The votes seem to have plateaued so I'll post the top 10 at some point.

Very tough to narrow down and I could have gone for a different ten on another day but:

 

Bing

Brenda

Chris

Darlene (All Alone)

Frankie

Jona

Nat

Sia

Pogues

Waitresses

 

And poor Greg Lake :(

The Pogues winning by a distance. :o

None of my christmas staples are popular enough to be in the list but I'll go for Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Dean Martin, Darlene Love and Ronettes

 

 

(Out of songs that did actually chart well, Greg Lake would have been my choice :wub: )

The Pogues winning by a distance. :o

As they usually do in the Reshuffle (when they make the Top 10, that is)!

 

Interesting to see The Waitresses and Wizzard in joint second, then another gap to the next highest including the main high-charting suspects. Not sure what happened to Ariana, death slot maybe or is her song just not all that popular? And yeah, I think Greg Lake could have made it to 15+ votes at least.

Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24 - Instrumental -Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the so bad its brilliant Must be Santa - Bob Dylan

Well it appears we now have a 50 way tie on 0 votes each :unsure:

Oh I didn't read the thread and just voted for one!

 

It's Merry Xmas Everybody anyway, will always be my ultimate Xmas song, it makes me feel Christmassy every time I hear it and it's always the first Christmas song I play every year.

oh look all my christmas faves are #1 with 1 vote

 

(it appears a behind-the-scenes accident caused the poll results to be lost, apologies)

 

will also shoutout Nightwish - Walking In The Air and Sufjan Stevens - Christmas Unicorn

From memory, the top votes at the time of my comment above were:

31 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

25 The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

25 Wizzard - I Wish It Would Be Christmas Everyday

21 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

21 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

21 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

21 Wham! - Last Christmas

...

selected others:

19 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree

16 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

14 Coldplay - Christmas Lights

7 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

5 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

1 Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby

0 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

(it appears a behind-the-scenes accident caused the poll results to be lost, apologies)

Is there no way they can be restored or have they been lost forever?

If anyone has had their browser tab open for over an hour then they may be able to go 'back' and see the cached results - sadly I haven't or I'd have done it for you

Is there no way they can be restored or have they been lost forever?

 

Unfortunately the latter, I've edited the partial results that Jim recalls, but Dandy's correct, we need someone who's had the tab open and has the thread in their cache, I hadn't opened it until I heard.

 

 

Oh, I have just seen Iz edited the results looool. I thought they were up for me for some reason and I'd be the hero of the moment! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Let's just go with this as the top 10 then, based on Jim's memory - even if it's not 100% accurate it looks about right:

 

Position | Title | (No. votes / % of people who voted based on 70 votes)

 

1 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (31 / 44.3%)

2= The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (25 / 35.7%)

2= Wizzard - I Wish It Would Be Christmas Everyday (25 / 35.7%)

4= Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (21 / 30%)

4= Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (21 / 30%)

4= Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (21 / 30%)

4= Wham! - Last Christmas (21 / 30%)

8 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree (19 / 27.1%)

9 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep (16 / 22.9%)

10 Coldplay - Christmas Lights (14 / 20%)

 

FONY continuing to be Buzzjack's favourite Christmas song then!

 

Comparison with the rate that was run in 2019:

 

1 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) 8.98

2 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 8.59

3 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 8.45

4 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 8.38

5 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry 8.35

6 The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping 8.28

7 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 8.21

8 Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord 8.16

9 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 8.15

10 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) 8.06

 

Edited December 10, 2024Dec 10 by Mangø hø hø!

Oh, I have just seen Iz edited the results looool. I thought they were up for me for some reason and I'd be the hero of the moment! :lol: :lol: :lol:

You could have been the hero of the moment and instead you ended up being the zero of the moment :P

Unfortunately the latter, I've edited the partial results that Jim recalls, but Dandy's correct, we need someone who's had the tab open and has the thread in their cache, I hadn't opened it until I heard.

Is there a way of freezing the poll now? As it would be a bit meaningless if people started adding to it now!

Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

Darlene Love - All Alone On Christmas

Jona Lewie - Stop the Calvary

Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree

Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm

The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

 

All BANGERS. Everything else I either like (but prefer so many other xmas songs over the "classics"), don't listen to or I just don't like at all.

 

EDIT: I really don't understand the hold FONY has on (seemingly) everyone and I never really have understood it lmao!

These were the results when 68 people had voted, which was at about 4:30pm UK time (9 hours ago) -

 

7: Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of Year

5: Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

16: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

6: Bing Crosby - White Christmas

4: Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

9: Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord

21: Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

6: Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

2: Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas

20: Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas

2: Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run

5: Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine

5: Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day

11: Coldplay - Christmas Lights

11: Darlene Love - All Alone At Christmas

10: Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

5: Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

1: Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby

12: East 17 - Stay Another Day

7: Elton John - Step Into Christmas

2: Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas

2: Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

4: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love

17: John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

2: Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born

18: Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

15: Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

0: Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

19: Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree

9: Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby

16: Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

21: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

2: Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

3: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

6: Mud - Lonely This Christmas

5: Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

10: Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

4: Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

21: Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

5: Sia - Snowman

20: Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

5: Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm

3: The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

17: The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

31: The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

14: The Pretenders - 2000 Miles

14: The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

25: The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

21: Wham! - Last Christmas

25: Wizzard - I Wish It Would Be Christmas Everyday

 

 

At the time of me posting this, there's 75 voters in the poll (i.e. 7 more votes since the above list)

 

Hope this can help to fill in some gaps in the poll!