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  Tuesday, December 9 at 8am EST .  Results will be announced shortly after, and the new round will begin.   Please share this link and encourage others to do the same!!!   Interesting matchups in Round 2: The winners of the first round Angel and Crooner matchups face off:  Angels We Have Heard on High  vs  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Sound and Silence Revisited:   Jingle Bells  vs  Silent Night Can they both lose?  It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas vs  All I Want for Christmas is You The Peanuts Bowl: Linus and Lucy vs Christmas Time is Here   Click here to vote in Round 2

The First Round is now closed!  Results and commentary are below.   First , my yearly disclaimer:  I am an unabashed music snob.  I may trash-talk one of your favorites.  But this is all in good fun, so  please  fire back at me.  There's no banter like music geek banter.  Second , a response to several comments: The bracket is seeded randomly*.  This can lead to some wild first-round matchups (e.g. Hark the Herald vs. Angels we Have Heard ).  But without this element of randomness, I really think we'd see the later rounds look the same year after year after year.  I am thrilled that we've yet to have a repeat champion.  Replayability matters.   * I did shift two matchups manually this year because the random draw led to repeats of last year's first round.  And yes, I will continue to do everything in my power to try to get Hooray for Santa Claus  into the second round.  But other than that , ...