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The holidays are upon us, which means we'll be hearing Christmas carols and other seasonal fare almost nonstop for the next several weeks. Now, don't get us wrong: the Top 10 team adores "Frosty the Snowman" and other hum-worthy ditties. But we're also a bunch of geeks, which means we'd appreciate hearing techie versions of holiday favorites. For instance, the following:

10	O Dot-Com, All Ye Faithful Joyless and despondent, O come, ye investors, to Nasdaq again.
9	Rudolph the Red Hat Reindeer All of the other operating systems used to laugh and call him names.
8	The First Novell Let peace reign throughout the LAN.
7	The 12 Domains of Christmas Nine .edus a-teaching, eight .orgs a-milking (you for money), seven .govs a-taxing, six .coms a-laying, five gold .tvs...
6	We Three Kings Inspired by the charitable works of Gates, Ellison, and Michael Dell. Alternate title: Geeks bearing gifts.
5	Grandma Got Run Over by a Scooter Humorous ditty about the first Segway-related accident.
4	Mr. Gates Is Coming to School He's making a list and checking it twice, so Microsoft will grab a billion-dollar slice.
3	Code to Joy Programmers translate the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth from German into C++.
2	I Saw Judge Kollar-Kotelly Kissing Microsoft Underneath the Capitol last night.
1	Away in a Merger Most requested tune at the HP and Compaq holiday parties this year.

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