The Christmas No 1 song isn’t due to be revealed until Friday 21 December. But, of course, bookmakers across the country are busy taking bets on which tune will take the top prize. However ...

But when it comes to the most-played Christmas song ever, All I Want for Christmas ... encourages singing and celebration, making it a popular choice in churches and holiday festivities ...

So, whether you’re hell-bent on making your colleagues listen to the songs every day from now ... the UK streams the most Christmas-themed tunes. So, what are you waiting for?

Just for us, they’ve compiled this definitive Top 40 featuring the songs that the nation has heard wherever we’ve worked, rested and played every Christmas since 2000. The mammoth countdown ...

Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani rejected allegations from songwriter Vince Vance that Carey and others had stolen key elements of her Christmas blockbuster from his 1989 song of the same name.