There have been a few Christmas singles that have sold over a million in the UK:
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody (first released 1973)
Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child (1957)
Band Aid 20 - Do They Know Its Christmas? (2004)
Wham - Last Christmas (1984)
Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord (1978)
Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? (1984)
White Christmas by Bing Crosby may or may not have sold a million in the UK depending whether you include sales from reissues.
Wham was never a number one being released the same week as Band Aid and is the biggest selling single never to reach number one in the UK.
Boney M's song is a medley including a version of the Harry Belafonte song.
Ref: everyhit.com UK christmas songs
List of UK million-seller singles.
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