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It's Official: This is the Best Holiday Song EVER

After a contentious battle, our first ever, December Madness Holiday Song Showdown winner has been crowned: White Christmas by Bing Crosby. Poor She & Him didn't stand a chance against Bing; it was a landslide victory.

Maybe it's because the weather outside hasn't been too frightful and Jack Frost hasn't been doing much nipping at our noses here on the East Coast. Or maybe when it comes down to it, a classic song sung by a classic crooner is what we really want to hear come December. 

A big thank you to everyone who participated, and to everyone who shared their picks for the holiday song they can't live without. We've compiled a list of most of those songs below  so you can create your very own, Word of Mouth crowd sourced holiday playlist. (We left out Pump up the Jam and Stairway to Heaven because we're pretty sure we were being punked with those choices.)

Your Picks for Favorite Holiday Song

Little Drummer Boy : David Bowie & Bing Crosby

https://youtu.be/a8qE6WQmNus" target="_blank">Must be Santa : Bob Dylan

https://youtu.be/SOszvL9lgSs" target="_blank">The Christmas Song : Nat King Cole

https://youtu.be/YR1ujXx2p-I" target="_blank">Merry Christmas Darling : The Carpenters

https://youtu.be/xtLoaMfinbU" target="_blank">The Nutcracker. The whole thing.

https://youtu.be/dhzxQCTCI3E" target="_blank">Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (no artist specified)

https://youtu.be/xzV9DIL_vrM" target="_blank">Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

https://youtu.be/wi9kvO2zL2E" target="_blank">Merry Christmas Baby : Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

https://youtu.be/7oOzszFIBcE" target="_blank">I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

https://youtu.be/Uwfz5mMLSDM" target="_blank">Blue Christmas (no artist specified)

https://youtu.be/hYlvfX3nwlc" target="_blank">Dominic the Donkey

https://youtu.be/qJ_MGWio-vc" target="_blank">Carol of the Bells (no artist specified)

https://youtu.be/9EcjWd","_id":"0000017a-15e7-d736-a57f-17ef1085000b","_type":"035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2"}">https://youtu.be/9EcjWd-O4jI" target="_blank">Pump up the Jam

https://youtu.be/9EcjWd","_id":"0000017a-15e7-d736-a57f-17ef1085000b","_type":"035d81d3-5be2-3ed2-bc8a-6da208e0d9e2"}">https://youtu.be/9EcjWd-O4jI" target="_blank">Fairytale of New York : The Pogues

https://youtu.be/z4y7J8rSCYA" target="_blank">Hark! The Herald Angels Sing : Ella Fitzgerald

https://youtu.be/8OsgqpnuizY" target="_blank">White Christmas : Michael Buble

https://youtu.be/4cP26ndrmtg" target="_blank">Christmas Canon : Trans Siberian Orchestra

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