The top 10 Christmas one hit wonders

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There have been a plethora of Christmas songs that have permeated popular culture, but a few of them also have the distinct honour of being "one hit wonders."  So what are, according to Spotify research, the biggest festive one hit wonders of the United Kingdom - and did you buy one of the singles when they were first released?

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00:00As I slumbered as Christmas drew nearer, I was visited by the most otherworldly creature,

00:07an entity that entered before my ring doorbell rang, revealing to me the news that he brang.

00:14Gimme a break here, I'm trying to be Dickensian, just roll with it for the moment, for the

00:18sakes of Christmas.

00:20Oh Benjamin, let me regale you with songs from Christmas past, of those that charted

00:25high but vanished equally fast.

00:27There's ten in total, I'm here to reveal, ten one-hit wonders of Christmas charts.

00:34Of old.

00:35Like I said, gimme a break.

00:37Topping the list, as surveyed by Slingo, was one Christmas song that's a familiar jingle.

00:43As I stepped out of bed and put on my socks, he told me at number one was Jingle Bell Rock.

00:48If you thought that was something, number two is quite bad, as he told me it was the

00:52ditty Feliz Navidad.

00:54While at number three, Band-Aid did appear, as Bob Geldof releases Do They Know It's Christmas

00:59Another Year.

01:01As Stop the Calvary by Jonah Louis arrived at four, at number five was I Wanna Hippopotamus

01:07for Christmas, ah for sure.

01:10With The Waitress' Christmas wrapping coming at sixth place, he said at number seven was

01:14The Christmas Shoes by New Song had the space.

01:18Peter Orte came eighth while walking in the air, while at number nine was Proper Crimbo

01:23from the guy from Bo Selector.

01:25And rounding off the list, coming in at ten, is of course Alan Jonson walking in the air.

01:31I asked the ghost, please don't leave me like this, I need more closure, any more on that

01:36list?

01:38And as he disappeared through the hole in the wall, I can't do an insurance claim.

01:45I didn't get his name.

01:49Merry Christmas.

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