a list of reasons why various versions of the song are awesome .

• HANSON !!
  • ... it`s hanson . i think that should speak for itself .
  • taylor`s piano solo , omfg . if you didn`t know better , you would have thought that the guy playing was a highly experienced , 40 - 50 something year old male . WELL , YOU THOUGHT WRONG . IT WAS A FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BLONDE HAIRED BLUE EYED BOY AHAHAHAHAHAHA
  • isaac`s YEAH ! in the begining . that totally gets your adrenaline running .
  • zac`s random , boy - not - yet - going - through - puberty pitched OOOOOOOOH !s
  • the guitar sounds totally awesome . makes you wanna scream along to the lyrics and headbang to this christmas song in the middle of the night when nobody`s looking . * guilty *
• EMILY OSMET !!
  • her version was like , a fusion of pop & punk & rock . like , you can`t really pinpoint what genre it is . and the fact that her voice { in this song , anyway } has the rocker punk pop singer vibe , it makes it sound so much cooler .
• BILLY RAY CYRUS !!
  • i don`t care what people say , i thought his version was pretty bad azz . i like how the electric guitar is very evdient , but then how he takes it back to his country / acoustic roots with the acoustic guitar that plays the main melody . it was AWZOM .
• CHUCK BERRY !!
  • he sang the original song . he created the amazingness that was run rudolph run , back in the `50s . come on , people ! give this guy some credit .