TOP 7 BEST CHRISTMAS SONGS

Snowflakes are falling, you're sitting on the couch with two large weighted blankets and a hot chocolate in your Snowman-shaped festive mug. You pause your Christmas movie once you hear your mom call you, and step into your fluffy socks. Walking over to the living room, You notice your family struggling to put up the Christmas tree. A smile spreads across your face as you sip the last of your hot chocolate and run over to help out, but one thing’s missing — Christmas music!

What do I think about this?

I consider myself an expert when it comes to Christmas, especially Christmas music. I love a good classic, as well as the overrated ones more on the modern side such as “All I want for Christmas is you” by Mariah Carey. I love Mariah and her heartwarming song, however I personally believe the Christmas songs of 2022 should be “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” By Mariah Carey, “Last Christmas” by Wham!, “Underneath the Tree” By Kelly Clarkson, and  “Moonlight shadow” by Dana Winner. Not everyone would agree though…

How do we determine the top 7 best Christmas songs?

I interviewed 3 grade 7 students, and conducted a survey at the middle school. Those who completed the survey were given the following 7 songs

1. "All I Want for Christmas is You" By Mariah Carey;

2. "Last Christmas" By Wham!;

3. “So this is Christmas” by Thomas Berge;

4. “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by Mariah Carey;

5. “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms;

6. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee; and

7. “Let it Snow” by Frank Sinatra.

Students were then asked to order 1 through 7 based off these three criteria:

1. Most essential in your Christmas playlist;

2. How much people like them; and

3. How much people listen to them.

Survey Results:

Everyone is dying to know– what does Zurich International School (ZIS) think the number 1 most essential song for your Christmas playlist is?

7. “So this is Christmas” by Thomas Berge

6. “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by Mariah Carey

5. “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms

4. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee

3. “Let it Snow” by Frank Sinatra

2. “Last Christmas” by Wham!

1. “All I Want for Christmas is You” By Mariah Carey

Rank based on how much people like them:

7. “Rocking’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee

6. “Let it Snow” by Frank Sinatra

5. “So this is Christmas” by Thomas Berge

4. “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms

3. “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by Mariah Carey

2. “ Last Christmas” by Wham!

1. “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey

And finally, Rank based on how much people listen to them during the holiday season:

7. “So this is Christmas” by Thomas Berge

6. “Let it Snow” by Frank Sinatra

5. “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by Mariah Carey

4. “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms

3. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee

2. “Last Christmas” by Wham!

1. “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey

Mia’s perspective:

As of 2022, Mia Michel is a 12 year old student in 7th grade. She wants her voice to speak the loudest when it comes to Christmas songs. Mia strongly believes she has the best Christmas playlist, which includes the following songs, and more.

• “Let it Snow” by Frank Sinatra

• “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey

• “Underneath the Tree” by Kelly Clarkson

• “Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” by Michael Bublé

• “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” by Michael Bublé

The idea of Christmas brings a feeling of excitement which pushes Mia to a calm mindset. She even goes as far as saying “I love Christmas, and I love giving.” Finally, Mia hopes to bring peoples playlists alive by sharing her love for Christmas songs.

Cate’s perspective:

Catherine Signorelli is a young girl currently (2022) in 7th grade. She claims her voice about christmas songs should be heard as she has celebrated 12 christmases so far.  To Cate, Christmas is a fun exciting time which she loves to celebrate every year. She calls herself an expert on this topic and upon her favorite songs she mentioned:

• “It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas” By Michael Bublé

• “Holly jolly Christmas” by Michael Buble

• “Rocking around the Christmas tree” by Brenda Lee

• “I'll be home for Christmas” by Frank Sinatra

• “Santa Claus is coming to town” by Mariah Carey

• “Deck the halls” by Nat King Cole

• “Last Christmas” by Wham!

• “The most wonderful time of the year” by  Andy Williams

• “White Christmas” by  Frank Sinatra

Christmas! What a great time of joy! You heard ZIS’s opinions, but what will you be listening to this Winter on the slopes? Whether it's “Last Christmas' ' by Wham!, or “Carol of the bells'' by Kölner Jugendchor St. Stephan, I sincerely wish you all a Merry Christmas which you can now enjoy with nothing but the best holiday playlist to impress all your guests!