{"id":31,"date":"2013-12-23T12:44:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/?p=31"},"modified":"2014-08-11T16:15:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T16:15:27","slug":"top-10-videos-of-christmas-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/top-10-videos-of-christmas-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Videos of Christmas 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a world dominated by phones, tablets and small screens the on-demand of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> is by far the fastest growing form of entertainment at <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. A recent televised <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> special variety show by Kelly Clarkson drew about 30 million viewers and that was considered good by many standards. But some of the videos we show below have nearly as impressive numbers &#8212; gained one at a time on screens of all sizes. Based upon views generated at <a href=\"http:\/\/showusyourchristmas.com\" title=\"Show Us Your Christmas!\" target=\"_blank\">ShowUsYourChristmas.com<\/a> here are the top ten <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> videos of 2013:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Little Drummer Boy &#8212; Pentatonix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How can a classic <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> song which is hardly the best of the classics become the #1 <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> hit of 2013? By making it fresh with style: it&#8217;s acapella with soaring vocals and tight harmonies. Rarely can it be said that a new version of a old song could become the go-to version of that song for generations to come but this falls into that category.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qJ_MGWio-vc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Show Your Joe &#8212; Kmart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In what is easily the most controversial video of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> 2013 this <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">commercial<\/a> has been seen by more people than any other this season. Called festive and fun by some, foul and obscene by others, this is just a video of a bunch of guys in their boxers playing, um, Jingle Bells. Viewer discretion advised.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9PVhIMr4ScI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Miracle &#8212; WestJet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WestJet is a Canadian airline that usually does something for fun on video for <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. Last year it was a flash mob of elves in an airport terminal. This year they turned the elves into shoppers. <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> collected the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> wishes of an airplane full of travelers awaiting their flight and while they were in the air shoppers went out to buy their <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. By the time the plane landed <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> was able to deliver via the luggage carousel at their destination. The reactions were priceless. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zIEIvi2MuEk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Angels We Have Heard on High &#8212; Piano Guys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is difficult to find bigger fans of the Piano Guys than us. In this video from the 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> album a wildly inventive visual treat awaits those who listen. Using a piano, a host of creative methods of noise making, 32 fingers and 8 thumbs this is another fresh take on a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> classic:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n543eKIdbUI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n5. Hallelujah &#8212; Cloverton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A song many don&#8217;t consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> song made into a <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> song. Moving, beautiful and&#8230;festively done. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1E-9Z8sFyRs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Captain Picard Sings Let it Snow &#8212; James Covenant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was a song just waiting to be made and someone with the editing skills and lots of time on their hands finally made it. Funny and refreshing until you hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/sneaking-christmas\/\">commercial<\/a> at the back end of the entertainment:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oiSn2JuDQSc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. O Come O Come Emmanuel &#8212; Lindsey Stirling with Kuha&#8217;o Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A beautiful rendition of this classic song with a wonderful message of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. Lindsey Stirling is awakening young hearts to classical music through her dub-step style but in this latest <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> video she transcends the music and takes <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> to a higher level. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ozVmO5LHJ2k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Very Angry Browns Fan &#8212; Angry Browns Fan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> season coincides nicely with football season. Unless your a fan of the Cleveland Browns. It seems they never have a season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kxv4hOpbFEQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Pack a Shoebox, Jack &#8212; Si Robertson of Duck Dynasty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of all the videos we could have shown of Duck Dynasty for <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> 2013 we chose this one. Even though they have a hit <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> album and their <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> show on A&#038;E was one of the most watched of the season this video of Uncle Si Robertson packing a shoebox for Operation <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Child showcases not only Duck Dynasty&#8217;s humor but also their heart. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s1lLqdgXMB8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> to Me &#8212; Don Murdock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The War on <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> is raging almost as bad in the Canadian media this year as it is in the USA. Country singer Don Murdock just wants us all to get along by reminding folks that while it is a holiday to someone it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> to Don Murdock. The song and the video have gained lots of media attention in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xS3RaagRv_I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world dominated by phones, tablets and small screens the on-demand of Christmas is by far the fastest growing form of entertainment at Christmas. A recent televised Christmas special variety show by Kelly Clarkson drew about 30 million viewers and that was considered good by many standards. 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