The 2024 Christmas Bracket is Days Away

Greetings all,

It's that time again: The Christmas Song Bracket Tournament is almost here.  Help us decide what is truly the greatest Christmas song!  

This will be the fourth installment.  A quick look at the short but growing history of December Madness:

2020 - Champion: "Sleigh Ride"
2021 - Tournament cancelled due to cancer
            (FU cancer, you suck!)
2022 - Champion: "Carol of the Bells"
2023 - Champion: "O Holy Night"

We have yet to have a repeat champion - will this be the year?  

As a refresher, here's how it works:
  • In the coming days we will post a link to a Google Form with all the first round matchups.  Simply select your choice in each head-to-head.  Use whatever criteria is most important to you - best lyrics, best music, best vibes, best time signature (where my 6/8 peeps at?), best potential for a gratuitous Picardy third, nostalgia, comfort, whatever.  
  • Something new this year!!! Add your comments on the matchups - why you chose a particular song, what that song means to you, a favorite arrangement/recording, etc.  (Yes, this is to help me come up with content for the winner announcement posts - it's not easy to come up with something new to say about these songs year after year, so share your thoughts and I'll post them here!)
  • Every few days, we will announce the winners of the previous round, perhaps provide a little commentary on the results (see above), and provide a link for the next round's form.
  • This year's champion will be announced on Christmas Eve.
In addition to filling out your choices, you have a very important role to play in this process:  Spread the word!  Forward this site to anyone who you think might enjoy participating.  Subscribe to receive updates.  I won't do anything with your info - I don't care about it and I wouldn't know how if I wanted to. 

And remember, if you are forwarding this info to others, you need to keep doing so every round!

If you have any questions, contact mattspecter@gmail.com.

Happy Holidays, and may the best song win!

The Specter Family





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