Well, here we are in the final round. To earn it’s way into the championship match, “O Holy Night” (which was the #1 seed in the Religious division), had to overcome the “He Shall Feed His Flock” aria from Handel’s … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 7: Championship Match

We started this little endeavor with 128 songs, and now we’ve finally arrived at the Final Four.  One song from each division remains, and if you’ve been paying attention, it should come as no surprise that three of them went … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 6: Final Four

We’ve made to the Divisional Championship round!  Only 2 songs remain in each group. The Religious Division had the closest semifinal matches.  O Holy Night beat O Come All Ye Faithful 36-31; and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing won out … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 5: Divisional Finals

It’s time to start Round 4, the divisional semifinals!  This time there are few enough songs remaining that I’m just doing one post with all divisions.  But first, here are the stats on the Round 3 matchups: Religious Division Most … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 4: Divisional Semifinals

Here’s the remaining brackets for Round 3, the Seasonal and Secular divisions.  Voting on these songs will close early tomorrow morning so that I can get round 4 up, which will include all 4 divisions in a single post. Seasonal … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 3: Seasonal & Secular Divisions

Moving on to Round 3.  Today we’ll vote on the Religious and Sad songs, and tomorrow will be the Seasonal and Secular again. After that, there’ll be few enough songs left that I’ll just start posting all divisions at the … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 3: Religious & Sad Divisions

Here comes Round 2 for the Seasonal and Secular divisions. Round 1 of the Seasonal division featured our first real upset, as the #5 seed “Frosty the Snowman” feel to a mere #28 in “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 2: Seasonal & Secular Divisions

Round 1 is in the books, and things went pretty much as expected.  I realized that I’m gonna need to pick up the pace if I want to get this tournament down before Christmas, so I’m doubling up the divisions … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 2: Religious & Sad Divisions

Here’s the first voting round for the Secular Christmas Party Division.  Voting is open as soon as the matches are populated.  Just like yesterday, I will be adding YouTube links for each song,  The videos are not there to denote … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 1: Secular Division

Here’s the first voting round for the Seasonal Song Division.  Voting is open as soon as the matches are populated.  Just like yesterday, I will be adding YouTube links for each song,  The videos are not there to denote a … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 1: Seasonal Division

Here’s the first voting round for the Sad Christmas Song Division.  Voting is open as soon as the matches are populated.  Just like yesterday, I will be adding YouTube links for each song,  The videos are not there to denote … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 1: Sad Division

Over the course of the weekend, you guys nominated a grand total of 237 Christmas songs.  The category break down is like this: 47 in the Religious Division 43 in the Sad Christmas Division 41 in the Seasonal Division 103 … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament–Round 1: Religious Division

As threatened/promised, I’ve decided to run a tournament to determine our favorite Christmas songs of ALL TIME!  Here’s how it’ll work: I’m not going to concern myself with different versions of the same song.  For instance, “Christmas (Baby Please Come … Continue reading Christmas Song Tournament: Nominations