The Christmas Charts - 2010

After the X Factor winner had failed to get the previous years Christmas number one for the first time since 2004, the X Factor winner was back on top again. This year it was Matt Cardle with "When We Collide". There were once again campaigns to prevent the X Factor winner topping the charts with the original version by Biffy Clyro, "The Bird" by Trashmen and "4.33 (Cage Against The Machine Version)" by John Cage. It presumably didn't work because people picked their own campaign to get behind instead of all getting behind one song. For the record, I got behind the John Cage one.

In terms of actual Christmas songs, there was "Christmas Lights" by Coldplay. There was also "X-M@$" by Corey Taylor from Slipknot. Making a return to the charts were Mariah Carey and the Pogues with their respective Christmas hits.