Christmas Song Bracket Challenge

The 2025 Christmas Song Bracket Challenge is now underway!  Please click the link below to vote!   https://forms.gle/ECiekMxx9ryMVWhq5 And as always,  please share with others  who might enjoy the process. Voting closes on Dec 3! 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.

Greetings all, The Christmas Song Bracket Tournament is almost here.  That means we need your help once again! As a refresher, here's how it works: I n 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.   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 write something new about these songs year after year, so share your (appropriate) thoughts and I'll post them here! Every few days , we will announce the winners of the previous round, provide a little co...