Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the music and movies of the season. Everyone has their favorite, but there are some common songs and films that everyone seems to love.
The most popular Christmas song, “White Christmas”, recorded by Bing Crosby in 1942, has sold over 50 million copies, but Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is at the top of every list of modern favorites.
Christmas is a time for love, but there are seasonal songs that everyone loves to hate. At the bottom of the favorite Christmas song list are both “Christmas Shoes” and Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time”.
As far as Christmas movies go, people are generally in the “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation” camp or the “A Christmas Story” camp. But the 1946 classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, holds the top Christmas movie spot on nearly every national list.
“Miracle on 34th Street”, “Home Alone”, and the various renditions of the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol” are also perennial favorites.
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Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
