25 December

Events
12-25
 * 1988: Top of the Pops simulcast on BBC 1 and Radio 1
 * 1994: first ever Christmas Day Top 40.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (3/4 n.c.) *broadcast date unknown
 * 1973: Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (3/5) *broadcast date unknown
 * 1979: Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2 (3/5) *brodcast date unknown
 * 1984: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (3/5) *broadcast date unknown
 * 1988: Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine (4/4) - broadcast on Monday 26 December
 * 1994: East 17 - Stay Another Day (4/5) *first Christmas Day Top 40 ever - Radio 1, 4.00 pm Official UK Top 40 with Bruno Brookes
 * 2005: Shayne Ward - That's My Goal (1/4) - Radio 1, 4.00 pm The Official Chart Show
 * 2011: Military Wives / Gareth Malone - Wherever You Are (1/1) - Radio 1, 4.00 pm The Official Chart with Scott Mills
 * 2015: Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir -  A Bridge Over You (1/1) - Radio 1, 10.00 am The Official Chart with Scott Mills

Top of the Pops

 * Special Christmas editions broadcast every year since 1965 (except 1966) to present.