Bing Crosby's version of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" always gets mentioned in these discussions. I have never met anyone who has disliked it as much as I do. I have alwys considered it to be a dirge with banal lyrics. It's the Christmas turkey to end them all. Songs which had some sense of reflection or hope always meant much more to me. "The Litle Drummer Boy" is one, Belafonte's "Mary's Boy Child", (a favourite of my Mum's), along with Greg Lake's "I believe in Father Christmas", Lennon's "Happy Christmas/War is Over" and Jona Lewie's "Stop the Cavalry" are all songs which summon up magic for me. Of course, on the rocking side, Keith Richard's raucous "Run Rudolph Run" should have been an eternal hit, but for some reason he released it in February!