You can’t be surprised by number.
According to our JOE poll, Fairytale of New York is Ireland’s favourite Christmas song by a LANDSLIDE.
We asked our readers to choose from 40 or so Christmas classics, and of the 1,024 people who voted, exactly 50% of them voted for just one song – this masterpiece by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl.
Coming in at a very, very distant second with 69 votes was Driving Home for Christmas, the 1984 hit for Chris Rea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THcbQyFtCqg
Clip via Edgegbr.
This was closely followed by Jona Lewie’s anti-war anthem Stop The Cavalry.
Clip via stiffrecordsuk.
Stop The Cavalry finished just three votes ahead of another Christmas belter, All I Want For Christmas is you by Mariah Carey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5bo4VDEH-U
Clip via Gabz50.
Bringing up the rear of Ireland’s top five Christmas songs is Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone. Another certified yuletide banger.
Clip via ShakinStevensVEVO.
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