Which Christmas song is considered the most popular and best-selling one?

"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The version of this song performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time. And what's your favourite Christmas song?

Test your knowledge

What are your thoughts on this subject?

53 Comments

Eric Brown

downtownv, Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" single has been credited with selling 50 million copies.[1][2] Mariah Carey's album Merry Christmas, which is not a single and does not have the song White Christmas, has sold 15 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling Christmas album of all time. Also her album.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] She did release singles of 3 of the songs on the Merry Christmas Album none of which are White Christmas. So Mariah's 15 million Christmas album sales record is not even close to Bing's record 50 million sales of a single Christmas song. Plus they are not even in the same category. Although both are very good records Sources 1: Guinness Book of Records, 2009 Edition, pages 14, 15 & 169 2: Roy J. Harris, Jr. (December 5, 2009). "The Best-Selling Record of All. 'White Christmas' and the reasons it endures". Wall Street Journal. 3: Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Is World's First Double Platinum Holiday Ringtone". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 4: Thompson, Tom (2008-04-19). "Let the Yuel Duel Begin". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-05-10. 5: Frere-Jones, Sasha (2006-04-03). "On Top: Mariah Carey's Record-Breaking Career". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 6: Hancox, Dan (2010-11-26). "Sounds of the Season". The National. Mubadala Development Company. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 7: "Old chestnuts roasting: ghosts of Christmas music past". The Independent. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 8: "Mariah Carey Previews Christmas Album". Rap-Up. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 9: McCann, Bob (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland & Company. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7864-3790-0.

ninakamwene

Got it. I like Silent Night more.

Julia Belinda Reid

My favorite Christmas song is "O Holy Night".

Jeanette Purchase

White Christmas! So many memories!~

dvdeaton

That song has always been popular; from since it was first written up til now..

patrhea

Yes, and my favorite

Donna R. O'Brien Moran

“White Christmas” is a classic. Answered correctly.

Tom Seigo

No doubt about White Christmas.

Marianne Hays

Well I can certainly understand many of you liking " Silent Night" better. I love it more because it is a Christian one , and it also has a beautiful story behind it. And then I like " White Christmas." Did Bing Crosby and David Bowie make a Christmas video together? Was it a medley of Little Drummer boy and another song? I can't remember. But I am sorry for my mistakes on here.