What are the most popular Christmas carols? If popularity can be determined statistically, we would do well to examine the number of times a Christmas carol is recorded by artists in America. If they like a carol so much as to record it, it must get a rise out of people. The more artists who record the carol, the more popular it must be. Anyway, this was the instrument of measurement used by Time Magazine as it examined the stats from 1978-2014 and found there was a runaway winner. Merry Christmas!
SILENT NIGHT – 733
JOY TO THE WORLD – 391
O HOLY NIGHT – 374
WHAT CHILD IS THIS? – 329
AWAY IN A MANGER – 300
O, COME ALL YE FAITHFUL – 296
WHITE CHRISTMAS – 283
THE CHRISTMAS SONG – 254
JINGLE BELLS – 254
THE FIRST NOEL – 234
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY – 213
WINTER WONDERLAND – 187
DECK THE HALLS – 175
SILVER BELLS – 158
SLEIGH RIDE – 115
LET IT SNOW – 109
