24 December

M	T	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
			1964	1965	1966	1967
	1968	1969	1970	1971		1972
1973	1974	1975		1976	1977	1978
1979		1980	1981	1982	1983
1984	1985	1986	1987		1988	1989
1990	1991		1992	1993	1994	1995
	1996	1997	1998	1999		2000
2001	2002	2003		2004	2005	2006
2007		2008	2009	2010	2011
2012	2013	2014	2015		2016	2017
2018	2019		2020	2021	2022	2023
23 December			December		25 December
albums released

Events

• 1964: The Beatles' Another Christmas Show opens at the Hammersmith Odeon.
• 1968: Cilla (S2) begins on BBC1
• 1977: David Bowie on Bing Crosby's Christmas
• 2006: Leona Lewis' debut single straight in at no.1.
• 2018: Chris Evans' final Breakfast Show on Radio 2.

Charts

as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.

• 1964: The Beatles - I Feel Fine/She's A Woman (3/5)
• 1972: Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (2/5)
• 1974: Mud - Lonely This Christmas (2/4)
• 1985: Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1/2)
• 1989: Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2/3)
• 1995: Michael Jackson - Earth Song (4/6)
• 2000: Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It? (2/3)
• 2006: Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This (1/4)

Top of the Pops

host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.

• 1964: Christmas Special. Jimmy Savile, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray & David Jacobs. The Beatles – I Feel Fine/She's a Woman
• 1981: David Jensen. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me.
• 2022: Clara Amfo and Jack Saunders. Review of the Year (BBC2)

Publications

1966 - click for full issue

1966

1966

1966

1977

1977 - click for full issue

1977

1977

1981

1982

1983 - click for full issue

1988

1994

2022

2022

Stamps

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