Category Archives: Christmas Songs

A Song For Today: It’s Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas by Half Man Half Biscuit

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Rol

‘Nuff Said Happy Christmas from the Mixtape!

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The Christmas Mixtape: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by Bruce Springsteen

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Rol

A Christmas Eulogy It’s one of my all-time favourite Christmas records, yet this year it’s tinged with sadness. Bruce’s very own Santa is no longer with us… I’ll be seeing Bruce live again next summer in Manchester, but it won’t … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Mixtape: Christmas Is Cancelled by The Long Blondes

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Rol

Last Christmas… Poor old Kate Jackson. One Christmas her boyfriend dumps her and goes off with another woman… the next, he turns up at her flat again like nothing’s happened. What a sleaze. No wonder Christmas is cancelled this year… … Continue reading →

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End of the World Christmas Songs: Post Apocalypse Christmas by Gruff Rhys

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Rol

Do They Know It’s Christmas? Just when I promised to take a break from the End of the World songs in favour of something more festive… Gruff Rhys turns up to kill two birds (and the rest of life on … Continue reading →

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List Songs: Christmas Countdown by Frank Kelly

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Rol

A Christmas List This week’s List Song comes from Frank Kelly – who would go on, many years later, to become far better known as Father Ted’s Father Jack. “Drink!” Recorded in the early 80s, Kelly’s Irish parody of the … Continue reading →

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