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AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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There are just 8 days left until Christmas! For the last four years, I have asked users to participate in a survey of our top favourite songs celebrating or related to the Christmas season (or winter, etc.)

My sincerest apologies for not starting this sooner. December seems to be the busiest time of year for many, with work, family, shopping/preparing gifts, traveling, and other commitments and social engagements, I am no exception. I will be honest, because of the busyness of my schedule and the time involved in presenting the results, I was planning on not doing the AMF Christmas survey this year.

After seeing Akhenaten's topic Christmas songs, sharing their top 150 Christmas songs, and seeing their enthusiasm to the idea that there may be a Christmas song poll coming soon, I was reminded that there are always new members here, and would love to give them all an opportunity to participate, and keep this AMF Christmas tradition going.

Again, my apologies for the short notice, and I recognize this doesn't give much time for many of you to put together lists, but I appreciate any contributions to the survey this year.


RULES & GUIDELINES

Carry-over ballots
Unlike other redux surveys conducted at AMF, votes from previous years will not be completely scrapped. All of the participants from the 2014–2017 surveys will have their most recent ballot carried over to this year, unless they wish to submit a revised list in place of their old one. In that event, their new ballot will cancel out their old one(s). Any ballots from first-time participants will have their scores added on to the tally.


List submissions and minimum song requirements
Please send me a private message with a ranked list of your favourite songs that would fit in the Christmas/holiday/winter category (min. 20 songs per list, max. 100)


What counts as a Christmas song?
While many Christmas songs are known for being just that, there are quite an array of topics that the holiday genre covers: the birth of Jesus, Santa Claus, snow, reindeer, and winter, among other things. Some are more obviously Christmas songs than others, while there is a lot of dispute about whether or not other songs count as Christmas songs. I like to keep it fairly open to interpretation, so if you consider it a Christmas song, include it on your ballot. There is a chance someone else will, and could show up with a decent finish in the final tally. Some of the songs from the first edition received massive gains in following surveys because a lot of users said they did not realize certain songs counted, and included them on their next ballots.


Songs by specific artists, classical recordings, and unspecified artists
Since there are many songs that have been recorded by hundreds of different artists, please indicate the recording artist for each of your entries. As we did the last two years, for classical recordings where there may not be a definitive recorded version, composers' names will be accepted. I will also be accepting Christmas songs without specific performers, if you have a favourite carol or song, but don't necessarily have a preferred recorded version. In this case, please cite "no artist specified" or leave the artist's name blank. Unspecified versions of songs will be counted separately from versions with specified artists.


Deadline
The deadline for submissions is Sunday, December 23 (which give you less than a week to get your ballots in!) My goal is to have the results posted the next day (December 24).


Results format
Because I would like to give you all enough time to get your lists in, but also enough time to post the results quickly in time for Christmas, the presentation of the results won't be as elaborate in years past. Ideally, I would like to share Spotify links, and if time allows it, I may do so, but for now, the plan is to post the results in a simple list format.


Last year's results
For those of you who may be having a hard time brainstorming some Christmas songs, here are the complete results of last year's survey.


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1 - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
2 - Mambo Santa Mambo - Enchanters
3 - White Christmas - Drifters
4 - Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown
5 - Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys
6 - Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
7 - White Christmas - Ravens
8 - Sleigh Ride - Ronettes
9 - Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
10 - Old Fashioned Christmas - Kenny Williams
11 - Cool Cool Christmas - Sabers
12 - Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Oscar McLollie
13 - Merry Christmas Baby - Charles Brown
14 - Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry
15 - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Orioles
16 - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
17 - Rockin' N' Rollin' With Santa Claus - Hepsters
18 - Jingle Jangle - Penguins
19 - Silent Night - Ravens
20 - Happy X-Mas (War is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
21 - Christmas In New Orleans - Louis Armstrong
22 - Hey Santa Claus - Moonglows
23 - Silent Night (1980 version) - Temptations
24 - Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Elvis Presley
25 - Christmas Celebration - BB King
26 - The Bells of St. Mary's - Drifters
27 - Just A Lonely Christmas - Moonglows
28 - Flying Home For Christmas - Blue Moon Special
29 - Santa Claus - Sonny Boy Williamson
30 - A Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
31 - Santa's Beard - Beach Boys
32 - Santa Claus Is Coming - Hank Ballard & Midnighters
33 - I Hear Jingle Bells - Freddie King
34 - Christmas Morning - Tommy Evans & the Masters
35 - Mr. Santa's Boogie - Marshall Brothers
36 - Ringing In A Brand New Year - Dominoes
37 - Frosty The Snowman - Ronettes
38 - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - Crystals
39 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
40 - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Cadillacs
41 - Snoopy's Christmas - Royal Guardsmen
42 - The Christmas Song - Nat king Cole
43 - Here Come Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
44 - The Chipmunk Song - Chipmunks
45 - Christmas in Jail - Youngsters
46 - White Christmas - Darlene Love
47 - Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
48 - Christmas Time For Everyone But Me - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
49 - Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
50 - Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters
51 - Oh Holy Night - Orioles
52 - Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto - James Brown
53 - (It's Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas - Orioles
54 - The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
55 - Donde Esta Santa Claus - Augie Rios
56 - Winter World of LOove - Engelbert Humperdinck
57 - Christ Was Born On Chrsitmas Morn - Cotton Top sanctified Singers
58 - Next Christmas - Beale Street Boys
59 - Christmas Time - Jimmy McCracklin
60 - Suck On My Cock - Matt Rogers
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1. Frosty the Snowman- Cocteau Twins
2. Last Christmas- Wham
3. All I Want for Christmas- Shonen Knife
4. She Came Home For Christmas- Mew
5. Icicles- Lets Go Sailing
6. Christmas Wrapping- The Waitresses
7. 2,000 Miles- The Pretenders
8. Little Drummer Boy- the Harry Simeone Chorale
9. Christmas Vacation- Mavis Staples
10. Like a Snowflake- Ride
11. December- Teenage Fanclub
12. Winter Wonderland- Eurythmics
13. Frosti- Björk
14. Winter- Tori Amos
15. Fairytale in New York- The Pogues featuring Kristy MacCole
16. Christmas at the Zoo- The Flaming Lips
17. Winter Wonderland- Cocteau Twins
18. Happy Xmas- John & Yoko
19. Do They Know it’s Christmas- Band Aid
20. Oye to the World- No Doubt
21. Donna and Blitzen- Badly Drawn Boy
22. Christmas Time Has Come- Smashing Pumpkins
23. River- Joni Mitchell
24. The Blizzard- Camera Obscura
25. December Will Be Magic Again- Kate Bush
26. Space Christmas- Shonen Knife
27. All I Want for Christmas is You- Mariah Carey
28. Santa’s on His Way- The Pipettes
29. The Christmas Song- The Raveonettes
30. Home for the Holidays- The Carpenters
31. Holly & Ivy- Natalie Cole
32. Silver Bells- Johnny Mathis
33. Grown Up Christmas List- Amy Grant
34. O’ Holy Night- Celine Dion
35. Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy- David Bowie and Bing Crosby
36. My December- Linkin Park
37. Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland- Grandaddy
38. Marshmallow World- The Regrettes
39. Runaway Christmas- Pencil Test
40. Santa’s Got a GTO- The Ramonas
41. That’s What Christmas Means to Me- Hanson
42. I Was Born on Christmas Day- Saint Etienne
43. Do You Hear What I Hear- Whitney Houston
44. Silent Night- Sinead O’Connor
45. Someday at Christmas- Stevie Wonder
46. Frosty the Snowman- Jimmy Durante
47. O’ Holy Night- the boys from South Park
48. The Hanukkah Song- Adam Sandler
49.A Great Big Sled- The Killers and Toni Halliday
50. You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch- Thurl Ravenscroft
51. Little Saint Nick- The Beach Boys
52. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree- Brenda Lee
53. Holly Jolly Christmas- Burl Ives
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Would songs like Only You and The Power of Love which are always associated with christmas (In the UK at least) but not explicitly christmas-themed be eligible?
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Jap123 wrote:Would songs like Only You and The Power of Love which are always associated with christmas (In the UK at least) but not explicitly christmas-themed be eligible?
Sure! :)
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Wonder how "Baby, It's Cold Outside" will fare now that we are at the height of the #MeToo movement?
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Since everyone's posting their lists here, I might as well re-post and expand upon mine:
1. The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
2. The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
3. Prince - Another Lonely Christmas
4. Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)
5. Tim Minchin - White Wine in the Sun
6. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You
7. Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
8. Joni Mitchell - River
9. "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy
10. Phoebe Bridgers - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
11. Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear?
12. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
13. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again
14. Sesame Street Cast - True Blue Miracle
15. Lou Monte - Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey
16. Wham! - Last Christmas
17. Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means to Me
18. The Jackson 5 - Someday at Christmas
19. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
20. Chris Cornell - Ave Maria
21. The Kinks - Father Christmas
22. The Poets of Rhythm - Santa's Got a Bag of Soul
23. Chuck Berry - Run, Rudolph, Run
24. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
25. Eels - Christmas is Going to the Dogs
26. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy
27. David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth
28. John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
29. Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy
30. Run-D.M.C. - Christmas in Hollis
31. Courtney Barnett - Boxing Day Blues
32. The Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime
33. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
34. Poly Styrene - Black Christmas
35. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
36. Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rapping
37. The Lonely Island feat. Justin Timberlake - Dick in a Box
38. James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
39. The Pretenders - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
40. No Doubt - Oi to the World
41. Queen - Thank God It's Christmas
42. Hurts - All I Want for Christmas is New Year's Day
43. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Christmas is Starting Now
44. Jerry Nelson and Marilyn Sokol - When the River Meets the Sea
45. The Klezmatics - Spin Dreidl Spin - Hanukkah
46. Sufjan Stevens - O Come O Come Emmanuel
47. Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
48. Jerry Nelson - It Feels Like Christmas
49. !!! - And Anyway It's Christmas
50. She & Him - The Christmas Waltz
51. Matt Rogers - Suck on My Cock
52. Tom Lehrer - A Christmas Carol
53. LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart
54. Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
55. Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today
56. OutKast - Player's Ball
57. Carla Morrison - Noche de Paz
58. Otis Redding - Merry Christmas, Baby
59. SpongeBob Cast - The Very First Christmas
60. Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
61. The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
62. Al Green and Annie Lennox - Put a Little Love in Your Heart
63. The Killers - Boots
64. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
65. The Everly Brothers - Christmas Eve Can Kill You
66. The Sonics - Santa Claus
67. Eric Cartman - O Holy Night
68. Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa
69. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas at Ground Zero
70. Tom Petty - Christmas All Over Again
71. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas
72. Bright Eyes - Blue Christmas
73. The Orioles - What Are You Doing New Years Eve
74. Red Red Meat - There's Always Tomorrow
75. Wolf Alice - Santa Baby
76. Elton John - Step Into Christmas
77. John Cale - A Child's Christmas in Wales
78. Marika Hackman - Driving Under Stars
79. Kacey Musgraves feat. Willie Nelson - A Willie Nice Christmas
80. Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
81. Solomon Burke - Presents for Christmas
82. The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)
83. Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
84. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
85. Glasvegas - A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
86. The Minus 5 - Your Christmas Whiskey
87. Isaac Hayes - Winter Snow
88. The Civil Wars - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
89. The Decemberists - Jesus Christ
90. Louis Armstrong - 'Zat You, Santa Claus?
91. The Weather Girls - Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)
92. Jimmy Eat World - 12.23.95
93. The Magnetic Fields - Everything is One Big Christmas Tree
94. Lead Belly - Christmas is A-Coming (Chicken Crows at Midnight)
95. Leonard Cohen - Winter Lady
96. Toots and the Maytals - Happy Christmas
97. Blur - The Wassailing Song
98. Dusty Springfield - O Holy Child
99. The Supremes - My Favorite Things
100. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
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Dexter wrote:Wonder how "Baby, It's Cold Outside" will fare now that we are at the height of the #MeToo movement?
I'm going to guess that it will have little or no effect on the results this year.

"Baby It's Cold Outside" never fared well in the survey. Norah Jones & Willie Nelson, Dean Martin, Raekwon and Ray Charles & Betty Carter's versions have only received one vote a piece.
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Forgot about that Tom Petty song. Added it to my list.
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1. Waitresses / Christmas Wrapping
2. Brenda Lee / Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
3. Elvis Presley / Blue Christmas
4. Temptations / Silent Night
5. Bing Crosby / White Christmas
6. Dolly Parton / Hard Candy Christmas
7. Joni Mitchell / River
8. Wham / Last Christmas
9. Pogues f Kristy MacColl / Fairytale of New York
10. Leona Lewis / One More Sleep
11. Eartha Kitt / Santa Baby
12. Fleet Foxes / White Winter Hymnal
13. Ronnettes / Sleigh Ride
14. Donny Hathaway / This Christmas
15. Bobby Helms / Jingle Bell Rock
16. Gene Autry / Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
17. Jackson 5 / Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
18. Charles Brown / Please Come Home For Christmas
19. James Brown / Santa Claus go Straight to the Ghetto
20. Beach Boys / Little Saint Nick
21. Burl Ives / A Holly Jolly Christmas
22. Band Aid / Do They Know Its Christmas?
23. Jose Felliciano / Feliz Navidad
24. Mabel Scott / Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
25. Run DMC / Christmas in Hollis
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1) Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio
2) Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys
3) Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio
4) Christmas Is Coming - Vince Guaraldi Trio
5) Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
6) The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
7) A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
8) Skating - Vince Guaraldi Trio
9) Christmas Will Break Your Heart - LCD Soundsystem
10) Father Christmas - The Kinks
11) O Tannenbaum - Vince Guaraldi Trio
12) Christmas at Ground Zero - “Weird Al” Yankovic
13) White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
14) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
15) My Little Drum - Vince Guaraldi Trio
16) Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano
17) Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
18) The Night Santa Went Crazy - “Weird Al” Yankovic
19)Must Be Santa - Bob Dylan
20) Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry
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Neil wrote:4. Temptations / Silent Night
Do you prefer the 1970 version from The Temptations Christmas Card or the 1980 version from Give Love at Christmas?
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Neil wrote:
4. Temptations / Silent Night


Do you prefer the 1970 version from The Temptations Christmas Card or the 1980 version from Give Love at Christmas?
I believe it is the 1980 version. I really love the longer version.
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1. The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York
2. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Christmas All Over Again
3. Darlene Love – All Alone on Christmas
4. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Christmas Canon
5. Billy Coulter – It’s Christmas Day
6. Gary Glitter – Another Rock and Roll Christmas
7. Marah – Christmas With the Snow
8. Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler – Home for the Holidays
9. Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas
10. Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
11. Barenaked Ladies – Elf’s Lament
12. Jose Feliciano – Feliz Navidad
13. Mike Mills and Sally Ellyson – Jesus Christ
14. Bob Dylan – Must Be Santa
15. Barenaked Ladies – Green Christmas
16. Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
17. Vince Vance & The Valiants – All I Want For Christmas Is You
18. Mud – Lonely this Christmas
19. Darlene Love – Marshmallow World
20. Tim Minchin – White Wine in the Sun
21. Richard Cheese – Christmas In Las Vegas
22. Barenaked Ladies – Hanukkah Blessings
23. Cyndi Lauper – Early Christmas Morning
24. John Lennon – Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
25. Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – Here Comes Santa Claus
26. Mike Oldfield – In Dulce Jubilo
27. Elton John – Step Into Christmas
28. The Pretenders – 2000 Miles
29. Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
30. Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
31. Bob Dylan – O’ Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
32. The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick
33. Darker My Love – Snow is Falling
34. They Might Be Giants – Santa’s Beard
35. Greg Lake – I Believe In Father Christmas
36. Marah – Holly Jolly Christmas
37. Perry Como – Christmas Dream
38. Johnny Mathis – When A Child Is Born
39. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic – Christmas at Ground Zero
40. Nat ‘King’ Cole – The Christmas Song
41. Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream
42. Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone
43. Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler – Snowflakes
44. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas
45. Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
46. The Crystals – Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
47. Mavis Staples – Christmas Vacation
48. Jona Lewie – Stop the Cavalry
49. Robert Downey, Jr. – River
50. Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
51. Bing Crosby – Mele Kalikimaka
52. Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime
53. Merle Haggard – If We Make It Through December
54. Barenaked Ladies – Christmastime (Oh Yeah)
55. Bob Dylan – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
56. Jenny O. – Get Down for the Holidays
57. Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler – Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)
58. Frank Sinatra – Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
59. Cliff Richard – Mistletoe and Wine
60. Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
61. Kelly Clarkson – Underneath the Tree
62. The Crystals – Santa Claus is Coming to Town
63. Rob Thomas – A New York Christmas
64. Aimee Mann – Christmastime
65. Bing Crosby – Winter Wonderland
66. Marah – New York is a Christmas Kind of Town
67. Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler – (Don’t Call Me) Mrs. Christmas
68. Bad News – Cashing in on Christmas
69. Bob Dylan – The First Noel
70. Barenaked Ladies – Footprints
71. Bill Haley & His Comets – Jingle Bell Rock
72. Bon Jovi – Bells Will Be Ringing
73. Dan Fogelberg – Same Old Lang Syne
74. Toby Keith and Stephen Colbert – Have I Got A Present For You
75. Ronettes – Frosty the Snowman
76. Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler – Sleigh Me
77. Burl Ives – Holly Jolly Christmas
78. Boyz II Men – Let it Snow
79. Bruce Springsteen – Pilgrim in the Temple of Love
80. Chris de Burgh – A Spaceman Came Travelling
81. NewSong – The Christmas Shoes
82. Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)
83. She & Him – Silver Bells
84. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes – Please Come Home for Christmas
85. John Legend and Stephen Colbert – Nutmeg
86. Vonda Shepard – The Man With the Bag (Everybody’s Waitin’ For)
87. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic – The Night Santa Went Crazy (Extra Gory Version)
88. Perry Como – Home for the Holidays
89. Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time is Here
90. The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping
91. The Fall – No Xmas for John Quays
92. Flying Pickets – Only You
93. John Williams – Carol of the Bells
94. Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler – Jesus the Reindeer
95. East 17 – Stay Another Day
96. Barenaked Ladies and Sarah Maclachlan – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings
97. Josh Groban – O Holy Night
98. Steeleye Span – Gaudete
99. Wombles – Wombling Merry Christmas
100. Tales from the Crypt – We Wish You’d Bury the Missus
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I'm a little surprised that I'm the only one who's voted for How to Make Gravy. No love from our AMers from Down Under?
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A revised list this year, but of course. nothing can top Celine Dion's magisterial performance.

1 | Celine Dion | Oh Holy Night
2 | John Lennon | Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
3 | Wizzard | I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
4 | Greg Lake | I Believe in Father Christmas
5 | - | Silent Night
6 | Aled Jones | Walking In The Air
7 | Anne Murray | O Come All Ye Faithful
8 | Susan Boyle | In The Bleak Midwinter
9 | Bing Crosby | White Christmas
10 | Joni Mitchell | River
11 | George Winston | Carol of the Bells
12 | Slade | Merry Christmas Everybody
13 | Mediaeval Baebes | The Holly & The Ivy
14 | Johnny Mathis | When a Child Is Born
15 | Boney M | Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord
16 | Jose Feliciano | Feliz Navidad
17 | Sufjan Stevens | Star of Wonder
18 | Dana | It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Christmas
19 | Darlene Love | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
20 | Wham! | Last Christmas
21 | Mediæval Bæbes | Gaudete
22 | Tchaikovsky | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
23 | Judy Garland | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
24 | Eartha Kitt | Santa Baby
25 | The Ronettes | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
26 | The Ronettes | Sleigh Ride
27 | Leona Lewis | One More Sleep
28 | - | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
29 | Maddy Prior | The Angel Gabriel
30 | Darlene Love | Winter Wonderland
31 | Bruce Springseen | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
32 | The Ronettes | Frosty the Snowman
33 | Sufjan Stevens | Lonely Man of Winter
34 | Low | Just Like Christmas
35 | Brenda Lee | Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
36 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
37 | Aztec Camera | Walk Out To Winter
38 | Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler | Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)
39 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Christmas Eve/ Sarajevo
40 | The Pipettes | Santa's On His Way
41 | The Beach Boys | Little Saint Nick
42 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song
43 | The Royal Guardsmen | Snoopy's Christmas
44 | Mud | Lonely This Christmas
45 | Gene Autry | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
46 | Bobby Helms | Jingle Bell Rock
47 | Clarence Carter | Back Door Santa
48 | Blind Blake | Lonesome Christmas Blues
49 | Dean Martin | Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
50 | Half Man Half Biscuit | It's Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas
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1. [No artist specified] - Silent Night
2. Pretenders - 2000 Miles
3. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
4. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
5. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers
6. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
7. Joni Mitchell - River
8. [No artist specified] - I'll Be Home for Christmas
9. Captain Sensible - One Christmas Catalogue
10. [No artist specified] - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

11. Whitney Houston - Do You Hear What I Hear?
12. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
13. John Lennon / The Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
14. Elmo and Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
15. Elvis Presley - Santa Claus Is Back in Town
16. Elvis Presley - If Every Day Was Like Christmas
17. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
18. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
19. Bing Crosby - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
20. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

21. Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
22. The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
23. Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
24. Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas Baby
25. The Moody Blues - In the Bleak Midwinter
26. Sting - Gabriel's Message
27. Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
28. Bing Crosby feat. the Andrew Sisters - Jingle Bells
29. Bing Crosby - Marshmallow World
30. Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time Is Here

31. Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Reed Pipes
32. Tchaikovsky - March of the Toy Soldiers
33. Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
34. Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
35. Bing Crosby feat. the Andrew Sisters - Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Song)
36. Donny Hathaway - This Christmas
37. Throwing Muses - Santa Claus
38. Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)
39. George Winston - Night, pts. 1-3
40. Roy Orbison - Pretty Paper

41. [No artist specified] - O Little Town of Bethlehem
42. Charles Brown - Please Come Home for Christmas
43. Tchaikovsky - Cossack Dance
44. Tchaikovsky - Chinese Dance
45. The Moody Blues – December Snow
46. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
47. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
48. Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas - We Three Kings
49. David Bowie/Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
50. The Andrews Sisters/Perry Como/Ray Conniff’s Orchestra & Chorus/Tony Bennett/Darlene Love - Winter Wonderland [Medley]

51. Elvis Presley - Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me)
52. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
53. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve Sarejevo 12/24
54. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus And Lucy
55. Wham! - Last Christmas
56. Sufjan Stevens - Star of Wonder
57. George Winston - Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
58. James Brown - Christmas Is Love
59. Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas
60. Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus

61. [No artist specified] - Silver Bells
62. The Who - Christmas
63. The Drifters - White Christmas
64. Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
65. Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops - Sleigh Ride
66. Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans - The Bells of St. Mary
67. Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
68. Bruce Springsteen - Merry Christmas Baby
69. Bob Dylan – Must Be Santa
70. Amy Grant - Emmanuel

71. Perry Como - (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
72. Sufjan Stevens - O Come O Come Emmanuel
73. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
74. They Might Be Giants - Santa's Beard
75. The New Christy Minstrels - We Need a Little Christmas

The thing I like about Christmas radio is that it levels all music trends, in a way -- it can jump from a 1940s recording to Michael Bublé, then go back to the 1950s. (And that's as close as I can get to saying something nice about Michael Bublé.) Since there's a communal aspect to Christmas tunes, I don't mind as much as usual when I get hit by slightly or significantly inferior cover versions; just let everyone take a whack at it.

#50 above is from a medley put together on Casey Kasem's 1973 Christmas countdown, which I heard on the local radio station that plays his countdowns every weekend. It's not the kind of thing I can link to or necessarily even hear again. (It was practically artistic -- they also did this treatment with Marshmallow World, and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and The Christmas Song in particular.)

If you wanted to know what the Christmas radio pantheon was during Kasem's (first?) Christmas countdown in 1971, here it is. Bing Crosby's "Silent Night" was considered an even bigger song on the countdown than their #1 pick, "White Christmas," the former supposedly selling 50 million to the latter's 25 million.

#40 “IF EVERY DAY WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS” – Elvis Presley
“MERRY CHRISTMAS POLKA” – The Andrews Sisters
“SANTA CLAUS IS WATCHING YOU” – Ray Stevens
“THE HAPPY REINDEER” – Dancer, Prancer & Nervous
“LITTLE ALTER BOY” – Vic Dana
“SANTA & THE SATELLITE” – Dickie Goodman
“SANTO NATALE” – David Whitfield
“BABY’S FIRST CHRISTMAS” – Connie Francis
“LITTLE SAINT NICK” – The Beach Boys
“SNOOPY’S CHRISTMAS” – The Royal Guardsmen

#30 “PRETTY PAPER” – Roy Orbison
“CHRISTMAS DRAGNET” – Stan Freberg
“MARY’S BOY CHILD” – Harry Belafonte
“SANTA BABY” – Eartha Kitt
“I YUST GO NUTS AT CHRISTMAS” – Yogi Yorgesson
“IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS” – Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters
“(THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE) HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS” – Perry Como
“CHRISTMAS IN KILARNEY” – Dennis Day
“MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY” – Charles Brown
“ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH” – Spike Jones & His City Slickers

#20 “I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS” – Bing Crosby
“YOU’RE ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS” – Frankie Laine
“NUTTIN’ FOR CHRISTMAS” – Ricky Zahnd
“ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE” – Brenda Lee
“PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS” – Charles Brown
“I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS” – Jimmy Boyd
“HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS” – Gene Autry
“SLEIGH RIDE” – Leroy Anderson
“FROSTY THE SNOWMAN” – Gene Autry
“JINGLE BELLS” – Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

#10 “THE CHIPMUNK SONG” – The Chipmunks
“BLUE CHRISTMAS” – Elvis Presley
“SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN” – Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
“WINTER WONDERLAND” – Darlene Love
“SILVER BELLS” – Diana Ross & The Supremes
“JINGLE BELL ROCK” – Bobby Helms
“THE CHRISTMAS SONG” – Nat “King” Cole
“THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY” – The Harry Simeone Chorale
“RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER” – Gene Autry
#1 “WHITE CHRISTMAS” – Bing Crosby
Extra: “SILENT NIGHT” – Bing Crosby
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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This is a favorite AM tradition of mine! My list is relatively unchanged year-to-year, but I love reworking it each year anyway. Though one thing I always find funny is how little of what we consider Christmas music is actually related to Christmas. We throw in any song that's vaguely about winter for some reason (see: "Frosty the Snowman," "Baby It's Cold Outside," "Winter Wonderland," etc). Plus songs like "River" or "Fairytale of New York" which reference Christmas but don't really have an overarching theme of Christmas. I still put all of these on my list (though at lower positions than they would be on a more traditional favorite songs list), but I just find it funny what we qualify as "Christmas music." Now I went even further down the rabbit hole with some of the classical pieces I included, so I have nobody to blame but myself.

1. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
2. Star of Wonder – Sufjan Stevens
3. Please Come Home For Christmas - Eagles
4. White Christmas - Drifters
5. River – Joni Mitchell
6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Ronettes
7. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
8. All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey
9. Fairytale of New York – Pogues
10. Christmas in the Room – Sufjan Stevens
11. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
12. This Christmas - Donny Hathaway
13. Frosty the Snowman – Ronettes
14. Winter Wonderland – Eurythmics
15. The Night Santa Went Crazy - Weird Al Yankovic
16. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – The Crystals
17. Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy – David Bowie and Bing Crosby
18. Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys
19. Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
20. Last Christmas – Wham
21. Hark the Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful – John Fahey
22. Baby' It's Cold Outside - Dean Martin
23. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
24. Sleigh Ride – Ronettes
25. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
26. Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses
27. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
28. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
29. Trepak – Pyotr Tchaikovsky
30. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - James Taylor
31. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – Pyotr Tchaikovsky
32. The First Noel – John Fahey
33. March – Pyotr Tchaikovsky
34. Step Into Christmas - Elton John
35. Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
36. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
37. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
38. Fur Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
39. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
40. Christmas Will Break Your Heart – LCD Soundsystem
41. Home For the Holidays - Perry Como
42. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
43. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
44. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
45. Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry
46. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
47. Christmas Time is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio
48. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5
49. Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
50. Mistletoe and Holly - Frank Sinatra
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1. 'Must Be Santa' by Bob Dylan
2. 'Sweet Bells' by Kate Rusby
3. 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day' by Wizzard
4. 'Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord' by Boney M
5. 'Merry Christmas Everyone' by Shakin' Stevens
6. 'I Believe In Father Christmas' by Greg Lake
7. 'Sleigh Ride' by Ronettes
8. 'The Stowaway' by Murray Gold & Yamit Mamo
9. 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey
10. 'Fairytale Of New York' by The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
11. 'Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer' by Gene Autry
12. 'Stop The Cavalry' by Jona Lewie
13. 'All I For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)' by George Chisholm
14. 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' by Chris De Burgh
15. 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade
16. 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' by U2
17. 'It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas' by Alvin & The Chipmunks
18. 'Christmas Wrapping' by The Waitresses
19. 'Mrs. Hooligan's Christmas Cake' by The Spinners
20. 'Jingle Bell Rock' by Billy Idol
21. 'Carol Of The Bells' by Caroline Pennell
22. 'Twelve Days Of Christmas' by The Spinners
23. 'All Alone On Christmas' by Darlene Love
24. 'Mistletoe and Wine' by Cliff Richard
25. 'That'll Be Christmas' by Thea Gilmore
26. 'Shepherd's Pipe Carol' by John Rutter
27. 'It Feels Like Christmas' by The Muppets
28. 'When A Child Is Born' by Johnny Mathis
29. 'Joseph, Better You Than Me' by The Killers, Elton John & Neil Tennant
30. 'Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer' by Elmo & Patsy
31. 'Last Christmas' by Manic Street Preachers
32. 'Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
33. 'The Season's Upon Us' by Dropkick Murphys
34. 'Does Santa Claus Sleep With His Whiskers' by George Chisholm
35. 'Great Big Sled' by The Killers & Toni Halliway
36. 'Christmas Lights' by Coldplay
37. 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' by Mel & Kim
38. 'Little Drummer Boy' by Johnny Cash
39. 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)' by John Lennon
40. 'I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas' by Gayla Peevey
41. 'Gaudete' by Medieval Babes
42. 'The Story Of The First Christmas' by Perry Como
43. 'It's Christmas Time' by Status Quo
44. 'Wonderful Christmastime' by Paul McCartney
45. 'Walking In The Air' by Nightwish
46. 'Santa Bring Me A Dinosaur' by Bob Brown
47. 'A Marshmallow World' by Darlene Love
48. 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' by Band Aid 20
49. 'St. Stephen's Day Murders' by Chieftains & Elvis Costello
50. 'Here Comes Santa Claus' by Bob Dylan
51. 'O Holy Night' by Not specified
52. 'Twelve Days Of Christmas' by The Muppets
53. 'Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ' by Dean Martin
54. 'Last Christmas' by Wham!
55. 'The Christmas Song' by Nat King Cole
56. 'Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)' by The Darkness
57. 'All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Eve' by Hurts
58. 'The Power Of Love' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
59. 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' by Band Aid
60. 'The Angel Gabriel' by Maddy Prior
61. 'Come On Santa' by The Wurzels
62. 'Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town' by Bruce Springsteen
63. 'Step Into Christmas' by Elton John
64. 'Blue Christmas' by Shakin' Stevens
65. 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' by Brenda Lee
66. 'Frosty The Snowman' by Ronettes
67. 'I Was Born On Christmas Day' by Saint Etienne
68. 'Rock And Roll Christmas ' by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
69. 'Warm This Winter' by Gabriella Cilmi
70. 'Here Comes Santa Claus' by Gene Autry
71. 'A Marshmallow World' by Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler
72. 'It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year' by Andy Williams
73. 'Lonely This Christmas' by Mud
74. 'From The Squalor Of A Borrowed Stable' by Stuart Townend
75. 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' by Jim Brickman
76. 'Hedwig's Theme' by John Williams
77. 'Please Come Home For Christmas' by Charles Brown
78. 'Little Town' by Cliff Richard
79. 'Cool Yule' by Louis Armstrong
80. 'The Best Christmas Of Them All' by Shakin' Stevens
81. 'White Christmas' by Bing Crosby
82. 'Santa's On His Way' by Pipettes
83. 'Winter Wonderland' by The Wurzels
84. 'Silver Bells' by Anne Murray
85. 'Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy' by David Bowie & Bing Crosby
86. 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' by Darlene Love
87. 'I Saw Three Ships A Sailing' by Chieftains & Marianne Faithful
88. 'Walk Out To Winter' by Aztec Camera
89. 'One Little Christmas Tree' by Stevie Wonder
90. 'Born In The Night (Mary's Child)' by Christopher Bruerton
91. 'Another Rock N' Roll Christmas' by Gary Glitter
92. 'It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas' by Pet Shop Boys
93. 'You'll Know It's Christmas' by Deacon Blue
94. 'It Was On A Starry Night' by North Ness Boys
95. 'Deck The Halls' by McFly
96. 'That Christmassy Feeling' by Johnny Cash
97. 'A Winter's Tale' by David Essex
98. 'Little Saint Nick' by The Beach Boys
99. 'Wombling Merry Christmas' by The Wombles
100. 'It May Be Winter Outside (But My Heart It's Spring)' by Love Unlimited
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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1. Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here
2. Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
3. Traditional - Silent Night
4. Joni Mitchell - River
5. LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart
6. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
7. Kanye West - Christmas in Harlem
8. Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
9. Traditional - Carol of the Bells
10. Ronettes - Frosty the Snowman
11. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
12. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
13. Vince Guaraldi - Skating
14. Thurl Ravenscroft - You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
15. Traditional - Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
16. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
17. Andy Williams - It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
18. Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
19. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
20. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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For the record: Akhenaten and I both mean the same artist for It Feels Like Christmas. I just credited the specific Muppet perfotmer for the Ghost of Christmas Present (same guy who played the Count on Sesame Street, who has some good Christmas songs of his own).
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1 | Bing Crosby | White Christmas
2 | Mariah Carey | All I Want for Christmas Is You
3 | Wham! | Last Christmas
4 | Brenda Lee | Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
5 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
6 | Bobby Helms | Jingle Bell Rock
7 | Eartha Kitt | Santa Baby
8 | The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl | Fairytale of New York
9 | Chris Rea | Driving Home for Christmas
10 | Band-Aid | Do They Know It's Christmas?
11 | Elvis Presley | Blue Christmas
12 | Judy Garland | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
13 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono | Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
14 | Elton John | Step into Christmas
15 | Andy Williams | It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
16 | The Beach Boys | Little Saint Nick
17 | The Waitresses | Christmas Wrapping
18 | Slade | Merry Christmas Everybody
19 | Dean Martin | Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
20 | The Ronettes | Sleigh Ride
21 | Frank Sinatra | Jingle Bells
22 | Shakin' Stevens | Merry Christmas Everyone
23 | Queen | Thank God It's Christmas
24 | Jona Lewie | Stop the Calvary
25 | Wizzard | I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
26 | Burl Ives | A Holly Jolly Christmas
27 | Dean Martin | Winter Wonderland
28 | Paul McCartney | Wonderful Christmastime
29 | Jose Feliciano | Feliz Navidad
30 | Cliff Richard | Mistletoe and Wine
31 | Run-D.M.C. | Christmas in Hollis
32 | Harry Belafonte | Mary's Boy Child
33 | MUD | Lonely This Christmas
34 | Bing Crosby | I'll Be Home for Christmas
35 | Gene Autry | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
36 | Greg Lake | I Believe in Father Christmas
37 | The Harry Simeone Chorale | The Little Drummer Boy
38 | Chuck Berry | Run Rudolph Run
39 | Carpenters | Merry Christmas Darling
40 | Vince Guaraldi Trio | O Tannenbaum
41 | Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters | It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
42 | Robert Shaw Chorale | Carol of the Bells
43 | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
44 | Andy Williams | Silver Bells
45 | Frank Sinatra | The Christmas Waltz
46 | Chris de Burgh | A Spaceman Came Travelling
47 | The Pretenders | 2000 Miles
48 | Jimmy Durante | Frosty the Snowman
49 | Joni Mitchell | River
50 | Darlene Love | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
51 | Bing Crosby & David Bowie | Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy (Medley)
52 | Bing Crosby | Silent Night
53 | Gene Autry | Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)
54 | Nat King Cole | O Holy Night
55 | Stevie Wonder | What Christmas Means to Me
56 | Dean Martin | Baby It's Cold Outside
57 | Ella Fitzgerald | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
58 | Lena Horne | Jingle All the Way
59 | Johnny Mathis | When a Child Is Born
60 | Donny Hathaway | This Christmas
61 | Frank Sinatra | Mistletoe and Holly
62 | Nat King Cole | Joy to the World
63 | Frank Sinatra | It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
64 | Nat King Cole | O Come, All Ye Faithful
65 | Roy Orbison | Pretty Paper
66 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)
67 | The Kinks | Father Christmas
68 | Vince Guaraldi Trio | Linus & Lucy
69 | Ramones | Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
70 | Darlene Love | All Alone on Christmas
71 | Bing Crosby | A Marshmallow World
72 | Sting | Gabriel's Message
73 | Aled Jones | Walking in the Air
74 | Andy Williams | The First Noel
75 | Frank Sinatra | Hark! The Heralds Angels Sing
76 | Jackson 5 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
77 | Frank Sinatra | O Little Town of Bethlehem
78 | Nat King Cole | Deck the Halls
79 | The Weavers | We Wish You a Merry Christmas
80 | Louis Armstrong | Christmas in New Orleans
81 | Charles Brown | Please Come Home for Christmas
82 | Thurl Ravenscroft | You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
83 | Vince Guaraldi Trio | Christmas Time Is Here
84 | Andy Williams | Do You Hear What I Hear?
85 | Perry Como | (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
86 | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | Hawaiian Christmas Song (Mele Kalikimaka)
87 | Andy Williams | Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season
88 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Christmas Canon
89 | Ray Conniff | The Twelve Days of Christmas
90 | Perry Como | All Through the Night
91 | Gene Autry | Up on the Housetop
92 | Otis Redding | Merry Christmas Baby
93 | Stevie Wonder | Someday at Christmas
94 | Bing Crosby | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
95 | Mahalia Jackson | Go Tell It on the Mountain
96 | Percy Faith | We Need a Little Christmas
97 | Andy Williams | Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season
98 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | I Believe in Father Christmas
99 | Ray Anthony and His Bookends | Christmas Kisses
100 | Nat King Cole | Away in a Manger
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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1. Tori Amos - Winter
2. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
3. The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
4. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
5. David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy
6. Joni Mitchell - River
7. Fay Lovsky - Christmas Was a Friend of Mine
8. Judy Garland - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
9. The Kinks - Father Christmas
10. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
11. Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
12. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
13. John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
14. Darlene Love - All Alone on Christmas
15. Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
16. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
17. Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
18. The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
19. Bert & Ernie - Ik ben een kerstbal
20. Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
21. Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry
22. The Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling
23. Charles Brown - Please Come Home for Christmas
24. [no artist specified] - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
25. Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
26. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
27. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
28. Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
29. [no artist specified] - Silent Night
30. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
31. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
32. Peter Auty - Walking in Air
33. Rosemary Clooney & Bing Crosby - Baby, It's Cold Outside
34. Brook Benton - You're All I Want for Christmas
35. Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
36. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
37. The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
38. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again
39. Elton John - Step Into Christmas
40. Stevie Wonder - Someday at Christmas
41. Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear?
42. José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
43. Run-D.M.C. - Christmas in Hollis
44. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
45. Mud - Lonely This Christmas
46. Prince & The Revolution - Another Lonely Christmas
47. Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
48. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
49. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here
50. Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child
51. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
52. Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
53. Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa
54. Smith & Burrows - When The Thames Froze
55. Louis Armstrong - Zat You, Santa Claus?
56. Youp van 't Hek - Flappie
57. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
58. Wham! -Last Christmas
59. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
60. The Ronettes - Frosty the Snowman
61. Frank Sinatra - I'll Be Home For Christmas
62. Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
63. Eagles - Please Come Home for Christmas
64. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
65. The Carpenters - Sleigh Ride
66. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
67. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - March of The Nutcracker
68. Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord
69. Al Green & Annie Lennox - Put a Little Love In Your Heart
70. Thurl Ravenscroft - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
71. Johnny Mathis - When a Child is Born
72. Dana - It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Christmas
73. Frank Sinatra - Mistletoe and Holly
74. Johnny Mathis - Silver Bells
75. Whitney Houston - Do You Hear What I Hear?
76. Bing Crosby - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
77. Macy Gray - Winter Wonderland
78. Love Unlimited - It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)
79. Tiny Little Bigband - You Put the X in X-Mas
80. U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
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The_Claw wrote: 19. Bert & Ernie - Ik ben een kerstbal
This would be from Sesamstraat, right?
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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StevieFan13 wrote:
The_Claw wrote: 19. Bert & Ernie - Ik ben een kerstbal
This would be from Sesamstraat, right?
Indeed, it’s from the Dutch version of Sesame Street. In the song, Ernie sees his reflection in a christmas bulb and imagines that he actually is that bulb, hanging in the tree. If I’m correct, Sesamstraat is the only other version of Sesame Street that has permission from The Henson Company to write songs for Bert & Ernie.
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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StevieFan13 wrote:For the record: Akhenaten and I both mean the same artist for It Feels Like Christmas. I just credited the specific Muppet perfotmer for the Ghost of Christmas Present (same guy who played the Count on Sesame Street, who has some good Christmas songs of his own).
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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Playing pretty fast and loose with what counts as a Christmas song here, but:

1) The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
2) Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
3) Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
4) The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
5) Big Star - Jesus Christ
6) Pretenders - 2000 Miles
7) Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
8) The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
9) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
10) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
11) Joni Mitchell - River
12) The Flying Pickets - Only You
13) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
14) Mud - Lonely This Christmas
15) John Cale - Child's Christmas In Wales
16) East 17 - Stay Another Day
17) Wham - Last Christmas
18) Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
19) Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
20) Elton John - Step Into Christmas
21) The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
22) David Essex - A Winter's Tale
23) Band Aid - Do they Know It's Christmas?
24) Gordon Lightfoot - Song For A Winter's Night
25) Belle And Sebastian - The Fox In The Snow
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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The_Claw wrote:
StevieFan13 wrote:
The_Claw wrote: 19. Bert & Ernie - Ik ben een kerstbal
This would be from Sesamstraat, right?
Indeed, it’s from the Dutch version of Sesame Street. In the song, Ernie sees his reflection in a christmas bulb and imagines that he actually is that bulb, hanging in the tree. If I’m correct, Sesamstraat is the only other version of Sesame Street that has permission from The Henson Company to write songs for Bert & Ernie.
It was true for a while, but now countries like Germany and the UAE have their own Ernies and Berts that they write bits for. The Dutch have a very interesting way of using Ernie and Bert - from what I can tell, some of their bits get a little cruder, with fart jokes and stuff like that?
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Re: AMF Survey ❄ Top 100 Christmas Songs (2018) - Ballots due Dec. 23

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StevieFan13 wrote:
The_Claw wrote:
StevieFan13 wrote: This would be from Sesamstraat, right?
Indeed, it’s from the Dutch version of Sesame Street. In the song, Ernie sees his reflection in a christmas bulb and imagines that he actually is that bulb, hanging in the tree. If I’m correct, Sesamstraat is the only other version of Sesame Street that has permission from The Henson Company to write songs for Bert & Ernie.
It was true for a while, but now countries like Germany and the UAE have their own Ernies and Berts that they write bits for. The Dutch have a very interesting way of using Ernie and Bert - from what I can tell, some of their bits get a little cruder, with fart jokes and stuff like that?
Yeah, but only on the records. On Kerstfeest met Bert en Ernie is indeed a sketch about a Christmas fart ("kerstwindje"). Fits the Dutch culture better, I guess, which has a quite open attitude towards to the upbringing of their children.
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