What has happened to the fight for a christmas number 1

[happy hammer]

Could anyone please tell me what has happened to the traditional Christmas number 1? I am 28 and i can't seem to remember a proper Christmas number 1 in the last 10 years, when you walk round the shops or go to a party all the songs are from the slade era, please could anyone tell me whats going on.

[Theland]

I'm working on it. Watch out for Xmas 2007. Then I can retire and live on the royalties!

[Surreygirl30]

i blame x factor / pop idol for the lack of fun that surrounds the xmas number one.

[4getmenot]

yep x factor win every every tear so whats the point in anyone bringing out anything good. I remember I had a bet on JCB song last year, never gonna win if it wasnt x factor pap

[luna-tic]

Who do you think would be worthy of making a Christmas No.1 choosing the latest artists?

[happy hammer]

lunatic i think groups like the frattelis, mcfly ,robbie.take that could have come straight back with one, any one who's music is bubbly and up beat. what about you?

[reinganum]

Proper Christmas Number Ones are like buses; there are either none (as in most recent years), or they come along in threes and fours, as in the early 1970s.

There was also a glut of Christmas records in the 1950s, as I remember from my childhood.

Now that most records are sold as "downloads", the concept of a "number one" (at any time of the year) is fast fading.

[THAIBUS]

21 St Century Christmas is a great song however Xfactor always gets the christmas spot nowdays. The people buying singles in the Slade era had better taste in music.