Well you don't need me to tell you that betting on who'll get the Christmas Number One single's been no fun since Simon Cowell managed to con a gullible British public that his wares were worth buying.
...so what else is worth betting on? I'm not betting on it to snow in a certain parts of the UK!
Last year they were two 'huge' betting coups as
The Vicar of Dibley managed to be BARB's most watched TV show on Christmas Day beating the 10/1
ON shot
EastEnders, and
FIFA 07 was named as ELSPA's top selling video game for Chirstmas usurping hot favourite
Need For Speed: Carbon.
The Vicar of Dibley tops Christmas Day TV ratings
ELSPA: Press Office: Press Releases: CHRISTMAS 2006 VIDEO GAMES NUMBER ONE UNVEILED
There'll be a few more markets to bet on such as 'Who'll have this year's number one album on the 23rd December?' (probably
William Hill will put that up) and what not.
Christmas Day is Tuesday this year and the single/album markets will be settled on Sunday 23rd December.
OT: I don't know how Simon Cowell will bag the Christmas number one single this year
unless there's a double elimination along the line with the final being a three-handed affair on Saturday 15th December. It's surely the only way it can be done!?