This year it is been An Assassin's Christmas ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Qmgr5LAe0
Though others seem to prefer the instrumental;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4oUaHpMTY
In Assassins Christmas by jonny angry [justthegroove]:-
http://www.brianbrane.com/mp3/jonnyangry/assassinschristmas.mp3
On previous years it been;
It's Christmas by D6 ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdKa0uRvjPM
The mp3;
http://www.brianbrane.com/mp3/INTENTIONALLYBLANK/01ITSCHRISTMAS.mp3
At least those Military Wives prevented another bloody Cowell Christmas.
Because BBC reality shows are so much more palatable
Edit
Some of you may have seen I'm doing a poll of Christmas songs for my radio show. Below is a list of tracks on the 'Now Christmas' 3CD set - can you think of any obvious omissions that I should include when I come up with my final 40 to vote on? Please also consider what you think are the premium versions - do we go with Brenda Lee or Mel & Kim for Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree for example.
1. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
2. All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
3. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) - The Pogues
4. Last Christmas - Wham!
5. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
6. Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade
7. Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea
8. Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
9. I Believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake
10. Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard
11. Lonely This Christmas - Mud
12. Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord - Boney M
13. Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie
14. Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens
15. Step Into Christmas - Elton John
16. Not Tonight Santa - Girls Aloud
17. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
18. 2000 Miles - Pretenders
19. Christmas Lights - Coldplay
20. The Power of Love - Gabrielle Aplin
1. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
2. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
3. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
4. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin
5. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
6. Winter Wonderland - Doris Day
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra
8. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Crystals
9. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
10. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
11. Frosty the Snowman - Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5
12. Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo - Alma Cogan
13. Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue
14. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes
15. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
16. Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys
17. Lonely Pup (In a Christmas Shop) - Adam Faith
18. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Dean Martin
19. Silver Bells - Jim Reeves
20. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Burl Ives
21. The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot - Nat King Cole
22. I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) - Frank Sinatra
1. When a Child Is Born - Johnny Mathis
2. A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris De Burgh
3. O Holy Night - Il Divo
4. Silent Night - Sinéad O'Connor
5. In The Bleak Mid Winter - Bert Jansch
6. Gaudete - Steeleye Span
7. In Dulci Jubilo - Mike Oldfield
8. Saviour's Day - Cliff Richard
9. Walking in the Air - Aled Jones
10. A Winter's Tale - David Essex
11. Stay Another Day - East 17
12. December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas) - George Michael
13. Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (Medley) - David Bowie
14. Happy This Christmas - Mick Hucknall
15. Ring Out Solstice Bells - Jethro Tull
16. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
17. Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid 20
18. We wish you a merry Christmas - The Weavers
19. The Twelve Days of Christmas - Spinners
20. Auld Lang Syne - Andy Stewart
21. Happy New Year - Abba
You can definitely leave out the Girls Aloud.
I would absolutely go for the Mel and Kim version of Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!
Quote: zooo @ 17th December 2013, 4:29 PM GMTYou can definitely leave out the Girls Aloud.
I would absolutely go for the Mel and Kim version of Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!
Don't you worry on both counts! 
Mel & Kim is a given - I was just using that as an example. Just because there are tracks listed above that doesn't mean that they will be on the list - that's just what's on that particular compilation.
Anyone see a glaring error? I will put Frankie's version of the Power of Love on list rather than Gabrielle Aplin's and I might for date range purposed include Somewhere only we know from the John Lewis ad but I've not decided on that yet.
Quote: Tuumble @ 17th December 2013, 4:34 PM GMTDon't you worry on both counts!
The first thing I was going to suggest. It's essential. Also add Bing Crosby to the Bowie credit if you include that one but "White Christmas" beats it. Risk adding Yoko to the Lennon credit. Kate Bush did "December Will Be Magic Again" but is it really a Christmas song? I prefer Eartha Kitt's version of "Santa Baby". It's the classic version and recognisable to most ages via "Mad About The Boy" in Lazzard's commercial. Maybe add "Someday at Christmas" by Stevie Wonder? And do have at least one Spector track. Good luck with it all.
Quote: Horseradish @ 17th December 2013, 4:40 PM GMTThe first thing I was going to suggest. It's essential. Also add Bing Crosby to the Bowie credit if you include that one but "White Christmas" beats it. Risk adding Yoko to the Lennon credit. Kate Bush did "December Will Be Magic Again" but is it really a Christmas song? I prefer Eartha Kitt's version of "Santa Baby". It's the classic version and recognisable to most ages via "Mad About The Boy" in Lazzard's commercial. Maybe add "Someday at Christmas" by Stevie Wonder? And do have at least one Spector track. Good luck with it all.
That's good stuff! Defo need Spector in there.
I did wonder about things like Kate Bush but if I include Power of Love (or Stay another day) I have to consider it because neither of those are Christmas songs. In Frankie's case it was Paul Morley and their label ZTT insisting on festive video that turned it into Christmas song.
Quote: Tuumble @ 17th December 2013, 5:07 PM GMTI did wonder about things like Kate Bush but if I include Power of Love (or Stay another day) I have to consider it because neither of those are Christmas songs. In Frankie's case it was Paul Morley and their label ZTT insisting on festive video that turned it into Christmas song.
I hadn't considered it like that but you are totally right. I was never a Frankie fan but I really love that record. It is one of my many Christmas favourites. Another is that John and Yoko song. Listening to it yesterday - how many times would I have heard it? - I was struck for the first time by how it's her voice that makes it beyond special. Implausible? I'd have thought so - but listen again to it with that thought!
If you are going to have Mary's Boy Child it should be Harry Belafonte.
What about the mad version of '12 Days of Christmas' where everything goes haywirs, the geese end up fighting the swans or something like that? I think it was an Irishman who did it.
Christmas Dream-Perry Como. If it hasn't got kids singing in German it can't be a Christmas song. It's the law.