Imagine is the best of the bunch there, although I can never separate it from his death. It was the first time I can recall in clarity just how much celebrity death can be a big moment for society. I was a bit too young to care too much about Presley although I remember that too.

Whatever is another reminder of how could Oasis were back then too.

Jona Lewie I have a weird relationship with as it is less of a Christmas song than some others that never get mentioned and actually are about Christmas (The Farm's All Together Now for example). That said, I do like it but it got 9 points from me more because there weren't other options rather than actual fondness for the track.

Anything left but Stan to win plz! Don't disappoint me even more than you usually do Buzzjack 😝

I did lose a fair few of my top 10 before the top 10 - but 4 of my top 5 make 4 of the top 5.

Leona is the odd one out - but as I voted her 3 songs between 10th and 15th place - and as her song is one of only two Christmas songs left, and the only song left that peaked at 3, I wouldn’t begrudge her winning.

5th: 343 points

I Believe In You - Kylie Minogue

Voters: Jester (18), MusicFan97 (18), rio309 (17), dandy* (17), Scene (17), JackJones (17), Electroboy (16), GreyAsh (16), Mack. (16), gooddelta (16), dancember (14), Jason (14), Chez Wombat (14), Jade (13), Mangø (13), Last Dreamer (12), AaronTM (12), December Dong (11), Roba. (9), detonate (9), …ready for it (9), Julian_ (8), DarrenJ77 (7), 777666jason (7), chartjack2 (7), Michael Bubré (6), Paddington James (4), DaTilt (4), Dobbo (2)

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Christmas number one: Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid 20

Christmas number two: Father And Son - Ronan Keating featuring Yusuf

This was the lead single from the “Ultimate Kylie” compilations, and Jake Shears from the Scissorsisters was involved in the production. The single has a strong ‘80s new wave and disco flavour, and entered at #2 behind Band Aid 20 before falling a place in Christmas week. 2 weeks later it would return to #3 with the lowest ever sales for the #3 position, around 7k.

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5th: 343 points

I Believe In You - Kylie Minogue

Love this song - but as I have never thought of it as being aimed at the Christmas market, I feel it is right that the other 4 songs are above it.

A great song by Kylie but definitely feels more like a summer anthem so was probably right it git beaten by the best version of DTKIC?

Happy to see 'I Believe In You' in the top 5!

The other Greatest Hits single 'Giving You Up' feels quite forgotten but I really liked that too, this period was a good quality stop-gap for her.

Jona Lewie should have got some points from me, I missed it oops.

Loved Gotta Get Thru This when it came out, even more so after he did an alternative version of it live on TOTP which was very rare at the time.

I Believe In You is one of four Kylie songs that are an 8/10 or above for me (along with Confide In Me, All The Lovers and Padam Padam)

Really loving the countdown. I like all the top 4 so very happy!

4th: 345 points

One More Sleep - Leona Lewis

Voters: Scene (20), chartjack2 (19), Steve201 (19), gooddelta (19), December Dong (18), Paddington James (18), AaronTM (18), Dancember (17), Jason (17), Chez Wombat (17), dandy* (16), 777666jason (15), detonate (14), Mack. (13), Jester (11), musicfan97 (11), DarrenJ77 (10), Electroboy (10), Mangø (10), Dobbo (10), jimwatts (9), GreyAsh (8), …ready for it (8), rio309 (7), Julian_ (6), Jaz13music (5)

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Christmas number one: Skyscraper - Sam Bailey

Christmas number two: Happy - Pharrell Williams

Leona recorded “Christmas, With Love” as her 4th album in 2013, and released this alongside it. It was her 8th Top 5 hit. the most for any solo female at the time, but also her last Top 40 hit as it stands, with her next single only reaching #51. However, it has re-entered the Top 40 in each of the last 9 consecutive years.

One more sleep should of been christmas number 1 or at least number 1 im probably in the minority that enjoys same baileys version of skyscraper though so I wasn't against it going Christmas number 1 at the time

And so we’re down to our 3 of our favourite ever December hits. None of them are strangers to winning rates.

“Bad Romance” has won Buzzjack’s flagship Record Of the Decade contest, twice I believe.

“Fairytale Of New York” won the Christmas #2 poll here last year and was also voted Buzzjack’s favourite Christmas song in a previous poll.

And “Stan” won the ultimate ultimate 2000s hit survivor from a field of nearly 1,000 songs.

But in which order will they line up here?

Very happy to see One More Sleep finish this high up.

Pleased that my top 3 are the top 3.

3rd: 390 points

Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl

Voters: dancember (20), GreyAsh (20), Scone1 (20), jimwatts (19), Michael Bubré (19), Roba. (19) Severin (19), WhoOdyssey (19), ElectroBoy (17), Mack. (17), RabbitFurCoat (17), 777666jason (16), Chez Wombat (16), Dobbo (16), Jason (16), Jaz13music (15), Jade (14), Last Dreamer (14), rio309 (14), Scene (12), DaTilt (11), musicfan97 (10), Steve201 (9), Paddington James (8), December Dong (7), dandy* (6)

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Christmas number one: That's My Goal - Shayne Ward

Christmas number two: JCB Song - Nizlopi

The nation's favourite Christmas song in the download era was the 1987 Christmas number two "Fairytale Of New York", It is also BuzzJack's favourite in this rate as well as in the Christmas number two rate in which it won. Despite streaming playlists placing it lower down due to Americans being unfamiliar with it, the track has continued to place highly in the UK each festive season, spending a week at each position in the top 20 except 1 and reaching the top 20 every year since 2005. It had an early leg up compared to the other festive classics thanks to the 2005 chart rule where a downloadable song could only chart if it had a physical release on the shelves. The 2005 physical reissue came about as a way to promote a campaign to start an investigation into Kirsty MacColl's death which occured in 2000.

Always found it funny that Americans are unfamiliar with a song with New York in the title.

The fact this has never been number 1 is an absolute travesty, and the fact it seems to chart high yearly even with the clearly biased playlisting is testimant to how great of a christmas song it is and how well its relieved

That said the number 2 and 1 are also very strong tracks shame Shayne ward kinda peaked with this and youd have to have a cold heart to not find the jcb song fun

Edited January 20Jan 20 by 777666jason

Phew! So glad this didn’t win!

Oops just realised I wasn't quite right about voting for the whole top 10, as Leona didn't make my points, but wasn't far off.

Yay my top 2 is the same as the results *.* and 'Fairytale of New York' is my favourite explicitly festive song, so I'm pleased that's on the podium too.

Nice to see Fairytale finish top 3.