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Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree at no. 1

The funny facts about the best Christmas song ever

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Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree is number 1 on the American billboards, pushing Mariah Carey off her All I Want For Christmas Is You Christmas throne. The song is almost 70 years old, but still remarkably popular. What delightful trivia you probably didn't know.

1. Brenda Lee sang the song when she was only 13 years old

2. It has never taken so long for a song to reach number 1 (65 years)

3. The record has sold more than 25 million copies

4. The song only became a hit when Brenda Lee herself became famous

5. Rockin’ Around was used in Home Alone and then became ‘hot’ again with the younger generation

6. Johnny Marks wrote the song. He had previously written Holly Jolly Christmas and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

7. Brenda Lee cannot listen to her own songs, but Rockin’ Around is also on repeat in the Lee household during December