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View Poll Results: Whats you favorite Christmas pop song???
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 6 14.29%
Band Aid (1994)- Do They Know It's Christmas? 1 2.38%
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 9 21.43%
Band Aid 20 (2004)- Do They Know It's Christmas? 1 2.38%
Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling 1 2.38%
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry 3 7.14%
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Power Of Love 1 2.38%
Mud - Lonely This Christmas 1 2.38%
Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine 0 0%
Pogues & K McColl - Fairytale of New York 10 23.81%
Something Else 9 21.43%
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Old 15-12-2004   #1
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Driving Home For Christmas By Chris Rea.
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Mine is that Elton John one.
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The Pogues, Fairytale of New York is always worth listening to.
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The Pogues, Fairytale of New York is always worth listening to.
Yep, the Pogues and Kirsty McCall was great, I also like The Waitresses, "Christmas Wrapping" or is it Rapping?
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Im not going to even try editing it but if you fancy putting a few more selections in Rolf, be my guest - at the moment looks like "something else" is going to be a runaway winner!
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I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake

A Classic from 1975

My teenage years.
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I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake
A Classic from 1975
My teenage years.
Seconded (but I wasnt a teen in 1975)

Whats happened to the hymns ?
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Seconded (but I wasnt a teen in 1975)

Whats happened to the hymns ?
Dont like hymns!! Only one I cant think of is "Whilst shepherds washed their socks by night" at the moment

Put a poll up , and lets see what happens.
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My favorite has to be "A Child is Born" by Johnny Mathis.
It brings a tear to my eyes.
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at the moment looks like "something else" is going to be a runaway winner!

Don't remember 'something else' how does it go?

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"Somethin, Else" by Eddie Cochrane in 1959 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran

Also recorded by Led Zeppelin and the Sex Pistols, amongst many others.

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I voted for wizzard, cos the pouges werent there.
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any of the Merry Mixmas Mixes from DJ Riko's page should entertain you: http://www.djriko.com/html/tunes.html (40MB+ downloads!)

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What about the classic White Christmas By Bing Crosby.
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Got to say im a closet slade fan, the song just brings back memories from a year ago where i made a bit of a prat of myself!! i'll lay off my uncles home brew this year also very surprising to see that the 2004 bandaid song doing very well
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This is one strange poll, voted for something else and it came out as one vote for Wizard !!!
Oh well wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and Merry New Year, and a copy of "A Child is Born" to every member.
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If Id put every Xmas song in, it would have been the longest poll ever on the forum I just picked out some of the better known & more modern ones, and keep the number of options down to a sensible number.
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How about this one, and it's a genuine group;

Auld Lang Syne by Gay Gordan & The Mince Pies :ny
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How about this one, and it's a genuine group;

Auld Lang Syne by Gay Gordan & The Mince Pies :ny
If only ' Sidney Kidney & the vital organs' (Yep a real band.) brought out a Christmas song...........:ch2
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