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Well, it may only be the 1st of December but, bless him, Santa has already emptied his fulsome sack. Welcome to the ninth edition of Deathlist’s Musical Melee, Kill or Save…and it’s the Christmas Special! We’re used to trawling through the UK’s official music charts from the 1960s onwards, eliminating songs round by round and then deciding the ultimate No. 1, 2, 3 or whatever from that decade. But this time, it’s a little different. No charts were involved (or indeed harmed) in the making of this. No year brackets are necessary here. This is your annual NOW Christmas album on roids, containing a fortuitous and definitely accidental 69 songs you might hear (some ad nauseam) at this, the most wonderful time of year. See, hidden, the complete list, with links to each song just in case you've somehow managed to dodge any of them. Look, I’ll just nip something in the knackers right now…I know this list doesn’t have every Christmas song in existence and so you might’ve thought of one or two that are missing. I also know they aren't all the original versions, that there are different covers of a lot of the songs here, and you might’ve preferred someone else’s version of the song. But rest assured, if you’re not happy with the selection here…you can fucking deal with it. Smash a Baileys down your gullet and cheer up. There’s always next year. Fancy reliving all the action? See below for links to all Kill or Save games to date: 60s No.1s; 70s No.1s; 80s No.1s; 90s No.1s; 00s No.1s 60s No.2s; 70s No.2s; 80s No.2s; 90s No.2s; 00s No.2s (in play now!) Christmas Special 2023 (you are here) This is going to be slightly different to normal, but before I get onto that, here’s a recap of the rules of Kill or Save: - Each song starts with 20 points (whether it deserves it or not). - You can only vote once a day. To avoid any time zone confusion, please put a date at the top of your scoring post (e.g. “Mon 25 Dec”, “25-12-2023”, whatever, as long as it’s clear and doesn’t just say “today” or some shit.) - Once a day, you can award 4 points to and subtract 6 from the songs of your choosing in the current round. You can split your daily +4 and -6 between as many songs as you like, it’s down to you. - Make sure you copy and paste the most recent voter’s scoreboard when you take your turn to score. For your own ease, ‘paste as plain text’ to get rid of the previous poster’s formatting. - Just to make it clear for everyone, please mark your scores after the song title and adjust the song’s points total as you go. Ideally make your scores bold too. As an example: 24 Kris Kringle — Right Up The Chimney +4 20 The Elves — Santa’s Holding Us Against Our Will 20 Whamageddon! — Last Christmas (Aw Shit I'm Out) 19 The Christmas Puddings — Grandma Got Drunk And Said Something Racist -1 16 Naughty List — Sack Full Of Coal 15 Billy Humbug — Reindeer Shit On The Patio -5 And of course, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, so here’s another shout out to all of our most careful and attentive players who help keep the game in order and go about correcting any errors that may arise. Glad tidings to you and your kin. And so, the game. Normally, we have five rounds, with around 5 qualifiers from each going through to the grand final. This time, however, we’re doing things a bit different. What we’ve got here is one giant super round, with all 69 songs in play from the off. I know, it’s a lot to skim through, but hey, we’ve got three and a half weeks to do this. It can’t be any worse than the opening rounds of the 00s No.1s game, surely? Sounds simple, then. But that’s not all, for there may be a couple of little surprises along the way...Also, crucually, when we get to the final 12 songs (cos days of Christmas innit…see, this ain’t just thrown together), their scores will all RESET to 20. Then it’ll be a final shootout to the end, when we’ll unequivocally and irrefutably name THE BEST CHRISTMAS SONG IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD…according to a little forum about the dead and dying. Finally, I’ve really enjoyed the extra competition that comes with not counting the kills and assists in this game, however there are a lot of songs to sort through here and we kind of have a deadline, so if it helps, I’ll restart the count. Of course, vote with your opinions, but, y’know, be mindful. And then, of course, at the end we’ll crown the Christmas Killer Queen (not taking bets on this) and Assist Angel. So here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun. Look to the Kill or Save, it’s only just beguuuuuun…