Claim: Step into Christmas recorded its longest run in the charts during 1973 and was still charting even in 2019.
Evidence: Seven weeks (8 December 1973 – 19 January 1974) 1973 2019 8 Three weeks (15–29 December 2007) Three weeks (17–31 December 2011) Two weeks (15–22 December 2012) Four weeks (13 December 2014 – 3 January 2015) Three weeks (17–31 December 2015) Four weeks (15 December 2016 – 5 January 2017) Four weeks (14 December 2017 – 4 January 2018) Four weeks (13 December 2018 – 3 January 2019) Four weeks (12 December 2019 – 2 January 2020)