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How well do you really know your Christmas songs?
Christmas day has to be one of the most stressful days of the year. There’s turkeys to roast, shreds of wrapping paper to clean, dinner tables to set and guests to entertain… Thank God Christmas songs are there once the chaos has ended. With such a large library of classic festive songs, lifting those tattered spirits after a hectic day’s work is easy. For the quintessential Christmas spirit lifter, it’s hard to beat the sugar-coated pop of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, which has become THE unofficial song of the holiday season. Pair this song with a comfy chair and your favourite drink for the…
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Christmas Belle – Kate Bush
It’s now time for my annual Christmas song from a female singer who also happens to be a style icon. Last year I chose 2000 Miles from The Pretenders, one of my absolute faves and pretty well known. This year I’ve opted for another fave lady, but with a song that is a little less well known. This year’s Christmas bell(e) is Kate Bush, and the song is December Will Be Magic Again, which she performed live on a Christmas special in 1979, and was then released for Christmas 1980, but only released number 29 in the charts. This was in the same year that the Christmas Number one position…
