Here’s the second (and concluding) installation of the Columbia news, views & reviews favorite songs of the season we’ve been looking at this week.

We know there are hundreds of Christmas songs and each of us have personal favorites. There are classics; there are new songs; there are new versions of classics – there are so many “top Christmas” and “top holiday” song lists.

Here, for instance, are a few more lists of the top songs from the thousands of Websites and blogs in the cyber jungle:

Digitaldreamdoor.com‘s 100 greatest traditional Christmas songs:

1. Bing Crosby – “White Christmas”
2. Nat King Cole – “The Christmas song”
3. Gene Autry – “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”
4. Leroy Anderson – “Sleigh ride”
5. Burl Ives – “A Holly Jolly Christmas”

There are no “play links” at this site, but you can see the entire list here.

WCBS-FM‘s “100 greatest Christmas songs” includes these as their top five:

1. Bing Crosby – White Christmas”
2. The Chipmunks – The Chipmunk Song”
3. Gene Autry – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”
4. Jimmy Boyd – “I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus”
5. Bobby Helms – “Jingle Bell Rock”

You can see this site’s list here; alas, no links to the songs.

about.com‘s Christian music playlist for “Top 10 Traditional Christian Christmas Songs” includes these as the top five:

1. “Away in a manger”
2. “The first Noel”
3. “What Child is This?”
4. “O Holy Night”
5. “Hark, The Herald Angels sing”

You can see this site’s list here.

We hope you enjoy your favorite songs this Christmas!