Christmas Movies and Music 2023

This is the latest edition of the Google Trends newsletter, with a focus today on Christmas movies and music.

Christmas Movies

• US search interest in Die Hard has spiked during the week of Christmas every year for the past 5 years

• “how the gringo stole christmas” and “miracle on 34th street” are the top trending Christmas movies searched in the US over the past month

• US search interest in “christmas horror movies” reached an all time high in December 2022. “Silent night deadly night” and “better watch out” are the top trending Christmas horror movies over the past week

• Elf spaghetti, a dish from the movie Elf, is the top trending spaghetti searched over the past month in the US

MAP: States on the US east coast are searching more for the live action How the Grinch Stole Christmas than the animated The Grinch over the past week

Top trending/top “is…a christmas movie”

past week, US

1. Is Sweet Home Alabama a Christmas movie?

2. Is Night at the Museum a Christmas movie?

3. Is Chronicles of Narnia a Christmas movie?

4. Is White Christmas a Christmas movie?

5. Is Genie a Christmas movie?

Most searched Christmas movies

past year, US

1. Home Alone

2. The Grinch

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

4. The Polar Express

5. Elf

Christmas Music

• “kelce brothers christmas song” is the top trending “christmas song” over the past month in the US

• Search interest in Mariah Carey has spiked every December for the past 5 years in the US, and has seen a year-over-year increase for the past 3 years

• Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, which was not written as a Christmas song, has spiked every December for the past 5 years in the US

• Jingle Bells and Silent Night are the top trending sheet music searches in the US over the past week

• “how to play…on the piano” searches have spiked every year in the US since 2006

GRAPH: Search interest in Christmas music overtook that of pop music on Halloween and has remained higher ever since

Most searched Christmas songs

past year, US

1. All I Want for Christmas Is You

2. Feliz Navidad

3. Jingle Bells

4. Last Christmas

5. All I Want For Christmas Is You (SuperFestive!)

Most searched Christmas carols

past year, US

1. The Twelve Days of Christmas

2. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

3. Silent Night

4. Carol of the Bells

5. Joy to the World

Katie Seaton

Trends Data Team

With Sabrina Elfarra

Published December 15, 2023