This is also thought to be the first ever novelty song to become a Christmas number one. In 2016, it was reported that Merry Xmas Everybody was still earning Slade half a million pounds a year.

So, we've asked two experts, both former Carol Competition judges, for their advice on how to create an original Christmas number one. Don’t ... the carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman.

Brown, who had already written a hit song in “Driftin’ Blues,” said he reworked one of Baxter’s compositions into “Merry Christmas, Baby” and recorded it with the Three Blazers.

Wham! top Christmas Number One charts with major record tying with Whitney Houston ...

Some things only look perfect.