The Christmas Oratorio

{{Short description|Book by Göran Tunström}}

{{for multi|the music by Bach|Christmas Oratorio|other works|Christmas Oratorio (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox book

| name = The Christmas Oratorio

| title_orig = Juloratoriet

| translator = Paul Hoover

| image = The Christmas Oratorio.jpg

| image_caption = First edition

| author = Göran Tunström

| illustrator =

| cover_artist = Jan Biberg

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

| series =

| genre =

| set_in = Värmland, Sweden
New Zealand

| published = 1983

| publisher = Bonniers

| media_type =

| pages = 329

| isbn = 91-0-045394-3

}}

The Christmas Oratorio ({{langx|sv|Juloratoriet|link=no}}) is a 1983 novel by Swedish author Göran Tunström. It won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1984.{{cite web|url=https://www.norden.org/en/nominee/1984-goran-tunstrom-sweden-juloratoriet|title=1984 Göran Tunström, Sweden: Juloratoriet|website=norden.org|accessdate=2022-07-30}} J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio plays an important part in the novel.

It was adapted into {{ill|Christmas Oratorio (film)|sv|Juloratoriet (film)|lt=a film version}} in 1996.[https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=24471 "Juloratoriet (1996)"], film details, Swedish Film Database