The Results Are In: Here Are Colorado's Favorite Christmas Carols For 2016

Photo: Carol Countdown feature image 2015

"O Holy Night" has once again reclaimed its top spot as Colorado's favorite Christmas Carol. And it wasn't even close.

Making it back into the Top 10, "In the Bleak Midwinter" appears in the No. 8 spot. And for only the second time ever, Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" is counted among the Top 50 Christmas carols in Colorado.

Scroll down for the results, and join me in counting down Colorado's 50 favorite Christmas carols of 2016 on CPR Classical at the following times:

Saturday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 9 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 18 at noon
Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. on CPR News
Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25 at noon

Thanks for voting, and special thanks this year to Young Voices of Colorado. Many members of this youth choir shared their thoughts, memories, and their own favorite Christmas carols with us.

For more seasonal music from CPR Classical, check out our 2016 holiday programming schedule.

TITLE	2016 RANKING	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
O Holy Night	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1
Carol of the Bells	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	13
O Come, O Come Emmanuel	3	3	3	3	4	8	8
Silent Night	4	4	5	4	3	15	2	8
O come all ye faithful	5	5	9	9	7	9	6	10
Joy to the world	6	11	11	8	19		36	9
Hark! The herald angels sing	7	8	15	11	5	20	23	22
In the Bleak Midwinter	8	13	7	14	8	3	16	5
Angels we have heard on high	9	6	10	7	16	34	19	43
The First Noel	10	19	24	22	28	28		26
Holly & the Ivy	11	9	19	18	9	13	15	7
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming	12	7	6	5	11	7	18	2
What Child is This?	13	10	4	6	6	6	4	6
White Christmas	14	22	17	13	31		27
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	15	12	18	10	21	14	5	30
Little Drummer Boy	16	16	13	12	14	12		14
Still, Still, Still	17	14	8	19	13	19	28	3
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella	18	25	20	19	25	17	26	12
Coventry Carol	19	23	12	16	29	10	7
Good King Wenceslas	20	17	21	24	12	4	12	36
Wexford Carol	21	20	14	30	36		24
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear	22	15	23	20	17	31	11	19
Away in a manger	23	29	28	27	18			20
We Three Kings	24	21	26	17	20	44		16
I'll Be Home for Christmas	25	27	22	21	27
Once in Royal David's City	26	18	16	15	15	5	9	4
The Christmas Song	27	28	29	23	22	45	22
Deck the Halls	28	30	30	28	32		25	25
O Little Town of Bethlehem	29	24	25	25	10		14	18
Ding Dong Merrily on High	30	26	27	29	24	22	33
I Wonder as I Wander	31		36	39	35	33	10	32
Jesu Bambino	32	31	32	45			37	13
Go Tell It on the Mountain	33	36		33		40	32
Huron Carol	34	32	33	36	37	30		31
Mary Did You Know	35	38
Of the Father's love begotten	36	35	49	46	23			27
Silver Bells	37	41	44	35	38	41	29	40
Do You Hear What I Hear?	38	45	31	32	33	39	17
For Unto Us a Child is Born	39			48		32
The Friendly Beasts	40					29
Hallelujah Chorus	41		40	47	39	11
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day	42			41			30
I Saw Three Ships	43	39					13	23
Masters in this Hall	44	50	46
Patapan	45		50	44		37
Sleigh Ride	46			31
What Sweeter Music	47	33	37				44	15
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	48	34		40			46
He is born, the Divine Christ Child	49
Fum, Fum, Fum	50					43
L'enfance du Christ: Shepherd's Farewell		37						34
Noel Nouvelet		40	47	42	26	27
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree		42				26	43
Gabriel's Message		43	34
The Donkey and the Dove		44	48	49	47
Sussex Carol		46			42		-	29
Sans Day Carol (arr. by John Rutter)		47						38
Break Forth O Beautious Heavenly Light		48				47
Riu, Riu, Chiu		49		37	30	21
I wish you Christmas			35					41
Twelve Days of Christmas			38			16
Angels from the Realms of Glory			39				38
Il est né le divin enfant			41			24	20
In dulci jubilo			42
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring			43		45	25		21
Mary's Boy Child			45		40	48		28
Wassail Song				34		38		17
Let All Mortal Flesh				38
Gaudette				43
Christmas Time is Here				50	48
A Child is Born in Bethlehem					46
Allon, gay bergeres								37
Amahl & the Night Visitors								44
Bethlehem Down							50
Candlelight Carol						23
Candlelight Carol							41
D'ou viens tu Bergere?								47
Good Christian Men Rejoice							31
Hacia Belen va un borrico								42
Here We Come a Wassailing					34
Hodie								35
Hush-a-bye, Little Jesus					49
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly						36	34
Jolly Old St. Nicholas							42
Joseph dearest						42
Lute-Book Lullaby							49
Magnum Mysterium						50
My Dancing Day						35
Myn Lyking						46	40
O Tannenbaum					41		35
See amid the winter's snow								45
Shepherd's Pipe								48
Sicilian Bagpiper's Carol							47
Star Carol					43	18
Sweet Little Jesus Boy								33
Tambourine Noel					50	49
The Holy City							48
The Lamb								49
This Endris Night								24
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day							39
Up on the Housetop					44
We Wish You a Merry Christmas							45
What Cheer?								50
Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance?								39
Winter Wonderland							21
Zu Bethlehem geboren								46