japanese language level.

These Japanese Christmas songs have been recorded by a number of anime voice actors, award-winning children's choirs, and children's entertainers and musicians from across Japan. Some of the names include Ryoichi Fukuzawa (Winnie the Pooh, Beauty and the Beast), Noriko Namiki (Rurouni Kenshin, Hunter x Hunter), KEROPONS (the pair have over 240 million hits on YouTube) and The NHK Tokyo Children's Choir, who played an important part in popularizing Japanese and overseas children’s songs in Japan and has toured the world, winning various awards, including the BBC World Amateur Chorus Competition.

Be sure to watch the cute music video for “Aka Hana no Tonakai” and check out the album across all digital music streaming platforms along with the pre-order link below!

Standard edition 

Various Artist 「Happy Kids X'mas: Japanese Christmas Songs」

1 Kurisumasu wo Tugeru Kyoukai no Kane / The Churchbells Announcing Christmas

2 Morobito Kozorite / Joy to the World – The NHK Tokyo Children's Choir

3 Aka Hana no Tonakai / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Ryoichi Fukuzawa, The Ebina Boys and Girls Chorus

4 Jinguru Beru / Jingle Bells – Ryoichi Fukuzawa, The KOTONOMI Children's Chorus

5 Santa ga Machi ni Yattekuru / Santa Claus is Comin' to Town – Ryoichi Fukuzawa, The KOTONOMI Children's Chorus

6 Awatenbō no Santakurōsu / Hurry Santa Claus – WEEVA, Hatsumi Kazuho, Hideo Masuda, Smile Kids

7 Kaze mo Yuki mo Tomodachi da (Yukidaruma no Furosuti) / Frosty the Snowman – Mariko "makoring" Takase, Hiroaki Takeuchi

8 Wintā Wandārando / Winter Wonderland – Tampopo Children's Chorus

9 Sori Suberi / Sleigh Ride – Noriko Namiki, Takuma Wada, Himawari Kids

10 Omedetō Kurisumasu / We Wish You A Merry Christmas – Tampopo Children's Chorus

11 Hīragi Kazarō / Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly – Smile Kids, Kazuhiko Kondo, Mikiko Ishiuchi 

12 Santakurōsu ga Yattekuru / Here Comes Santa Claus – Tampopo Children's Chorus

13 Usagi Nohara no Kurisumasu / Christmas in the Bunny Field – Kazune Osawa, Sugamo Children's Chorus

14 Hayaku Aitai na Santa-san / I Want to Meet You Soon, Santa – Tsubasa Suzuki, Sayama Second Children's Hall Chorus, Takeshi Otomo, Masaru Sakaguchi

15 Kurisumasu no Hi wa / On Christmas Day – KEROPONS

16 Mama ga Santa ni Kissu Shite / I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus – The Mizuumi Boys & Girls Chorus

17 Shizuka na Kurisumasu / Quiet Christmas – The Ebina Boys and Girls Chorus

18 Za Kurisumasu Songu / The Christmas Song – Yōko Ebara, Himawari Kids

19 Kiyoshi Kono Yoru / Silent Night – Tampopo Children's Chorus

20 Kami no Miko wa / O Come All Ye Faithful – The NHK Tokyo Children's Choir

21 Arano no Hateni (Gurōria) / Angels from the Realms of Glory – The NHK Tokyo Children's Choir

22 Hareruya Kōrasu / Hallelujah Chorus – BONI PUERI: the Czech Boys Choir, Jaroslav Tůma 

23 Tanoshī Sori Asobi – Ladies Orchestra Japan

24 Kurisumasu Fesutibaru / Christmas Festival – Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

25 Howaito Kurisumasu / White Christmas – Mutsuhiro Nishiwaki