2024 Fifth Round Results and Finals Voting

 The Fifth Round is now closed!  We are down to the final matchup..

Take a look at the results below.  Link to vote in the finals is also below.






Up until the last couple days, Have Yourself was in the lead.  Whoever our late voters were, you pushed Silent Night into the final round.  

Carol of the Bells had no need for such late vote heroics, winning comfortably.

So here we are.  After a month of debates and decisions, it comes down to two classics once again.  Sacred vs secular.  A potential repeat champion vs a newcomer.  Major vs minor.  Frantic vs serene.  Not sure you could find two more different choices.  

And now it's up to you.  Thank you for participating this year - more people were involved this year than ever before - we consistently had 60 voters in the last few rounds.  I loved reading your comments.  Every year I am self-conscious about restarting this silly activity because it sounds so ridiculous - but every year I am glad I did it - and you all make it happen.

Okay, enough talk.  Choose wisely, people...

Click here to vote in the final round.


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