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Xmas Songs in the UK Top 100 Singles Chart - 2nd December 2023

No.99 - Christmas Lights - Coldplay - Re-entry

No.95 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Re-entry

No.94 - The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole - Re-entry [ ♪♫ "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." ♪♫]

No.84 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Frank Sinatra - Re-entry

No.76 - Christmas [Baby Please Come Home] - Darlene Love - Re-entry

No.70 - Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade - Re-entry

No.60 - Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano - Re-entry

No.55 - I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard - Re-entry

No.54 - Mistletoe - Justin Bieber - Up 44 places this week

No.52 - Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney - Re-entry

No.51 - Sleigh Ride - Ronettes - Not actually an Xmas song but sounds like one - Re-entry

No.47 - Step Into Christmas - Elton John - Up 35 places this week

No.46 - Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea - Up 40 places this week

No.45 - Holly Jolly Christmas - Michael Buble - Up 45 places this week

No.44 - Happy Xmas [War is Over] - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band - Up 41 places this week

No.40 - Snowman - SIA - Up 27 places this week

No.36 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Dean Martin - Up 33 places this week

No.35 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid - Up 30 places this week

No.29 - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams - Up 28 places this week

No.27 - Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson - Up 22 places this week

No.25 - Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens - Up 26 places this week

No.23 - You're Christmas to Me - Sam Ryder - Up 27 places this week

No.22 - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande - Up 16 places this week

No.20 - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms - Up 24 places this week

No.18 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Up 35 places this week - Sadly both leads on this are deceased

No.17 - Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Re-entry

No.16 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - Michael Buble - Up 21 places this week

No.14 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee - Up 17 places this week

No.6 - All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - Up 10 places this week

No.5 - Last Christmas - Wham - Up 9 places this week

Biggest rise this week: Holly Jolly Christmas by Michael Buble - 45 places up to No.45 from 90.

No Elvis???

Private Presley wrote:No Elvis???

Not yet !

In previous years he's made an 11th hour appearance with Blue Christmas !

So fingers crossed !

Xmas Songs in the UK Top 100 Singles Chart - 8th December 2023

No.100 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Michael Buble - Re-entry

No.97 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen - Re-entry

No.96 - Christmas [Baby Please Come Home] - Mariah Carey - Re-entry

No.91 - Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys - Re-entry

No.90 - Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry - Re-entry

No.89 - My Only Wish - Britney Spears - Re-entry

No.86 - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord - Boney M - Re-entry

No.83 - Buy Me Presents - Sabrina Carpenter - New Entry

No.82 - Come on Home For Christmas - George Ezra - Re-entry

No.81 - Lonely This Christmas - Mud - Re-entry

No.80 - Santa's Coming For Us - SIA - Re-entry

No.78 - A Nonsense Christmas - Sabrina Carpenter - New Entry

No.76 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - Perry Como - Re-entry

No.75 - What Christmas Means to Me - Stevie Wonder - Re-entry

No.73 - Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley - A warm welcome back this year to our boy !

No.70 - 2000 Miles - Pretenders - Re-entry

No.68 - Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie - Re-entry

No.67 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby - Re-entry

No.63 - Jingle Bells - Meghan Trainor - New Entry

No.61 - A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives - Re-entry

No.52 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Up 43 places this week

No.50 - Christmas Lights - Coldplay - Up 49 places this week

No.45 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Frank Sinatra - Up 39 places this week

No.44 - Winter Wonderland - Laufey - New Entry

No.43 - The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole [ ♪♫ "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." ♪♫] - Up 51 places this week

No.42 - Christmas [Baby Please Come Home] - Darlene Love - Up 34 places this week

No.39 - Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade - Up 31 places this week

No.38 - Mistletoe - Justin Bieber - Up 16 places this week

No.32 - Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano - Up 28 places this week

No.30 - I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard - Up 25 places this week

No.29 - Sleigh Ride - Ronettes - Not actually an Xmas song but sounds like one - Up 26 places this week

No.28 - Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney - Up 24 places this week

No.27 - Snowman - SIA - Up 13 places this week

No.24 - Step Into Christmas - Elton John - Up 23 places this week

No.23 - Santa Can't You Hear Me - Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Re-entry

No.22 - Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea - Up 24 places this week

No.21 - Holly Jolly Christmas - Michael Buble - Up 24 places this week

No.19 - Happy Xmas [War is Over] - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band - Up 25 places this week

No.17 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Dean Martin - Up 19 places this week

No.16 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid - Up 19 places this week

No.15 - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams - Up 14 places this week

No.13 - Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson - Up 14 places this week

No.12 - You're Christmas to Me - Sam Ryder - Up 11 places this week

No.11 - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande - Up 11 places this week

No.10 - Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens - Up 15 places this week

No.9 - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms - Up 11 places this week

No.8 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - Michael Buble - Up 8 places this week

No.7 - Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Up 10 places this week

No.6 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee - Up 8 places this week

No.4 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Up 14 places this week - Sadly both leads on this are deceased

No.2 - All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - Up 4 places this week

No.1 - Last Christmas - Wham - Up 4 places this week

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Biggest rise this week: - The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole - Up 51 places - from 94 to 43.

New entries from Sabrina Carpenter, Meghan Trainor & Laufey.

And a late appearance from Elvis Presley with Blue Christmas. at No.73.

Xmas Songs in the UK Top 100 Singles Chart - 15th December 2023

No.94 - What Christmas Means to Me - Stevie Wonder - Down 19 places this week

No.93 - My Only Wish [this year] - Britney Spears - Down 4 this week

No.91 - Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys - No change

No.90 - Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra - New Entry

No.89 Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen - Up 8

No.87 - Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry - Up 3

No.83 - Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt - Re-entry

No.82 - Lonely This Christmas - Mud - Down 1

No.81 - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord - Boney M - Up 5

No.80 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - Perry Como - Down 4

No.79 - Come on Home For Christmas - George Ezra - Up 3

No.77 - Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley - Disappointingly Down 4 !

No.76 - 2000 Miles - Pretenders - Down 6

No.74 - Jingle Bells - Meghan Trainor - Down 11

No.72 - Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie - Down

No.70 - A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives - Down 9

No.66 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby - Up 1

No.54 - Christmas Lights - Coldplay - Down 4

No.52 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - No change

No.50 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Frank Sinatra - Down 5

No.49 - Winter Wonderland - Laufey - Down 5

No.47 - The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole [ ♪♫ "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." ♪♫] - Down 4

No.42 - Christmas [Baby Please Come Home] - Darlene Love - No change

No.41 - DJ Play a Christmas Song - Cher - New entry

No.36 - Mistletoe - Justin Bieber - Up 2

No.33 - Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade - Up 6

No.32 - Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano - No change

No.28 - Snowman - SIA - Down 1

No.27 - I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard - Up 3

No.26 - Sleigh Ride - Ronettes - Not actually an Xmas song but sounds like one - Up 3

No.25 - Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney - Up 3

No.24 - Holly Jolly Christmas - Michael Buble - Down 3

No.23 - Santa Can't You Hear Me - Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - No change

No.22 - Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea - No change

No.21 - Happy Xmas [War is Over] - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band - Down 2

No.18 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Dean Martin - Down 1

No.17 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid - Down 1

No.16 - Step Into Christmas - Elton John - Up 8

No.15 - Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson - Down 2

No.14 - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams - Up 1

No.13- Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms - Down 4

No.12 - Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens - Down 2

No.11 - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande - No change

No.10 - You're Christmas to Me - Sam Ryder - Up 2

No.8 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - Michael Buble - No change

No.7 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee - Down 1

No.6 - Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Up 1

No.5 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Down 1- Sadly both leads on this are deceased

No.3 - All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - Down 1

No.1 - Last Christmas - Wham - No change

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Biggest risers this week: - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen & Step Into Christmas - Elton John Both up 8 places

New entries from Cher with DJ Play a Christmas Song & Frank Sinatra with Jingle Bells [yes, it's true !]

From the UK Newspaper 'i' - 18th December 2023:



Can't argue with The Daily Star !

No songs by that artist are in the 'Top 100 Singles' chart this year !

But The Independent's mention of 'Stay Another Day' is puzzling !

The Official UK Chart - Xmas Songs in the Top 100 Singles -
The Final Xmas Chart ! 22nd December 2023

No.99 - Mistletoe & Wine - Cliff Richard - A re-entry

No.96 - Jingle Bell Rock - Daryl Hall & John Oates - A re-entry

No.93 - Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra - Down 3 places this week

No.92 - What Christmas Means to Me - Stevie Wonder - Up 2

No.91 - Carol of The Bells - John Williams - A re-entry

No.87 - My Only Wish [this year] - Britney Spears - Up 6

No.85 - Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue - A re-entry

No.83 - Come on Home For Christmas - George Ezra - Down 4

No.82 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen - Up 7

No.80 - Christmas [Baby Please come Home] - Mariah Carey A re-entry

No.78 - Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry - Up 9

No.76 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - Perry Como - Up 4

No.71 - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord - Boney M - Up 10

No.69 - Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys - Up 22

No.67 - Jingle Bells - Meghan Trainor - Up 7

No.66 - Lonely This Christmas - Mud - Up 16

No.65 - Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley - Up 12 Yes !!

No.61 - Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie - Up 11

No.59 - A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives - Up 11

No.58 - 2000 Miles - Pretenders - Up 18

No.56 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby - Up 10

No.55 - Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt - Up 28

No.51 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Frank Sinatra - Down 1

No.48 - Christmas Lights - Coldplay - Up 6

No.41 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Up 11

No.36 - The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole [ ♪♫ "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." ♪♫] Up 11

No.35 - Christmas [Baby Please Come Home] - Darlene Love - Up 7

No.34 - Mistletoe - Justin Bieber - Up 2

No.33 - Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade - No change

No.31 - Winter Wonderland - Laufey - Up 18

No.30 - Snowman - SIA - Down 2

No.29 - I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday - Creator Universe - New Entry

No.28 - Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano - Up 4

No.27 - Santa Can't You Hear Me - Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Down 4

No.26 - I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard - Up 1

No.25 - Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney - No change

No.24 - Sleigh Ride - Ronettes - Not actually an Xmas song but sounds like one - Up 2

No.23 - Holly Jolly Christmas - Michael Buble - Up 1

No.22 - Happy Xmas [War is Over] - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band - Down 1

No.21 - Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea - Up 1

No.20 - DJ Play a Christmas Song - Cher - Up 21

No.19 - Step Into Christmas - Elton John - Down 3

No.16 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Dean Martin - Up 2

No.15 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid - Up 2

No.14 - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms - Down 1

No.13 - Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson - Up 2

No.12 - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams - Up 2

No.11 - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande - No change

No.10 - Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens - Up 2

No.9 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - Michael Buble - Down 1

No.7 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee - No change

No.6 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Down 1- Sadly both leads on this are deceased

No.5 - Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Up 1

No.3 - All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - No change

No.2 - You're Christmas to Me - Sam Ryder - Up 8

No.1 - Last Christmas - Wham - No change



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Biggest leap this week: Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys - Up 22 places to 69.

New Entry this week: I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday - Creator Universe at No.29.

Elvis is up 12 places with Blue Christmas at No.65.

Congratulations to Wham !

From The Official UK Chart -
Xmas Songs in the Top 100 Singles
which are New entries or Re-entries !
The Post-Xmas Chart ! 29th December 2023

No.97 - When a Child is Born - Johnny Mathis - Re-entry

No.95 - What Christmas Means to Me - Cher New Entry

No.94 - Baby It's Cold Outside - Idina Menzel ft Michael Buble - Re-entry

No.92 - Christmas Time [Don't Let the Bells End] - Re-entry

No.91 - Like It's Christmas - Jonas Brothers - Re-entry

No.90 - Together This Christmas - Maisie Peters - Re-entry

No.88 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra - Re-entry

No.87 - Kiss Me It's Christmas - Leona Lewis ft Ne-Yo - Re-entry

No.85 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Sam Smith - Re-entry

No.84 - I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus - Jackson 5 - New entry

No.79 - You Make it Feel Like Christmas - Gwen Stefani ft Blake Shelton - Re-entry

No.78 - A Nonsense Christmas - Sabrina Carpenter - Re-entry

No.77 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Michael Buble - Re-entry

No.76 - Thank God It's Christmas - Queen - New entry

No.74 - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin - New Entry

No.70 - Cozy Little Christmas - Katy Perry - Re-entry

No.68 - Please Come Home For Christmas - Eagles - Re-entry

No.67 - Deck the Halls - Nat King Cole - Re-entry

No.66 - Santa's Coming For Us - SIA - Re-entry

No.63 - This Christmas - Donny Hathaway - New entry

No.62 - Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses - Re-entry

No.46 - Christmas Tree Farm - Taylor Swift - Re-entry

As we had the 'proper' official Xmas Singles Chart last week, just the new or re-entries are listed this week
which means none of the above list featured last week.

New entries this week:

What Christmas Means to Me - Cher
I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus - Jackson 5
Thank God It's Christmas - Queen
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin
This Christmas - Donny Hathaway

A special mention to Elvis with Blue Christmas which goes up 24 places this week.

Xmas Songs in the UK Singles Chart - As at 15th November 2024:

No.97 - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande

90 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues ft Kirsty Maccoll

76 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee

43 - Last Christmas - Wham

38 - All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey

It's started !

Some of the usual Xmas hits make an appearance this week.

Xmas Songs in the UK Singles Chart - As at 22nd November 2024:

No.96 - Sleigh Ride - Ronettes - New Entry

92 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Dean Martin - New Entry

85 - Winter Wonderland - Laufey - New Entry

83 - It Can't Be Christmas - Tom Grennan - New Entry

82 - Step Into Christmas - Elton John - New Entry

79 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid - New Entry

71 - Snowman - SIA - New Entry

65 - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like - Michael Bolton - New Entry

62 - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams - New Entry

60 - Merry Christman Everyone - Shakin' Stevens - New Entry

52 - Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson - New Entry

51 - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Holmes - New Entry

48 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues ft Kirsty Maccoll - Up 42 places this week

No.46 - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande - Up 51 places

No.34 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee - Up 42 places

No.17- All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - Up 17 places

No.16 - Last Christmas - Wham - Up 27 places

Some of the regular seasonal favourites enter the chart this week

Xmas Songs in the UK Singles Chart - As at 29th November 2024:

No.99 - Carol of the Bells - John Williams - New Entry this week

94 - Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade - New Entry

92 - Happy Xmas [War is Over] - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band - New Entry

86 - I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard - New Entry

81 - Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano - New Entry

&9 - Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney - New Entry

75 - Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea - New Entry

72 - Holly Jolly Christmas - Michael Buble - New Entry

67 - Christmas Magic - Laufey - New Entry

66 - Sleigh Ride - Ronettes - Up from 96

65 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Dean Martin - Up from 92

56 - Step Into Christmas - Elton John - Up from 82

55 - Winter Wonderland - Laufey - Up from 85

53 - Snowman - SIA - Up from 79

51 - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like - Michael Bolton - Up from 65

49 - It Can't Be Christmas - Tom Grennan - Up from 83

45 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid - Up from 79

40 - Merry Christman Everyone - Shakin' Stevens - Up from 60

39 - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams - Up from 62

34 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues ft Kirsty Maccoll - Up from 48

32 - Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson - Up from 52

31 - Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran & Elton John - New Entry

30 - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Holmes - Up from 51

27 - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande - Up from 46

20 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee - Up from 34

10 - All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - Up from 17

08 - Last Christmas - Wham - Up from 16

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Is it just me or are these Xmas songs appearing a tad early this year ?

We aren't in December yet !

But here goes anyway:



On a technical note only Laufey, the Icelandic/Chinese lady performer, manages two solo entries this week !

Xmas Songs in the UK Singles Chart - As at 6th December 2024:

No.98 - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord - Boney M - New Entry this week. Harry Belafonte's superior original has been forgotten now.

93 - Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley - New Entry - A welcome appearance !

92 - Under the Tree - Ed Sheeran - New Entry

85 - Christmas Lights - Coldplay - New Entry

80 - DJ Play a Christmas Song - Cher - New Entry

77 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby - New Entry

75 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra - New Entry- Prefer the Judy Garland original

72 - Run Rudolph Run - Mark Ambor - New Entry

66 - Mistletoe - Justin Bieber - New Entry

62 - The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole - New Entry [♪♫ Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire ♪♫]

60 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like - Perry Como - New Entry - Better than the cover by Michael Bolton.

56 - Baby Please Come Home - Darlene Love - New Entry

53 - Carol of the Bells - John Williams - Up 46 places this week

50 - Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade - Up 44 places

49 - Happy Xmas [War is Over] - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band - Up 43 places

46 - I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard - Up 40 places

44 - Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney - Up 35 places

42 - Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea - Up 33 places

40 - Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano - Up 41 places

39 - Christmas Magic - Laufey - Up 28 places

36 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow - Dean Martin - Up 29 places

34 - Holly Jolly Christmas - Michael Buble - Up 38 places

30 - Sleigh Ride - Ronettes - Up 36 places Originally not even about Xmas !

29 - Snowman - SIA - Up 24 places

26 - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like - Michael Bolton - Up 25 places

25 - It Can't Be Christmas - Tom Grennan - Up 24 places

24 - Winter Wonderland - Laufey - Up 31 places

23 - Step Into Christmas - Elton John - Up 33 places

18 - Merry Christman Everyone - Shakin' Stevens - Up 22 places

15 - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams - Up 24 places

13 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues ft Kirsty Maccoll - Up 21 places A censored radio edit omits words like 'faggot'

12 - Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson - Up 20 places

11 - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande - Up 16 places

10 - Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Holmes - Up 20 places

09 - Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Up 22 places

08 - Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid - Up 37 places Assume this is the 40th anniversary '2024 Ultimate Mix' ?

06 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee - Up 14 places

05 - All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - Up 5 places

02 - Last Christmas - Wham - Up 6 places



Biggest climber this week: Carol of the Bells - John Williams - Up 46 places

Highest new entry: Baby Please Come Home - Darlene Love in at No.56.

Some of the songs are peaking too early & will surely run out of steam before the real Xmas chart ?

Elvis makes an early appearance this year with Blue Christmas !

"Last Christmas ", oh how I hate this song.
Even worse: it seems it's the only christmas song people know nowadays and the only christmas song that gets played.
Urrgg

alberta sheffield wrote:"Last Christmas ", oh how I hate this song.
Even worse: it seems it's the only christmas song people know nowadays and the only christmas song that gets played.
Urrgg

Might seem like that, but [as witnessed by my post] there are a large number of Xmas songs in the UK Singles Chart just now.

True. But the felt reality tells me different.
I started some hours ago a german crime TV movie (after my posting concerning this title). It was around a murder on christmas eve.
The characters started the evening in the movie with some christmas karaoke.
And guess which song they all together sang?
"Last christmas".
That songs haunts me in a very bad way.