Christmas is a special time for everyone, but it's an extra special time for Slade frontman Noddy Holder.

This year he is reportedly set to earn more than £800,000 from his hit 'Merry Xmas Everybody'.

The song was Christmas number one in 1973, and it stayed in the charts until February the next year! Since then it has become a firm favourite during the festive season.

But Slade aren't the only artist to be raking it in at Christmas time. The Pogues' 'Fairytale of New York' will earn the punk rockers an estimated £520,000.

The cash will come from royalties, which stack up through radio, television, jukebox and shop plays as well as compilation album sales.

Click on the gallery above to see the top 10 festive tracks and what they are estimated to have earned so far this year

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