While it's nowhere near as big a deal as it used to be, the odds for this year's Christmas number 1 have now been revealed with a surprise frontrunner.
In chart days of old, the race to the top spot was a battle that made headlines; how could we forget the year Mr Blobby stunned everyone by beating Take That or when Cliff Richard's Millennium Prayer caused a storm but still missed out to Westlife?
Last year gave us a memorable winner with LadBaby's We Built This City (On Sausage Rolls) eventually taking the Christmas crown and now bookies have released the odds for this year.
The Christmas number 1 will be the song that is top of the charts when the last top 40 before Christmas is revealed on Friday, December 20.
The current favourite with William Hill is LadBaby who has confirmed he is going for the top spot again with I Love Sausage Rolls.
Current Christmas number 1 odds
4/11 LadBaby
3/1 Stormzy
10/1 Lewis Capaldi
10/1 Lyra Cole
10/1 Tones And I
20/1 Adele
20/1 Ellie Goulding
25/1 Robbie Williams
33/1 Bing Cosby
33/1 George Michael
33/1 Wham
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