It's official.....the BEST Christmas song is.....

Posted: 12/20/06 at 2:25pm

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!?! That's what the Yahoos at Yahoo think, anyway. All intelligent folks KNOW "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Didn't make it) and "White Christmas" (10th!) are tied for first.

Here's Yahoo's list. What a joke!

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)
12 Days of Christmas (16th century)
Nutcracker (Suite) (1891)
All I Want for Christmas is You (1994)
Frosty the Snowman (1950)
Jingle Bells (1857)
Silent Night (1816)
Baby It's Cold Outside (194
O Holy Night (1847)
Deck the Halls (19th century)
Winter Wonderland (1934)
White Christmas (1940)
Santa Baby (1953)
Jingle Bell Rock (1957)
Feliz Navidad (1970)
All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (1944)
Mary, Did You Know (1984)
Last Christmas (1984)
Where Are You Christmas (2000)
Let it Snow (1945)



Yahoo's best Christmas Songs

[Kringas]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 2:25pm

At least that wretched "Christmas Shoes" didn't make the list.

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 2:44pm

when will "dominick the donkey" get the credit it so richly deserves?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 2:47pm

Last Christmas? Seriously?

Christ.

Posted: 12/20/06 at 2:54pm

That one lept out at me too, Rath. Wham's Gooey Christmas Break up song is better than "Have Yourself..." Or "Merry Christmas Darling"?

What is wrong with people?

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 2:55pm

12 Days of Christmas?? Everyone I know hates that song.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 2:56pm

The songs mocking 12 Day of Christmas are much better than the original by a long shot!

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:06pm

I secretly love Last Christmas. But only the Wham version.
My personal pick is The Christmas Song. How the hell did that not make the list??

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:09pm

"All I Want for Christmas is You (1994)"
#4? Mariah must have called all her relatives and had them vote.

"Baby It's Cold Outside (1948
Nothing like date rape to say "Merry Christmas"

Too bad the Bing Crosby/David Bowie "Little Drummer Boy" didn't make the list.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:10pm

Yeah, and All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth??

over Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas? I mean, R E A L L Y.

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:12pm

actually, i much prefer "baby, it's cold outside" by nick & jessica. no. joke.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:13pm

I love All I Want for Christmas Is You.

[blueroses]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:20pm

Rath, me too! Though I normally can't stand Mariah, I think it's a terrific song.

Darlene Love is one of my favorite singers, so "Marshmallow World" and "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" are up there for me (though I prefer U2's version of the latter).

I agree with Gotham re: "The Little Drummer Boy."

No "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses? No "Do They Know it's Christmas?"

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:21pm

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" should SO be on the list, although I don't like the U2 version at all. I prefer Darlene's passionate, powerful version.

[blueroses]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:26pm

I love hers, too! I love the entire Phil Spector album.
Updated On: 12/20/06 at 03:26 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:27pm

Yep. For a murderer (okay, ALLEGED), he was an incredible producer.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:28pm

John & Yoko who?

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:55pm

According to the NY Post, Rudolph is #1, getting airplay an average of 1109 times a week, mostly by Gene Autry, but also by the Supremes and (Shudder) Jewel.

What is this Donkey song of which you speak?

Top airplay Updated On: 12/20/06 at 03:55 PM

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 4:05pm

" "Baby It's Cold Outside (1948
Nothing like date rape to say "Merry Christmas" "

LOL! Our HS choirs did a Christmas concert every year, and my junior year that song was part of the program. All my friends who were singing it called it The Date Rape Song.

[JLY's Jersey Gal]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 4:19pm

Too bad none of the x-mas songs The Ronettes sang are on that list at least their versions of songs such as "Frosty the Snowman." and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause."

Posted: 12/20/06 at 4:27pm

The Yahoo list is of songs, not performances. I would bet the Phil Spector version (Ronettes) of Frosty is the most played.

[JLY's Jersey Gal]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 4:39pm

It's just weird that a lot of my friends think that their versions of x-mas songs are the most famous.

Posted: 12/21/06 at 12:18pm

The Plot thickens....When all stations are included (Not just stations playing ONLY Christmas Music) the "Msot-played" list looks quite different:

- According to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the most played Christmas songs on the radio are:

1. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)," Nat "King" Cole

2. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," The Pretenders

3. "Winter Wonderland," Eurhythmics

4. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," Bruce Springsteen

5. "White Christmas," Bing Crosby

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 12:19pm

No way, it's that horrible Waitresses song about the convenience store pickup.

[tmk]

Posted: 12/22/06 at 5:05pm

Last Christmas should have been number one!!! I'm in LOVE with that song & w/Wham!!! It's the best.....!!