In the
United Kingdom,
Christmas number ones are singles that are top of the
UK Singles Chart in the week in which
Christmas Day falls.
Novelty songs,
charity songs or songs with a Christmas theme have regularly been at the top of Christmas charts. Traditionally the volume of record sales in the UK peaks at Christmas, with the Christmas number one being considered especially prestigious, more so than any other time of year. Many of the Christmas number ones were also the
best-selling song of the year. Due to the common practice of dating a chart by the date on which the week ends, the Christmas chart is dated the end of the week containing 25 December, but comprises sales for the week before that. The most recent Christmas number one single is "
A Bridge over You" by the
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir.