A British radio station has been hosting the game "Whamageddon" for several years. The rules are simple: whoever manages to avoid hearing the song "Last Christmas" by the band "Wham" during the pre-Christmas season wins. It’s actually an impossible task, even here in Germany. Christmas pop music has a tough time, as this game demonstrates. For music lovers, it epitomizes kitsch, while religiously inclined individuals often associate it with the commercialization of Christmas. However, this book shows that neither of these views has to be true. As an introduction to the world of Christmas pop, it gathers texts that explore individual songs or pop genres and illustrates that even a pop song can convey the Christmas message.