What is the UK's most disliked Christmas song?

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Tired of Christmas songs already this year? You're not alone.  Over 2000 Brits were asked what is their most disliked Christmas song of all time, and to the surprise of some, an annual classic topped the list - with some controversial entries rounding out the top ten.

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00:00Okay, let's have a frank conversation right now.

00:05I know there's a lot of you out there that cannot stand Christmas.

00:10Christmas jumpers, Christmas decorations, Christmas food, Christmas pet gear and Christmas

00:16songs.

00:17Yeah, I hear you out there.

00:19It's not the most wonderful time of the year when you're being inundated with the onslaught

00:23of festive jingles and saccharine takes how great Christmas is all the while getting into

00:28fights in supermarket aisles for that last Christmas pudding.

00:33So for the benefit of those that don't want a holly jolly Christmas, you can take solace

00:37in the fact that there are plenty more out there with you, and some of which have gone

00:42on record to state what is the worst Christmas song they feel has been released.

00:49Science part for a moment.

00:51Across November 2024, Research Without Barriers spoke to 2,000 people over the age of 18 and

00:57asked them, well, what their most disliked Christmas song is.

01:02And knowing there's little fear of reprisals, the majority of them answered, Mariah Carey's

01:08All I Want For Christmas Is You.

01:10Yeah, I couldn't believe it either, given the amount of times it's being played.

01:15But 19.5% of those responded with that answer.

01:19Now, to put that into perspective, that's one out of your five friends or family members

01:25who are clenching their teeth when the song ends up being played at a Christmas party

01:29or a family gathering.

01:31In second place, but trailing way behind by 7.5%, was Justin Bieber's song Mistletoe.

01:38While many of you think by now people do know it's Christmas, we're found they'd been chosen

01:43as the third most disliked Christmas song.

01:46Controversially, the classic fairy tale of New York was regarded as the fourth most disliked

01:52Christmas song.

01:53Though, admittedly, even I get a little excited at first when Wizards' I Wish It Would Be

01:57Christmas Every Day First gets played on the radio.

02:00For 10.9% of you out there, you're glad it's not Christmas Every Day, because you don't

02:05want to hear that song every day.

02:08Rounding out the top 10, and there's a couple of controversial names in here.

02:12John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Happy Christmas War Is Over, 10.6% of you don't like that

02:18song, Christmas Time, Don't Let The Bells End By The Darkness, A Holly Jolly Christmas

02:23By Burt Ives, Feliz Navidad By Jose Feliciano, and Come An Intent, Last Christmas By Wham.

02:32I thought you all loved that.

02:34So there you have it.

02:36Despite becoming very much a Christmas tradition, many of you are hoping that at some point

02:40in our lifetime, Mariah does manage to get that person for Christmas, and then maybe

02:45we'll stop hearing about it.

02:47To the pleasure of 19.5% of you, of course.

02:51So what's my dislike Christmas track?

02:52Well, I can tell you what it's not, Christmas By Froggy Fresh and Moneymaker Mike.

02:57I mean, it pretty saddens that they're not up for contention this year, but hey, there's

03:02always 2025, right?

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