How much all the top Christmas songs make as one will leave you gobsmacked

Wham released Last Christmas in 1984 (Image: YouTube)

Christmas anthems the perennial cash magnets, as the holiday hits return to the charts and takeover personal playlists and supermarket speakers.

As well as bringing seasonsal joy, the festive songs also provide a hefty bonus of those crooning voices, and this year, the top spot was reserved for Wham!

The 1984 favourite Last Christmas, penned by the late, icon George Michael, clinched the UK's coveted top spot for the second consecutive year.

The song earned the Christmas number one in 2023 for the first time 39 years after denied the postition by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas.

The esteemed bean counters have it that this Warner Chappell Music gem fetches an impressive £470,000 in yearly royalties, reports the Daily Star.

Mariah Carey (Image: YouTube)

Seems like Mariah Carey's yuletide classic might as well be retitled: All I Want for Christmas Is... Stacks of Cash!

A staggering three decades on, the hitmaker has reportedly augmented her luxurious lifestyle with around £55million from the track alone.

Then theres the timeless bopper Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade, first broadcast in 1973, rewarding Noddy Holder with an annual bounty of £1 million Holder himself humourously hails it his "pension plan".

Roy Wood of Wizzard isn't left out in the cold either; his I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, another '73 release, is believed to line his pockets with £200,000 annually.

Roy Wood of Wizzard released his hit in 1985 (Image: YouTube )

Not to be outdone, The Pogues' poignant Fairytale Of New York pulls in £400k, while Bing Crosby's iconic White Christmas delivers £328k.

Sir Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime deposits a cool £260k each year following its release in 1980.

Wham! have indeed clinched both a Christmas number one and two with their yuletide classic, Last Christmas but could face fierce competition.