"Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys that was released as a standalone single on December 23, 1974.

Written by Brian Wilson and Stephen Kalinich, it was the only Beach Boys single issued between the albums Holland and 15 Big Ones.

In a 1997 interview, Kalinich said of the song, Brian and I decided we wanted to do a children's song and we somehow combined "Here Comes Santa Claus" with Gene Autry; I came up with this lyric about a child of winter and Brian put music to it, and then we went in to Brother Studio and recorded it.

[1]An early version with Dennis Wilson on lead vocals and Carl Wilson singing the bridge is reported to exist.

[2] When released in other countries, the single featured the live version of "Good Vibrations" from The Beach Boys In Concert as a B-side.