Best Christmas Song of All time - Auld Lang Syne Region - subregion 1

[funKYcat75]

This month we will be selecting the best Christmas song of all time. After hours of research and very fortunate Google searching, the top 64 Christmas songs in history have been chosen, placed into regions based on when they were first written and composed, and seeded as such. Using the Billboard Top 100 Holiday rankings from the previous nine years, averages were figured and used as the method of seeding in each region. This is mad scientific, y'all, and much more valid than the candy polls of days gone by.

You will be asked to vote for your favorite out of the matched up songs, meaning choosing four songs during the first round.

Today we start with the oldest of Christmas carols and songs from the years 1650 through 1919. As there was no Billboard top 100 during those years, their top ranked rendition from modern times is the one used for seeding. Feel free to visit the links below to hear the songs in case you are not familiar. I would embed videos, but it might be too many for the board.

Please enjoy.

1 Seed - Deck The Halls -
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16 Seed - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -

8 Seed - The First Noël -
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9 Seed - Up On The Housetop -

5 Seed - Silent Night -
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12 Seed - Joy To The World -

4 Seed - We Wish You a Merry Christmas -
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13 Seed - Carol Of The Bells -

 

[WildcatFan1982]

putting TSO as a 13 seed is mean.

 

[rudd1]

-best songs of the bunch are 8, 12 and 16 seeds... beyond criminal. Duly noted, funky.

 

[mrschwump]

Either Mel Blanc doing "Blue Christmas" as Porky Pig or "Walking 'round in women's underwear."

 

[the nail at the foul line]

It's November 2nd...

 

[funKYcat75]

Hey, the numbers don't lie. I can show you the basis for the numbers if needed.

 

[rudd1]

-McDonald's and bro country are also very popular... don't make it right.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

The two best Christmas songs are French and Austrian, O' Holy Night and Silent Night.

 

[funKYcat75]

putting TSO as a 13 seed is mean.

Just to clarify, these are the best songs, not the best performance of the songs.

 

[vhcat70]

putting TSO as a 13 seed is mean.

13 seeds have won the NCAA I think.

 

[JDHoss]

No Gary Hoey = No care for me...

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Not even 2 days into November.. You're a mad man!

 

[IdaCat]

My wife is putting up Christmas decorations today so this doesn't seem too early to me. She does a very tasteful theme decoration before each of the 4 seasons and for Christmas. She's very talented at decorating, I think.

I mowed the lawn for hopefully the last time this year and now I'm finishing up blowing out the sprinkler lines for winter. I may help the wife a little after that, but for most house chores I'm extremely incompetent.

 

[funKYcat75]

Poll closes at 1:22. Get those votes in!

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Poll closes at 1:22. Get those votes in!

Only 50 days, 10 hours and 38 minutes to Christmas.

 

[funKYcat75]

Only 50 days, 10 hours and 38 minutes to Christmas.

Christmas is a journey, not a destination, or something like that.