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James King is tired of 'Step Into Christmas'. He's tired of 'All I Want for Christmas is You'. He's tired - if it's possible - of 'Fairytale of New York'. It's time for a new Christmas Classic.

'It's Chriiiistmaaaas' is a festive journey through the decades via the most cherished seasonal songs of the last century - from 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' to 'Do They Know it's Christmas?'. But beneath the nostalgia, are serious questions: is it always 'Last Christmas' for the December charts? Has the music buying public become like Noddy Holder's Gran, telling everyone the 'old songs are the best'? In this, his manifesto, James King takes us through the grand history of the Christmas number one, proving, once and for all, that the charts are ready for a new Christmas hit. James King is a British journalist, specialising in Film and Music. He's BBC Radio 1 show James King's Movie News was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award in 2004. He currently presents a weekly film review show The Movie Show on ITV2.