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Wed 4 Dec 60 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 48 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 46 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) +4 38 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 35 TLC - No Scrubs 34 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 33 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 32 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman -6 29 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 25 U2 - Sweetest Thing 25 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully  24 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 23 2Pac - Changes 22 Blockster - You Should Be 21 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 21 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 18 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 18 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 18 Sash! - La Primavera 10 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It 08 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)

Wed 4 Dec 52 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream +4 48 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 36 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -6 30 Bastille — Pompeii 29 Emeli Sande — Heaven 24 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 18 George Ezra — Paradise 18 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 12 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 09 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble

Wed 4 Dec 39 John Williams — O Holy Night 39 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 39 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen +3 36 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 31 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World  26 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls  25 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem  25 Edward Caswall — See Amid The Winter's Snow +1 23 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night  23 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear  23 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas  22 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High  22 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High  22 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City  22 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful  20 John Henry Hopkins Jr. — We Three Kings  20 Cecil Sharp — The Holly And The Ivy  20 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder  20 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships  14 Muppet Ensemble - It Feels Like Christmas +1 13 John Rutter - Quittez Pasteurs +1 12 Cynthia Clawson - Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus 08 John Mason Neale — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel -9

Yep, totally allowing that! It was in The Muppets Christmas Carol after all. Posting a new scoreboard as I can't allow Bobby Helms. Besides, he had his chance in last year's game. 41 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 36 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 33 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 28 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World 26 John Williams — O Holy Night 25 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem 23 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night 23 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 23 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas 23 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls 22 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High 22 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City 22 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful 20 John Mason Neale — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 20 John Henry Hopkins Jr. — We Three Kings 20 Cecil Sharp — The Holly And The Ivy 20 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High 20 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder 20 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships 18 Edward Caswall — See Amid The Winter's Snow 14 Michael Perry — Calypso Carol 13 Ernst Anschütz — O Tannenbaum 12 Muppet Ensemble — It Feels Like Christmas 12 John Rutter — Quittez Pasteurs 12 Cynthia Clawson — Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus 10 Nahum Tate — While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 10 Davies Gilbert — The First Noël 

Yes, feel free!

I know I said my definition of 'carol' was gonna be loose but that's pushing it. It even has 'rock' in the title. Try again.

Tue 3 Dec 51 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 44 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 44 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) +4 36 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 34 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 32 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 30 TLC - No Scrubs 29 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman -6 25 2Pac - Changes 24 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 24 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 24 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully  24 U2 - Sweetest Thing 24 Blockster - You Should Be… 20 Sash! - La Primavera 20 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 20 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 20 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 19 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 17 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 17 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 16 Billie - Honey to the Bee 12 Billie - She Wants You. 10 Vengaboys - Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine)

Tue 3 Dec 48 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream +4 46 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 38 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 35 Emeli Sande — Heaven 29 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -6 26 Bastille — Pompeii 22 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 18 George Ezra — Paradise 18 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 15 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 11 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 06 James Bay — Hold Back The River

As per this, @Commtech Sio Bibble can either pass or decide upon a new carol to throw in at any point between now and the end of tomorrow. anyway… Tue 3 Dec 32 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 30 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen +4 27 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing +2 23 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 23 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas 23 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls 22 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful 22 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World 20 John Williams — O Holy Night 20 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night 20 John Mason Neale — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 20 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem 20 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City 20 John Henry Hopkins Jr. — We Three Kings 20 Cecil Sharp — The Holly And The Ivy 20 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High 20 Frederic Austin — The Twelve Days Of Christmas 20 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder 20 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships 20 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High 20 Nahum Tate — While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 16 Ernst Anschütz — O Tannenbaum 15 Michael Perry — Calypso Carol 11 Davies Gilbert — The First Noël  11 William J Kirkpatrick — Away In A Manger  11 James Pierpont — One Horse Open Sleigh -9 10 Christina Rossetti — In The Bleak Mid-Winter

On to round 2 then, and it’s got a different feel to it. Maybe, Christmas shouldn’t be about charts. Maybe you’re a traditionalist. Maybe there’s nothing that warms those festive cockles quite like a good ole festive carol. Yes, it’s a round of carols! Obviously, with 28 songs, this selection is far from exhaustive, but here’s the thing: anyone who eliminates a carol between now and 23:59 GMT on Wed 4 Dec, you have an opportunity to sub in another carol of your choice, to enter the game immediately with 12 points. Of course, you can always opt not to if you can’t think of one, but it’s not often you get to have a say on what songs enter the game, and my definition of ‘carol’ will be rather loosey goosey (as long as it’s Christmassy and you can reasonably imagine a santa-hatted amateur choir blasting it out). The carols are credited to the person who made the song the well-known version as we know it, so could be the writer, composer, singer or even translator. I did have a set of links prepared for the songs, which’ll go in spoilers on the OP the moment I’m in front of my laptop (where posts on here are actually editable). 5 of these make the final. No enforced kill quota (for now), but for this whole round, everyone has Christmas bonus scoring (+6 and -9). Let’s GOOOOOOO! Round 2: Christmas Carols Mon 2 Dec 26 David Willcocks — God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen +6 20 John Williams — O Holy Night 20 Franz Xaver Gruber — Silent Night 20 Christina Rossetti — In The Bleak Mid-Winter 20 Charles Wesley — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 20 Frederick Oakeley — O Come All Ye Faithful 20 John Mason Neale — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 20 Lewis Redner — O Little Town Of Bethlehem 20 Edmund Sears — It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 20 Cecil Frances Alexander — Once In Royal David’s City 20 Isaac Watts — Joy To The World 20 William J Kirkpatrick — Away In A Manger 20 John Henry Hopkins Jr. — We Three Kings 20 John Mason Neale — Good King Wenceslas 20 Cecil Sharp — The Holly And The Ivy 20 Mykola Leontovych — Carol Of The Bells 20 Jehan Tabourot — Ding Dong! Merrily On High 20 Frederic Austin — The Twelve Days Of Christmas 20 John Mason Neale — A Great And Mighty Wonder 20 Michael Perry — Calypso Carol 20 Ernst Anschütz — O Tannenbaum 20 Thomas Oliphant — Deck The Halls 20 William Sandys — I Saw Three Ships 20 James Chadwick — Angels We Have Heard On High 20 Nahum Tate — While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 20 James Pierpont — One Horse Open Sleigh 20 Davies Gilbert — The First Noël 11 Arthur Warrell — We Wish You A Merry Christmas -9

Cool, so those are the five going through to the final. I’ve seen worse results from this game, believe me! This is the scoreboard so far… Kills: KILL QUOTA - 7 theoldlady - 5 Drewsky1211 - 5 Bibliogryphon - 2 ladyfiona - 2 Great Uncle Bulgaria - 2 Paul Bearer - 2 diego - 1 Dead Wait - 1 Toast - 1 Commtech Sio Bibble - 1 TiredNoise - 1 ladyfiona - 1 Assists: BuffaloPhil - 4 Commtech Sio Bibble - 3 justonecornetto - 2 Great Uncle Bulgaria - 2 diego - 2 Toast - 2 Drewsky1211 - 2 Dead Wait - 2 theoldlady - 2 wannamaker - 1 Book - 1 Clorox Bleachman - 1 Paul Bearer - 1

Mon 2 Dec 42 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 41 Emeli Sande — Heaven 40 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream +4 40 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -6 34 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 26 Bastille — Pompeii 22 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 21 George Ezra — Paradise 19 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 19 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 11 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 09 James Bay — Hold Back The River Every last one of these songs can fuck clean off. This is a car crash. That being said, I am not stepping away and allowing such a basic bitch anthem to win a KoS game. Points given to the least worst.

Mon 2 Dec 46 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 44 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 40 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) +4 31 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman -6 30 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 30 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 30 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 28 TLC - No Scrubs 28 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 24 Blockster - You Should Be… 22 2Pac - Changes 22 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 21 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully  20 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 20 Sash! - La Primavera 20 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 20 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 U2 - Sweetest Thing 20 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Billie - Honey to the Bee 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 20 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 20 Vengaboys - Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine) 18 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 18 Billie - She Wants You 14 Wyclef Jean - Gone till November  14 911 - Private Number  I'm sorry, but in a round this rich in talent, there's no room for double Shania.

What, is three our daily limit or something? Good grief. Another one falls to the quota. With 8 left now and 5 going through to the final, we'll definitely get to the next round within the next 24 hours. Last push and, d'you know what, let's keep the +6/-9 going for now. It works well, dunnit. Mon 2 Dec 67 Pet Shop Boys — Always On My Mind 54 Wham! — Last Christmas 50 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 45 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home 31 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground 25 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me +6 24 The Flying Pickets — Only You -9 17 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules — Mad World 0 Mud — Lonely This Christmas -6

LOLLLL I’m out of Whamageddon already Out for breakfast with OH and the first bloody thing we hear is our current joint-3rd. Ah well, one less thing to think about this month.