i suppose when the push comes to the shove, there isn't any real significance about the 'Christmas No 1' as oppose to any other week.

In my opinion, the marketing power of the corporations will continue to churn out what they want people to enjoy, and maximise their profits. Occasionally there will be chart successes of genuinely talented performers who have worked their way up through the pub/club circuit and even, in very rare occasions a folk performer.

I still hold by my point that powerful corporations control consumer behavior by limiting choice.