Christmas Song Bracket Challenge

Click here to vote in Round 2 The second round is underway.  Click below to cast your vote  for the best Christmas song in each matchup! If you don't know one of the choices, we encourage you to look it up! This round will close on  Sunday, December 4 at 8pm EST .  Results will be announced shortly after, and the new round will begin.   Please share this link and encourage others to do the same!!!  We only recorded 40 responses in the first round - I know we can do better! Interesting matchups in Round 2: O Come On : O Come O Come Emmanuel vs. O Come All Ye Faithful Clash of the Titans : Carol of the Bells vs. O Holy Night Can they both lose?   Last Christmas vs. Most Wonderful Time of the Year Click here to vote in Round 2

 The first round is over!  Results and personal commentary below! (NOTE: I am often rightly accused of being a music snob.  But this is all in good fun.  If I trash-talk one of your favorites, feel free to fire back at me.  The important thing is just to be passionate about music, even if we disagree on the details.) Second round matchups will be posted soon!

Greetings all, Two years ago, in the midst of COVID chaos, the Specter Family threw together the not-quite legendary Christmas Song Bracket.  Throughout the holiday season, thousands hundreds   tens of people voted through six rounds of head-to-head matchups between 64 musical combatants to determine once and for all what was  The Best Christmas Song .  When the dust finally settled, Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" was crowned the (very unexpected) winner. We had every intention of making this a new yearly tradition.  However, in 2021 the Specter Family had its hands full with a cancer battle, so the follow-up competition sadly did not take place.  But now, in 2022, we are once again ready to take up the torch of Holiday Music Democracy.  The decorations are in the stores.  The sale emails are in your inbox.  The music is on the radio.  It is time.  Let's do this.   As a refresher, here's how it works: The 2022 Christmas Song Bracket In the coming days we will pos