Top 60 Christmas Songs! (& Their Streaming Numbers)

Top 60 Christmas Songs! (& Their Streaming Numbers). Again just to be clear the 60 songs chosen, and the order they are ranked in, are my selections. I have just provided the Spotify streaming numbers too, they are the numbers as of 26th October 2025. As always just the flags just represent the artists nationality and/or citizenship.

Spotify playlist here - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PdDzhHXZRmzAjMFYNv2NJ

Please read the pinned comment for the list of honourable mentions and songs that were close.

Let me know your rankings and favourites in the comments. Cheers!

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