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The kids or the crooner? Who should sings the holiday staple “Santa Claus is Coming to Town?” Michael Jackson gives it all he’s got in this much-played version off the Jackson 5′s 1970 Christmas album — the third of their three top-selling albums that year.
Conversely, Michael Buble swings out with his dreamier version, set in mid-tempo and filled with big-band horn arrangements. He performed the song on his 2011 Christmas TV special again last year; here’s hoping it will be part of his upcoming NBC holiday special on Dec. 18.
Which one is in your holiday rotation?
This is the 11th song in our countdown to Christmas 2013 in which we selected 25 pairs of popular holiday tunes. We’ve gathered old-fashioned or more traditional renditions and pitted them against newfangled or more modern ones. Give a listen. See which one you like best.
Our Vote: (Jackson 5 of course) 
- MJ-Upbeat.com
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