December is here, and 'tis the season to turn up those winter-, Christmas-, Chanukah-, and other holiday-themed tunes. With that in mind, Billboard's chart team has figured out the 100 hottest holiday songs (based on a formula that belnds sales and airplay data for the period of Oct. 5, 2009 through Jan. 3, 2010, as measured by Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS, respectively).
Now make yourself some hot chocolate, and cozy up to the chart, see if your favorites made the list, and spread some holiday cheer in the comments area below.
Now make yourself some hot chocolate, and cozy up to the chart, see if your favorites made the list, and spread some holiday cheer in the comments area below.
More Holiday Music: 2010 Holiday Albums Chart | 2010 Holiday Songs Chart
Air Supply changed the usual "Birthday Party" line of the popular Christmas classic to "Christmas Party" in their rendition of the song.
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The song has been included on 6 different albums, including two various artist Christmas albums and three Springsteen live albums.
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Sinatra's unique duet with Lauper on "Santa" appeared on the "A Very Special Christmas 2" compilation.
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Underwood's version of this Christmas classic was from "A Very Special Christmas 7," which also featured holiday tunes done by artists including Sean Kingston and Miley Cyrus.
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Wonder's rendition was also featured on the soundtrack of 2003 hit Will Ferrell film, "Elf."
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This Carpenters chestnut reappeared during the holiday season in 2007 when it landed on the Hot Holiday Songs chart.
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"Hawaiian Christmas Song (Mele Kalikimaka)" was later featured in the 1989 comedy film "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."
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Taylor's "Santa Baby" peaked at no. 43 on the Hot Country Songs chart on the same Jan. 2008 week she also remained at No. 1 there with "Our Song."
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"Home For Christmas," the Grant album containing this song, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 the day after Christmas, 1992.
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This Colbie tune has appeared on no less than seven Billboard charts, including the Hot 100, Hot Digital Songs and Holiday/Seaonal Digital Songs.
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This instrumental is featured on the Steamroller's "A Fresh Aire Christmas" album, which is six-times platinum.
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This novelty tune has seen success not only on the Hot 100 and the Hot Country Songs charts, but also in doing brisk business as a ringtone, appearing on the Hot RingMasters chart in Dec. 2006
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The song was featured in the beginning of 1988 action classic, "Die Hard."
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This 80s Christmas track for the Waitresses was covered by the Spice Girls in 1998.
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The vintage Percy Faith Orchestra version of this tune hit No. 24 on the Holiday Songs chart in 2005, and former American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke's cover rose to No 19 on Adult Contemporary in Jan. 2009.
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This tune fittingly appeared on the soundtrack of the 2007 film of the same name, which also starred Chris Brown.
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"Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" appeared on Elvis' 50's "Christmas Album," which became popular again in the 80s, spending more than 10 weeks on the Billboard 200 in 1985.
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The whimsical video for this tune features Gary Coleman as an elf who summons Justin Timberlake and his bandmates to save Christmas.
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This old-school Jimmy Durante wintertime song made a comeback in 2005 as a popular ringtone that peaked at No. 7 on the Hot Ringtones chart that December.
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Tomlin's track appeared on no less than six Billboard charts, including a No. 6 showing on Hot Christian Songs in Jan. 2010.
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