Round 1 is Now Open!!!

The 2024 Christmas Song Bracket Challenge is now underway!  Please click the link below to vote!  

https://forms.gle/mNuVTnpk5Ve2f4Ne7

And as always, please share with others who might enjoy the process. 

FYI - the matchups were assigned randomly by number draw.  This is not a "seeded" bracket.  This sometimes leads to huge first-round matchups, but also sometimes allows an underdog to advance far.  Most importantly, it creates more variation year-to-year, otherwise we would likely have the same Final Four over and over.


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