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Band-Aid 1984 Organized by Bob Geldof as a charity single for Ethiopian famine, Band-Aid was a ctually a kind of who's-who of British hitmakers that included Paul McCartney, D avid Bowie, and members of U2, Duran Duran, the Police, and Culture Club among i t's dozens of members. 29 Jingle Bell Rock Hall & Oates 1983 The same year this festive cover came out, Hall & Oates landed three top 10 hits on the Hot 100, "One On One," "Family Man," and "Say It Ain't So." 28 Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson 1948 Anderson's is one of four version of this song that made this chart. Air Supply (No. 100), The Carpenters (No. 92), and the Ronettes (No. 61) also made the list . 27 Little Saint Nick The Beach Boys 1963 This song rose to No. 3 on Billboard's seasonal songs survey after debuting four days before Christmas 1963. 26 Merry Christmas Darling The Carpenters 1970 "Glee" recently took on this song that the Carpenters made 40 years ago. 25 I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Gayla Peevey 1953 Gayla Peevey was 10 years old when she recorded this wacky song. 24 Santa Baby Earth Kitt 1953 The future Catwoman purrs her way through the most famous version of this song, but Madonna (whose version appears at No. 52) also had a good time with the tune in 1987. 23 Christmas Tree Lady Gaga 2008 As with many songs she releases, Lady Gaga scaled a Billboard chart with "Tree": she went to No. 23 on the Holiday/Seasonal Digital Songs chart in Nov. 2010.

22 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Michael Buble 2005 Buble recorded this in California on one of the hottest days of the year. 21 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry 1950 The singing cowboy's ode to the steed with the red nose has returned to the char ts again and again since Autry passed away in 1998: it hit the Hot Country Songs chart in 1999 and Hot Holiday Songs each year since 2002. 20 Last Christmas Glee 2009 Before the kids of "Glee" made it a Hot Shot Debut on the Hot 100 in Dec. 2009, the song was written and recorded by Wham! in 1984. 19 Please Come Home For Christmas Eagles 1978 Fittingly, the b-side of this Hot 100 hit (it rose to No. 18) was "Funky New Yea r." 18 Blue Christmas Elvis Presley 1957 The King had no trouble making hits, but he was particularly adept at turning "B lue" to gold: in addition to "Blue Christmas," he also had '50s hits with "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Blue Moon." 17 Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney 1979 The former Beatle's inescapably catchy "Wonderful," which has ranked in the top 10 on Holiday Songs as recently as last year, had a b-side called "Rudolph The R ed-Nosed Reggae" that we're sure you'll want to hunt down and hear. 16 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Bruce Springsteen 1981 The Boss's most famous Christmas song, which was recorded in Dec. 1975, soared t o No. 1 on Billboard's holiday songs tally a decade later to the exact month. 15 Last Christmas Taylor Swift 2007 Taylor Swift was among the many artists who've had a hit with the Wham! song. Sh e included it on "Sounds Of The Season." 14 Where Are You, Christmas?

Faith Hill 2000 A version of this song appeared in the 2000 movie "How the Grinch Stole Christma s," which featured future Gossip Girl Taylor Momsen when she was just seven year s old. 13 Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) John Lennon 1971 Although the song has become a Christmans staple, it was also a plea for peace a nd a protest of the Vietnam war. 12 The Christmas Shoes NewSong 2000 This sad song about a little boy buying shoes for his dying mommy was made into a novel and a made-for-TV movie in 2002. 11 Christmas Canon Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1998 This "Canon" is set to the tune of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D Major. 10 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Andy Williams 1963 "Wonderful" appears on "The Andy Williams Christmas Album," but another song fro m that record did even better on the charts for Williams that year: "White Chris tmas." 9 Last Christmas Wham! 1984 This George Michael-penned song was a hit for Wham! the same year that Hot 100 N o. 1's "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Careless Whisper" debuted on that char t. 8 White Christmas Bing Crosby 1942 Written by Irving Berlin, the song was ironically released in the middle of the summer as part of the soundtrack for the film "Holiday Inn," making it a true Ch ristmas in July for Crosby. 7 The Christmas Song Nat King Cole 1960 This song, whose b-side was "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot," spent two weeks on the Hot 100 in Dec. 1960. 6 Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives

1964 Ives' upbeat ditty, which was included in the stop-motion animated TV special "R udolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," has spent 15 cumulative weeks atop the Holiday S ongs chart since 2004. 5 Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano 1970 Feliciano's festive tune, partially in Spanish, was issued on red vinyl. Cuban-b orn Jon Secada's cover jingled to No. 3 on Adult Contemporary in 2006. 4 Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms 1957 Helms first took "Jingle Bell Rock" to the Hot 100 two days before Christmas 195 7, but the tune (with its fun b-side, "Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Spa ce Patrol)" took the space-age carol back to the Hot 100 at Christmastime in 195 8, 1960, 1961 and 1962. 3 Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1996 Originally recorded by rockers Savatage, this song reached a modest No. 34 on Ad ult Contemporary for Trans-Siberian Orchestra in 1996. It has since, however, be come a staple on the Holiday Songs chart. 2 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee 1958 Brenda Lee, who was only 14 when she recorded "Rockin'", would go on to score he r first Top 5 hit on the Hot 100 the following year with "Sweet Nothin's." 1 All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 1994 Carey is queen of the carols with "All I Want For Christmas Is You," which manag ed to be a radio hit despite the fact that it was an album cut and not a single. It's little surprise, however, since Carey logged ten No. 1s on the Hot 100 bef ore this song came out.