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Hello everyone. It's getting to that busy time of year, when people are frolicking with office co-workers in furtive corners, wearing elf ear hats on public transport and drinking a pint of sherry each morning just to make it through the last two days of work before I break up for work til 2009. The sherry also helps heal the pain that Pushing Daisies (the Norwegians episode was brilliant - there was snow outside the piehole!) and Britannia High are both unlikely to return next year. The finale of Britannia High aired on Saturday and was like a mini S Club concert, as evidenced by the rather perky and fun rendition of one of my songs of the year Start of Something above (Look at that dance routine PPG!). It has become rather quirky and fun in it's own way in the last few episodes and i'm hoping that inappropriate crush Matthew Scott Thomas can launch his own pop career off the back of this :) In fact Britannia High as a pop group are definitely this year's S Club to Same Difference's Steps. Here's Matthew singing the gorgeous Proud...

THE FESTIVE CHART COUNTDOWN:

Oh my god! Alexandra is number one? With Hallelujah? I totally didn't see that coming? Oh what a shock. Oh i have to sit down. Etc, etc. What I am thrilled about is the Jeff Buckley version doing so incredibly well :) For more on the official Christmas chart, check out D'luv and for more on previous festive number ones, be sure to read ADH. Now here's my Christmas week chart, along with a rather lovely video of the festive chart topper Jason Mraz with Winter Wonderland...

21 - McFly, Do Ya
20 - Alphabeat, What Is Happening
19 - Mariah Carey, I Stay In Love
18 - Darin, Breathing Your Love
17 - Alesha Dixon, The Boy Does Nothing
16 - Madonna, Miles Away
15 - William Young, Grace
14 - Marit Larsen, I've Heard Your Love Songs
13 - Britney, Womaniser
12 - Leon Jackson, Creative
11 - Take That, Up All Night (NE)
10 - The Killers, Human
09 - Girls Aloud, The Promise
08 - Lily Allen, The Fear
07 - Take That, Greatest Day
06 - Britannia High, Start of Something
05 - JLS, Hallelujah
04 - Lenka, All My Bells Are Ringing
03 - Same Difference, We R One
02 - Leona Lewis, Run
2008 Christmas Number One - Jason Mraz, Live High Live Mighty (3 weeks)
2007 Christmas Number One - Shayne Ward, Melt The Snow
2006 Christmas Number One - Take That, Patience
2005 Christmas Number One - Shayne Ward, That's My Goal
2004 Christmas Number One - Deborah Gibson, Christmas Without You
2003 Christmas Number One - William Young, Leave Right Now
2002 Christmas Number One - Girls Aloud, Sound of the Underground
2001 Christmas Number One - Deborah Gibson, What Makes A Hero?
2000 Christmas Number One - Steps, It's The Way You Make Me Feel