List of top holiday songs and movies listed in AP-NORC poll

A list of the top holiday songs and films or television that were listed as favourites in an open-ended question poll of 1,067 U.S. adults conducted by AP-NORC earlier this month. Works that were mentioned by at least two per cent of respondents are included:

SONGS

“Silent Night” — 12 per cent

“Jingle Bells” — 8 per cent

“White Christmas” — 5 per cent

“Baby, its Cold Outside — 5 per cent

“O Holy Night” — 4 per cent

“Little Drummer Boy” — 3 per cent

“All I Want for Christmas is You” — 3 per cent

“Jingle Bell Rock” — 2 per cent

“Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” — 2 per cent

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire-The Christmas Song” — 2 per cent

“Let It Snow” — 2 per cent

“Joy to the World” — 2 per cent

“Silver Bells” — 2 per cent

FILMS/TV SPECIALS

“It’s a Wonderful Life” — 9 per cent

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” — 7 per cent

“A Christmas Story” — 7 per cent

“Elf” — 6 per cent

“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” — 6 per cent

“Home Alone”— 6 per cent

“Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” — 4 per cent

“White Christmas” — 4 per cent

“Miracle on 34th Street” — 3 per cent

“Christmas Carol” — 3 per cent

“Die Hard” — 2 per cent

“The Nightmare Before Christmas” — 2 per cent

“The Santa Clause” — 2 per cent

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The AP-NORC poll of 1,067 adults was conducted Dec. 13-16 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.

Respondents were first selected randomly using address-based sampling methods, and later interviewed online or by phone.

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Online:

AP-NORC Center: http://www.apnorc.org/