So, of all those categories, who featured in the most, and how high were they in each? Let's check.
1935=2
1962=0
1970=2
1984=2
1988=5, one of which was a number 1
1992=7, 4 of which were number 1s
2004=8, 4 of which were number 1s
That clearly gives us three front runners in
1988, 1992 and
2004, but as we only need two, then 1988's “Scrooged” lags badly behind with five top three nominations but only one of them being a number one.
Our final top two then are
The 1992 Muppet Christmas Carol
and
Kelsey Grammer's 2004 musical.
So it's Muppets versus humans, musical versus musical, nineties versus two thousands, twentieth century versus twenty-first and cute and funny versus clever and powerful. Who will win, and be crowned the top version of a Christmas Carol ever committed to screen?
Can you call it? Cos I sure can't!