Thanks to everyone who nominated a song. But we have far too many to possibly finish this by Christmas.
So, I've come up with a plan.
There will be two eliminations per day.
One elimination will be the same as usual in these games, there will be a public vote to eliminate in this thread. Whichever song gets the most votes gets kicked out.
The other elimination will be a secret vote via PM. You will need to send me a PM with the song title in the subject line. I will not count any if the song is not in the subject line!
You do not have to vote the same way in the two votes. And you don't have to vote in both, they are separate.
If the same song "wins" (loses?) both votes, then the second placed song (in the thread, not PMs) will be eliminated.
In the event of a draw there will be no tiebreaker, all tied songs will be eliminated.
I am hoping that this will mean we can finish by Christmas Eve.
My theory is that the PM vote will make things more interesting, I often think in these games that people get steamrolled into voting for certain songs, or are voting just to save something. A separate secret vote should keep things exciting. While the in-thread vote will keep discussion/arguments going!
You will have until 10am every day to cast your votes. I'll aim to post the results soon after that. Voting is open now, the first result will not be until Wednesday morning.
Let the eliminating commence! And remember, you are voting for the songs not the artists.
The list (in nomination order):
1. Wham - Last Christmas
2. John Lennon/Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
3. Darlene Love - Nobody Wants To Be Alone On Christmas
4. Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
5. Low - Just Like Christmas
6. Run The Jewels - A Christmas strawberry floating Miracle
7. Jona Lewie - Stop The Calvary
8. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
9. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
10. Bad News - Cashing In On Christmas
11. Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
12. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree
13. Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas
14. Band Aid - Do they Know its Christmas
15. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
16. Wizard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
17. Slade - Merry Christmas
18. Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
19. Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
20. The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
21. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
22. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
23. Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm
24. Freiheit - Keeping the Dream Alive
25. Tim Wheeler and Emmy the Great - Home for the holidays
26. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
27. Mew - She Came Home For Christmas
28. Electric Six - You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch
29. Mavis Staples - Christmas Vacation
30. Hanoi Rocks - Dead By Xmas
31. The Pretenders - Blue Christmas
32. Blink 182 - I Won't Be Home for Christmas
33. Christopher Lee - Jingle Hell
34. Twenty One Pilots - Christmas Saves The Year
35. The Furureheads - Christmas Was Better In The 80s
36. Tim Minchin - White Wine In The Sun
37. Chris de Burgh - Spaceman Came Travelling
38. David Bowie/Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy
38. Joni Mitchell - River
39. Coldplay - Christmas Lights
40. Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo
41. Sergei Prokofiev - Troika
42. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
43. Kermit - One More Sleep 'til Christmas
44. Ghost of Christmas Present - It Feels Like Christmas
45. The Killers - Joseph, Better you than me
46. The Killers - Joel, the lump of coal
47. Elton John - Step Into Christmas
48. José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
49. Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime
50. The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Comfort And Oi)!
Eliminated:
51. Ed Sheeran/Elton John - Merry Christmas 50. Coldplay - Christmas Lights 49. Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm 48. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 47. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas 46. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 45. The Killers - Joel, The Lump Of Coal 44. The Killers - Joseph, Better You Than Me 43. Twenty One Pilots - Christmas Saves The Year 42. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York 41. Kermit - One More Sleep 'til Christmas 40. Run The Jewels - A Christmas strawberry floating Miracle 39. Hanoi Rocks - Dead By Xmas 38. Tim Minchin - White Wine In The Sun 37. Futureheads - Christmas Was Better In The 80s 36. Wham - Last Christmas 35. Bad News - Cashing In On Christmas 34. Chris de Burgh - Spaceman Came Travelling 33. Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime 32. Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas 31. Joni Mitchell - The River 30. Mew - She Came Home For Christmas 29. Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive 28. Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 27. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 26. Darlene Love - Nobody Wants To Be Alone On Christmas 25. Electric Six - You're A Mean One Mr Grinch 24. José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 23. Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo 22. The Darkness - Don't Let The Bells End 21. Tim Wheeler - Home For The Holidays 20. Jona Lewie - Stop The Calvary 19. Low - Just Like Christmas 18. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 17. Blink 182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas 16. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping 15. Ghost of Christmas Present - It Feels Like Christmas 14. The Pretenders - Blue Christmas 13. Christopher Lee - Jingle Hell 12. Sergei Prokofiev - Troika 11. The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Comfort and Oi)! 10. Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis 9. David Bowie/Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy 8. Mavis Staples - Christmas Vacation 7. Slade - Merry Christmas 6. Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 5. John Lennon/Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War is Over) 4. Elton John - Step Into Christmas 3. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 2. Bing Crosby - White Christmas 1. Wizard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Last edited by Moggy on Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:01 pm, edited 23 times in total.
For the secret vote, presumably we’ll just be told the eliminated song(s), and not a run-down of the voting?
Can I make a small suggestion: for the secret vote, have a minimum of two votes required for an elimination. It’s maybe unlikely to happen, but say there were ten votes, all for different songs. They would all be eliminated, each on one person’s say so. That would be a bit rubbish.
rinks wrote:For the secret vote, presumably we’ll just be told the eliminated song(s), and not a run-down of the voting?
Can I make a small suggestion: for the secret vote, have a minimum of two votes required for an elimination. It’s maybe unlikely to happen, but say there were ten votes, all for different songs. They would all be eliminated, each on one person’s say so. That would be a bit rubbish.
Agreed.
Edit:
For the secret vote, you'll be told the eliminated song and how many votes it got, but not who voted for it. I'll avoid listing other songs so as not to influence future secret voting.
