Colorado Picked Its Favorite Christmas Carols For 2018. Here's The Top 50

Photo: Carol Countdown — CPR Classical's annual Carol Countdown is back for another year!

Several of John Rutter's original Christmas songs made it into the list of Colorado's top 50 favorite carols. Is it because of our "A John Rutter Christmas" program we are airing during this time? We think so!

A big thanks this year goes to our friends at St. Nick's Christmas and Collectibles in Littleton for graciously giving us a tour and telling stories about ornaments. Those stories give a little extra decoration to this special 10th annual Christmas Carol Countdown.

Check the schedule below for when the Carol Countdown airs throughout the holidays, and scroll down for a list of the 50 carols we'll feature as well as rankings from previous years.

Thursday, Dec. 13 at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 16 at 7 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 9 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 22 at 3 p.m.
Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25 at noon

Tune in often and enjoy Colorado’s 50 favorite carols! Merry Christmas!

For more seasonal music from CPR Classical, check out our 2018 holiday programming schedule.

TITLE	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
O Holy Night	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1
Carol of the Bells	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	13
Silent Night	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	15	2	8
O Come, O Come Emmanuel	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	8	8
In the Bleak Midwinter	5	6	8	13	7	14	8	3	16	5
Joy to the world	6	8	6	11	11	8	19		36	9
Still, Still, Still	7	9	17	14	8	19	13	19	28	3
O come all ye faithful	8	7	5	5	9	9	7	9	6	10
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming	9	5	12	7	6	5	11	7	18	2
Angels we have heard on high	10	10	9	6	10	7	16	34	19	43
What Child is This?	11	11	13	10	4	6	6	6	4	6
Holly & the Ivy	12	15	11	9	19	18	9	13	15	7
Hark! The herald angels sing	13	14	7	8	15	11	5	20	23	22
Coventry Carol	14	12	19	23	12	16	29	10	7
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	15	18	15	12	18	10	21	14	5	30
Wexford Carol	16	17	21	20	14	30	36		24
White Christmas	17	19	14	22	17	13	31		27
Little Drummer Boy	18	13	16	16	13	12	14	12		14
The First Noel	19	21	10	19	24	22	28	28		26
Once in Royal David's City	20	16	26	18	16	15	15	5	9	4
Good King Wenceslas	21	23	20	17	21	24	12	4	12	36
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear	22	24	22	15	23	20	17	31	11	19
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella	23	20	18	25	20	19	25	17	26	12
I'll Be Home for Christmas	24	26	25	27	22	21	27
The Christmas Song	25	25	27	28	29	23	22	45	22
O Little Town of Bethlehem	26	27	29	24	25	25	10		14	18
Away in a Manger	27	28	23	29	28	27	18			20
We Three Kings	28	22	24	21	26	17	20	44		16
Deck the Halls	29	29	28	30	30	28	32		25	25
Ding Dong Merrily on High	30	30	30	26	27	29	24	22	33
Mary Did You Know	31	49	35	38
Noel Nouvelet	32	31		40	47	42	26	27
I Wonder as I Wander	33	48	31		36	39	35	33	10	32
What Sweeter Music	34		47	33	37				44	15
Do You Hear What I Hear?	35		38	45	31	32	33	39	17
Gesu Bambino	36	32	32	31	32	45			37	13
Huron Carol	37	42	34	32	33	36	37	30		31
I Saw Three Ships	38	50	43	39					13	23
Gaudette	39	40				43
Silver Bells	40		37	41	44	35	38	41	29	40
Of the Father's Love Begotten	41		36	35	49	46	23			27
For Unto Us a Child is Born	42	33	39			48		32
Shepherd's Pipe Carol	43									48
Candlelight Carol	44							23	41
Riu, Riu, Chiu	45	34		49		37	30	21
Fum, Fum, Fum	46	44	50					43
Go Tell It on the Mountain	47		33	36		33		40	32
I Wish you Christmas	48				35					41
Christmas Time is Here	49					50	48
Here We Come A Wassailing	50	38					34

Colorado Picked Its Favorite Christmas Carols For 2018. Here’s The Top 50

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