Talk:Christmas number-one singles in the UK
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[edit] UK
Is the christmas number one that big a deal outside the UK? There's still potential for an article about this phenomenon from a purely UK perspective (and separate from the UK singles chart article, but if it's not that significant outside the UK, then probably not at this heading. (Also, if it's not a big deal elsewhere, then the List of christmas number ones is redundant). Bonalaw 09:45, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- No idea. I created it under this heading because I was trying to avoid a UK-only article and encourage people to fill in the details of their country. Surely there is somewhere else that sees them as a "special" number one? If not then we can just rename it. violet/riga 10:15, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I was referring to List of Christmas number one singles in that reply, oops! violet/riga 11:06, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I don't see why there's two articles. List of Christmas number one singles should be merged in here. Mintguy (T)
- They should be kept seperate imo - people should be able to link to the meaning of a Christmas #1 without going to a huge page containing all the songs. The list is supposed to cover international Christmas #1s (though there is debate as to whether it is recognised outside the UK). Admittedly this article needs fleshing out - perhaps we can find some quotes from people that have achieved a Christmas #1 or some other interesting facts. violet/riga 11:06, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Should we also have a list of US Christmas No. 1 hits? (AndrewAnorak (talk) 16:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC))
[edit] Non-christmasness
We could mention perhaps the fact that in recent years Christmas no 1s have rarely actually mentioned Christmas? Morwen - Talk 01:28, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
- Though not for lack of trying, it seems, given the existence of Bring Back...The Christmas Number One GeeJo (t) (c) • 23:14, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] TV Influence
Just thought it might be an idea to make a point that programmes such as the xfactor etc are gurranteeded as christmas number one on the back of the shows publicity. This has taken the enjoyment out of the guessing game and leaves other records with little or no chance of getting the festive top spot (82.2.126.224 10:25, 10 December 2006 (UTC))
- This is definitely what happened in 2002 and 2005, have any other years had reality show winners release their first single for Christmas? — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 19:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dates
Someone added a sentence to say that some singles which are popularly believed to be Christmas number one were not, amongst others "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens and "Reet Petite" by Jackie Wilson. This is incorrect.
Bear in mind that many reference books etc use the week-ending date of the chart which is not the date the chart was actually released. For example the Shakin' Stevens record is often listed as having reached number one on 28 Dec 1985, but in fact that chart was released on Christmas Eve, meaning it was the Christmas number one. MFlet1 09:50, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens and "Reet Petite" by Jackie Wilson were both xmas number ones. The chart dates are week ending dates for the Saturday following the Sunday the chart was announced. Phildav76 14:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] US Punctuation
What is it with you americans with your fetish for punctuation? Is 'Christmas number-one single' valid grammatically? No. You act as if 'number' and 'one' can't stand independently. Really, you're bastardising a nice language. Why don't you all go and start speaking SPANISH instead?
