This was the 3rd year in a row that the Christmas number one involved Cliff Richard. There was "Mistletoe & Wine" in 1988, "Do They Know Its Christmas?" by Band Aid II in 1989 on which he appeared and in 1990 came "Saviours Day"
Speaking of artists with multiple Christmas hits, 1990 also saw Shakin Stevens score his 3rd Christmas Top 40 hit. Having previous charted with "Blue Christmas" as part of "The Shakin Stevens EP" and scoring the Christmas number one in 1985 with "Merry Christmas Everyone" he reached number 19 in 1990 with "The Best Christmas Of Them All". He wasn't finished with Christmas hits either, but more on that next year.
Finally we have "Merry Christmas Darling" by The Carpenters hit the Top 40 for the first time having failed to make the Top 40 back in 1971. It was released as a double a-side with "(They Long To Be) Close To You".
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