"O Holy Night" has once again reclaimed its top spot as Colorado's favorite Christmas Carol. And it wasn't even close.
Making it back into the Top 10, "In the Bleak Midwinter" appears in the No. 8 spot. And for only the second time ever, Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" is counted among the Top 50 Christmas carols in Colorado.
Scroll down for the results, and join me in counting down Colorado's 50 favorite Christmas carols of 2016 on CPR Classical at the following times:
- Saturday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m.
- Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 9 a.m.
- Sunday, Dec. 18 at noon
- Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. on CPR News
- Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25 at noon
Thanks for voting, and special thanks this year to Young Voices of Colorado. Many members of this youth choir shared their thoughts, memories, and their own favorite Christmas carols with us.
For more seasonal music from CPR Classical, check out our 2016 holiday programming schedule.
| TITLE | 2016 RANKING | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
| O Holy Night | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carol of the Bells | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| O Come, O Come Emmanuel | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
| Silent Night | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 8 |
| O come all ye faithful | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Joy to the world | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 9 | |
| Hark! The herald angels sing | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 22 |
| In the Bleak Midwinter | 8 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 5 |
| Angels we have heard on high | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 19 | 43 |
| The First Noel | 10 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 26 | |
| Holly & the Ivy | 11 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 7 |
| Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
| What Child is This? | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| White Christmas | 14 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 31 | 27 | ||
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | 15 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| Little Drummer Boy | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | |
| Still, Still, Still | 17 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 3 |
| Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella | 18 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 12 |
| Coventry Carol | 19 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 7 | |
| Good King Wenceslas | 20 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 36 |
| Wexford Carol | 21 | 20 | 14 | 30 | 36 | 24 | ||
| It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | 22 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 19 |
| Away in a manger | 23 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 20 | ||
| We Three Kings | 24 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 44 | 16 | |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | 25 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 27 | |||
| Once in Royal David's City | 26 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| The Christmas Song | 27 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 22 | |
| Deck the Halls | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 25 | |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | 29 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 18 | |
| Ding Dong Merrily on High | 30 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 33 | |
| I Wonder as I Wander | 31 | 36 | 39 | 35 | 33 | 10 | 32 | |
| Jesu Bambino | 32 | 31 | 32 | 45 | 37 | 13 | ||
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | 33 | 36 | 33 | 40 | 32 | |||
| Huron Carol | 34 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 30 | 31 | |
| Mary Did You Know | 35 | 38 | ||||||
| Of the Father's love begotten | 36 | 35 | 49 | 46 | 23 | 27 | ||
| Silver Bells | 37 | 41 | 44 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 29 | 40 |
| Do You Hear What I Hear? | 38 | 45 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 39 | 17 | |
| For Unto Us a Child is Born | 39 | 48 | 32 | |||||
| The Friendly Beasts | 40 | 29 | ||||||
| Hallelujah Chorus | 41 | 40 | 47 | 39 | 11 | |||
| I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day | 42 | 41 | 30 | |||||
| I Saw Three Ships | 43 | 39 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| Masters in this Hall | 44 | 50 | 46 | |||||
| Patapan | 45 | 50 | 44 | 37 | ||||
| Sleigh Ride | 46 | 31 | ||||||
| What Sweeter Music | 47 | 33 | 37 | 44 | 15 | |||
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 48 | 34 | 40 | 46 | ||||
| He is born, the Divine Christ Child | 49 | |||||||
| Fum, Fum, Fum | 50 | 43 | ||||||
| L'enfance du Christ: Shepherd's Farewell | 37 | 34 | ||||||
| Noel Nouvelet | 40 | 47 | 42 | 26 | 27 | |||
| Jesus Christ the Apple Tree | 42 | 26 | 43 | |||||
| Gabriel's Message | 43 | 34 | ||||||
| The Donkey and the Dove | 44 | 48 | 49 | 47 | ||||
| Sussex Carol | 46 | 42 | - | 29 | ||||
| Sans Day Carol (arr. by John Rutter) | 47 | 38 | ||||||
| Break Forth O Beautious Heavenly Light | 48 | 47 | ||||||
| Riu, Riu, Chiu | 49 | 37 | 30 | 21 | ||||
| I wish you Christmas | 35 | 41 | ||||||
| Twelve Days of Christmas | 38 | 16 | ||||||
| Angels from the Realms of Glory | 39 | 38 | ||||||
| Il est né le divin enfant | 41 | 24 | 20 | |||||
| In dulci jubilo | 42 | |||||||
| Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | 43 | 45 | 25 | 21 | ||||
| Mary's Boy Child | 45 | 40 | 48 | 28 | ||||
| Wassail Song | 34 | 38 | 17 | |||||
| Let All Mortal Flesh | 38 | |||||||
| Gaudette | 43 | |||||||
| Christmas Time is Here | 50 | 48 | ||||||
| A Child is Born in Bethlehem | 46 | |||||||
| Allon, gay bergeres | 37 | |||||||
| Amahl & the Night Visitors | 44 | |||||||
| Bethlehem Down | 50 | |||||||
| Candlelight Carol | 23 | |||||||
| Candlelight Carol | 41 | |||||||
| D'ou viens tu Bergere? | 47 | |||||||
| Good Christian Men Rejoice | 31 | |||||||
| Hacia Belen va un borrico | 42 | |||||||
| Here We Come a Wassailing | 34 | |||||||
| Hodie | 35 | |||||||
| Hush-a-bye, Little Jesus | 49 | |||||||
| Infant Holy, Infant Lowly | 36 | 34 | ||||||
| Jolly Old St. Nicholas | 42 | |||||||
| Joseph dearest | 42 | |||||||
| Lute-Book Lullaby | 49 | |||||||
| Magnum Mysterium | 50 | |||||||
| My Dancing Day | 35 | |||||||
| Myn Lyking | 46 | 40 | ||||||
| O Tannenbaum | 41 | 35 | ||||||
| See amid the winter's snow | 45 | |||||||
| Shepherd's Pipe | 48 | |||||||
| Sicilian Bagpiper's Carol | 47 | |||||||
| Star Carol | 43 | 18 | ||||||
| Sweet Little Jesus Boy | 33 | |||||||
| Tambourine Noel | 50 | 49 | ||||||
| The Holy City | 48 | |||||||
| The Lamb | 49 | |||||||
| This Endris Night | 24 | |||||||
| Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day | 39 | |||||||
| Up on the Housetop | 44 | |||||||
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas | 45 | |||||||
| What Cheer? | 50 | |||||||
| Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance? | 39 | |||||||
| Winter Wonderland | 21 | |||||||
| Zu Bethlehem geboren | 46 |
