In 2011 I named my top 3 Christmas songs (here).
In 2012 I named my fourth favourite (here).
On his radio show this morning, Ray D'Arcy mentioned how much money Christmas hits were making for their composers every year. Mind boggling!
Some stats are available here.
Here is a list of how much money the top songs have generated so far THIS YEAR:
"Merry Xmas Everybody", Slade - £526,494
"Fairytale Of New York", The Pogues - £397178
"All I Want For Christmas Is You", Mariah Carey - £357431
"Last Christmas", Wham! - £310,148
"Mistletoe and Wine", Cliff Richard - £101,187
"Do They Know It's Christmas?", Band Aid - £80,233
"Merry Christmas Everyone", Shakin' Stevens - £55,344
"2000 Miles", The Pretenders - £46,624
"Stay Another Day", East 17 - £31,073
"Stop The Cavalry", Jona Lewie - £13,617
So get your thinking hat on, get in front of the piano, and see what you can come up with!