'Tis the season to be jolly

Ostriig on 25/12/2017 at 12:22

Merry Christmas, TTLG! Since we're being all edgy and stuff...

[video=youtube;W_tPpJAWY7M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_tPpJAWY7M[/video]

Of course, I started my day with something less gloomy and more (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI) traditional.

LesserFollies on 25/12/2017 at 16:00

Merry Christmas, all! I love that blue snow. (It's not just me, is it? There is blue snow here? I may or may not have already been into the spiked eggnog...) I love this song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2nxeACcW3I) It hits the trifecta of cheerful, religious, AND cheesy, but the lyrics seem to fit these troubled times.

ffox on 25/12/2017 at 19:10

I didn't like this when it first came out but it's grown on me:

[video=youtube;j9jbdgZidu8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8[/video]

If you find the accents tricky the lyrics are here: (https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pogues/fairytaleofnewyork.html)

And an interesting costume: (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3guvlz)

nickie on 26/12/2017 at 20:18

Is it an English/Cornish thing, Freddy. That's you, me and Medlar who all go for this one. I did read somewhere, which I now can't find, that put it at the all time No 1 (probably a UK chart). I find that rather reassuring.

Edit. Just found the chart again - (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42344257) Top 10 most played Christmas songs included in an article roughly about the lack of new favourites since the 90s

heywood on 27/12/2017 at 15:41

Strangely enough, I don't think it was ever released in the US as a single. By the time I heard the song for the first time, I was already well past tired of The Pogues after hearing Hell's Ditch for the twelve-thousandth time. It's a good song though.