Round 4 Results are In!

 The Fourth Round is now closed.  We are down to the Final Four!  Half of the remaining field are previous bracket winners, and the other half are looking to continue the streak of new champions.   

Here are the results from the Elite Eight:



"Pa would want it this way."

    10/10 no notes. For those who don't know, O Come O Come Emmanuel was my father-in-law's favorite.  He loved it so much that it was sung at his funeral - in August.  I'm not telling y'all how to vote or anything, but every time this one advances, it's in Pa's memory. 




"It's not Christmas until you sing, 'Word of the the Father, now in flesh appearing!'"

    So true.  You also can't go wrong with a good "Veiled in flesh the Godhead see!'" Maybe we need a whole "later verses" bracket.  

Early in the week, O Come All Ye Faithful was comfortably ahead.  I even wrote up a whole thing about the "O Come Scrum" in the next round.  Logged in this morning to see the results, and everything had changed. All you late voters altered the course of this thing.  Silent Night creeps toward back-to-back championships.






Glad to see so much agreement from the electorate that it's not Sleigh Ride without the jazz break.  And really, is there any more effective earworm?  A small city could run on the power of Leroy Anderson.  Sleigh Ride was the first champion of this bracket, but has not been back to the Final Four since 2020.  







Personally I think that the Cinderella run of Christmas Time is Here is the feel-good story of this year's bracket.  It ended here, but I think in a different quadrant it could have made it to the Final Four.  I encourage you all to honor this moment by listening to the Steve Vai version from Merry Axemas.

O Holy Night moves on instead, looking to repeat its 2023 Championship. 




That's it - only two more rounds to go.  Thanks to everyone for following us this far!





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