Christmas morning playlist: 5 great songs to turn up Dec. 25

Looking for a soundtrack for your Christmas morning? We mean, of course, besides a chorus of kids screaming out, “Let’s open the presents — NOW!”

Here are 5 songs that would combine for an excellent streaming playlist on Dec. 25. All of these recordings were released this year.

“Go Tell It on the Mountain”: One of the many great tracks from Jennifer Hudson’s first Christmas album, “The Gift of Love.”

“Silent Night”: Country star Gabby Barrett, who finished third on the 16th season of “American Idol,” does a great job on this Christmas classic from “Carols and Candlelight.”

“Thorn and Thistle”: Ireland’s We Are Messengers scores a winner with this terrific track from the EP “Rejoice! (A Celtic Christmas).”

“Do You Hear What I Hear?”: Twenty years after dropping his first holiday album, Clay Aiken returns to the seasonal songbook with “Christmas Bells Are Ringing,” featuring splendid version of this classic tune.

“Holy Forever” — Phil Wickham just keeps putting out great Christmas music — the latest collection being “Hallelujah! It’s Christmas” — which features this stunningly beautiful song.