James and I went for a lovely walk today in Chatelherault Country Park on a surprisingly sunny morning in between all the rain we’ve been having. We ended a few errands and on our way home we had a lively discussion about which is the worst Christmas song. James content that it is “Little Saint Nick” by The Beach Boys, mainly because of the lyric “Christmas comes this time each year” which I admit is a good point, although I think it’s one of those “so bad it’s actually good” lines. However, for me, the worst Christmas song has to be the dirge-like “Mistletoe and wine“ by Cliff Richard. It’s poor both in melody and lyrics, with the most annoying line being “Children singing Chris-tee-an rhyme” Christian is elongated to make it scan, but I think it sounds clunky, and what does “Christian rhyme” mean? I presume it’s just an awkward way to say “carols” and it is really jarring.
My best Christmas songs in order: (not carols, that’s a whole other category)
- Merry Christmas Everyone by Shaking Stevens (also Ewan’s favourite)
- All I want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
- White Christmas by Bing Crosby
- It’s Christmas by Slade
- Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl
and a very recent addition which I really like -
- Merry Christmas by Elton John and Ed Sheeran
Heather’s favourite is Step into Christmas by Elton John.
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