Well Love them or Hate them, they will be playing constantly for at least a month.

This year I started hearing Christmas Songs on 19th November in the office. In my opinion they should not be played until the 1st December at the very earliest. A few years ago, I got into Christmas way too early, by 10th December I had run out of Christmas cheer :(.

With X-factor finals very close to Christmas, it seem likely that the winner is going to be the Christmas No. 1 (with something terrible like “That’s My Goal”).

Below I have sorted a few Christmas Songs in to my Love / Hate lists:

Christmas songs I can stand

• Walking In The Air - Aled Jones
• Do They Know Its Christmas? - Band Aid
• White Christmas - Bing Crosby
• Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby/David Bowie
• Mary’s Boy Child - Boney M
• Mistletoe And Wine - Cliff Richard
• Saviour’s Day - Cliff Richard
• A Winter’s Tale - David Essex
• Stay Another Day - East 17
• Step Into Christmas - Elton John
• Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Frank Sinatra
• Do You Hear What I Hear? - Gladys Knight & The Pips
• Frosty The Snow - Jackson 5
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5
• Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John & Yoko
• Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Luther Vandross
• Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree - Mel & Kim
• In Dulci Jubilo - Mike Oldfield
• Lonely This Christmas - Mud
• Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
• Blue Christmas - Shakin Stevens
• Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin Stevens
• Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
• Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys
• Fairytale of New York - The Pogues feat Kirsty MacColl
• Winter Wonderland - Tony Bennett
• Last Christmas - Wham!
• I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard

Christmas songs I can’t stand

• I Don’t Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You - *NSYNC
• Christmas Tree - Backstreet Boys
• Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid 20
• Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta
• My Only Wish This Year - Britney Spears
• The Christmas Song - Christina Aguilera
• Millenium Prayer - Cliff Richard
• Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - Darkness
• Little Drummer Boy - Destiny’s Child
• Christmas Day - Dido
• Not Tonight Santa - Girls Aloud
• It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Gonzo & Rizzo
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Kermit The Frog
• Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue
• All I Want For Christmas - Mariah Carey
• O Holy Night - Mariah Carey
• Santa Baby - Miss Piggy
• Peace - Norah Jones
• We All Stand Together - Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus
• When I Fall In Love - Rick Astley
• I Believe - Robson & Jerome
• All I Want For Christmas Is You - Samantha Mumba
• Silent Night Holy Night - Sinéad O’Connor
• Christmas Wrapping - Spice Girls
• Sleigh Ride - Spice Girls
• Merry Christmas Everybody - Steps
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Supremes
• Wombling Merry Christmas - The Wombles
• Baby, Its Cold Outside - Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews
• Holiday Celebrate - Toni Braxton
• I Have A Dream - Westlife