Crosby's classic received 21% of the votes from respondents

A survey for the Scottish Executive's mental health programme found the Irving Berlin-penned song was most likely to warm winter hearts.

Slade's romp, Merry Christmas Everyone, was in second place and Wizzard's I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday came third in the WellScotland poll.

New festive efforts by groups like Take That failed to register.

The results formed part of an online poll of people's attitudes to the festive period and had a focus on mental health, music and food.

VOTE RESULTS Vote for your top Christmas song White Christmas - Bing Crosby  29.89%  Merry Christmas Everyone - Slade  5.93%  I Wish It Could be Christmas Everyday - Wizard  5.07%  Winter Wonderland - The Andrews Sisters  1.56%  Last Christmas - Wham  2.72%  Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Diana Ross  1.13%  All I Want for Christmas - Mariah Carey  23.03%  Fairytale of New York - Kirsty McColl and The Pogues  25.91%  Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard  1.79%  Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid  2.98%  3018 Votes Cast Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion

Of the 772 Scottish adults who responded, 21% voted for Crosby's classic, 17% opted for Slade's 70s anthem and 16% favoured Wizzard.

In fourth place were the Andrews Sisters with Winter Wonderland (12%), fifth was Wham's Last Christmas (11%), followed by Diana Ross and The Supremes with Santa Claus is Coming to Town (7%) and Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas (6%).

There was no sign of other favourites such as Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Sir Cliff Richard's Mistletoe and Wine and Band Aid's Do They Know it's Christmas.

A spokesman for WellScotland said: "It's well known that songs can bring back memories of people, places and events and, with the three top songs dating back over 30 years it is clear that people in Scotland enjoy reminiscing about past Christmases by listening to the old classics."