1. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter (2006)
2. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961)
3. Kacey Musgraves - Christmas Makes Me Cry (2016)
4. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)

1. Kacey Musgraves - Christmas Makes Me Cry (2016)
2. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961)
3. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter (2006)
4. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)

5. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)

Leuke en gevarieerde ladder. Deze mogen alle vijf wel door naar de volgende ronde.

1. Kacey Musgraves - Christmas Makes Me Cry (2016)
2. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
3. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (1953)
4. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961)

1. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (1953)
2. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
3. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)
4. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961)

1. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (1953)
2. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
3. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961)
4. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)

Oubolligheid en kerst

En Scrooge (maar niet persé dit album) uiteraard.

1. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
2. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961)
3. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)
4. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (1953)

Ik stem nog

1. Saint-Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas Day (1993)
2. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter (2006)
3. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
4. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (1953)

1. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961)
2. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter (2006)
3. Kacey Musgraves - Christmas Makes Me Cry (2016)
4. LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart (2015)

1. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter (2006)
2. LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart (2015)
3. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
4. Saint-Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas Day (1993)

Uitslag ladder 8: 27 stemmers

1. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958) (58)
2. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961) (43)
3. Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter (2006) (39)
4. Saint-Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas Day (1993) (31)
5. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (1953) (30)
6. Kacey Musgraves - Christmas Makes Me Cry (2016) (28)
7. LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart (2015) (23)
8. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949) (18)

Loting halve finaleladders

Halve finaleladder 1:

Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (1965)
山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - Christmas Eve (1983)

Deadline: 14 december 20:00 (Gaarne na deze tijd de nieuwe ladder plaatsen)

Halve finaleladder 2:

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (1984)
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1942)
Elvis Presley - Santa Claus Is Back in Town (1957)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love (1984)
Isaac Hayes - The Mistletoe and Me (1969)
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1961)
Phoebe Bridgers - Christmas Song (2018)
Slade - Merry X-Mas Everybody (1973)

Deadline: 16 december 20:00 (Gaarne na deze tijd de nieuwe ladder plaatsen)

Halve finaleladder 3:

Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (1963)
Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas (1988)
Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1965)
Donny Hathaway - This Christmas (1971)
Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry (1980)
Saint-Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas Day (1993)
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (1982)
Wham - Last Christmas (1984)

Deadline: 18 december 20:00 (Gaarne na deze tijd de nieuwe ladder plaatsen)

Halve finaleladder 4:

Fay Lovsky - Christmas Was a Friend of Mine (1983)
John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band feat. Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1971)
Joni Mitchell - River (1971)
Love Unlimited - It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring) (1973)
Mud - Lonely This Christmas (1974)
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (1979)
Pretenders - 2000 Miles (1983)
Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter (2006)

Deadline: 20 december 20:00 (Einde halve finales)

Loting halve finaleladders

Halve finaleladder 1:

Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (1965)
山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - Christmas Eve (1983)

Deadline: 14 december 20:00 (Gaarne na deze tijd de nieuwe ladder plaatsen)

1. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
2. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
3. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
4. Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (1965)

5. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
6. 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - Christmas Eve (1983)
7. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
8. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)

Deze en ladder drie zijn duidelijk de sterkste halve finales. Jammer dat er maar drie door kunnen.

Kacey, closer dan ik dacht

1. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
2, Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
3. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
4. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)

1. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
2. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
3. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)
4. 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - Christmas Eve (1983)

Sterke ladder, de andere vier zijn ook prima.

Halve finaleladder 1:

1. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)
2. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
3. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
4. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)

1. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)
2. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
3. Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (1965)
4. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)

1. Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (1965)
2. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
3. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
4. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)

1, The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
2. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
3. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
4. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)

1. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
2. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
3. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
4. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)

1. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
2. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
3. 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - Christmas Eve (1983)
4. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)

1. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
2. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
3. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
4. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)

1. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
2. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
3. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
4. Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (1965)

1. 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - Christmas Eve (1983)
2. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
3. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)
4. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)

5. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
6. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
7. Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here (1965)
8. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)

1. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
2. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
3. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
4. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963)

Sterke ladder.

1. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)
2. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)
3. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
4. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)

5. 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita] - Christmas Eve (1983)

1. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (1987)

2. Brenda Lee - Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
3. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (1963)
4. Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1980)