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To ask if Fairytale of New York is your favourite Christmas song?

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harmoneygarxe · 08/12/2024 17:39

Just that really.

Is it a love it or hate it song?

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Vettrianofan · 08/12/2024 18:51

I prefer O Holy Night.

MasterBeth · 08/12/2024 18:50

Uricon2 · 08/12/2024 18:48

It was No 1 in December 1984 (knocked off by "Do They Know It's Christmas" for BandAid)

Also the video is kind of... rather...Christmas focused

Anyway, Die Hard is hardly obviously festive but accepted as a Christmas film, isn't it?

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Yeah, it was a hit at Christmas. The video is Christmas-themed. The song, however, is not a Christmas song.

(And "is Die Hard a Xmas film?" is one of the most clichéd and tedious discussions of all time. Die Hard is set on Christmas Eve. It has much more to do with Christmas (i.e. something) than Power of Love does (i.e. nothing).

Sincerelyours · 08/12/2024 18:49

WaitingforStrike · 08/12/2024 17:42

No, I turn it off usually.

Same

ColinOfficeTrolley · 08/12/2024 18:49

I do enjoy the song, but my fave is shaky. It makes me feel so happy and festive 😀

stayathomer · 08/12/2024 18:49

No, the waitresses Christmas Wrapping is mine! Also Stop The cavalry. Least favourite Mariah Carey (used to be my favourite!)

Roryno · 08/12/2024 18:48

Love it, I adore the music and the, chavvy apparently 🤣, lyrics. It’s my no 1.
no2 - Stop the Cavalry
no3 - Mary’s Boy Child
no4 - Slade
no5- Shaky
Hate Greg Lake.

MasterBeth · 08/12/2024 18:48

toucheee · 08/12/2024 18:37

It has sort of become one after that famous advert.

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Nope. It became a song that was on a Christmas advert.

Uricon2 · 08/12/2024 18:48

MasterBeth · 08/12/2024 18:32

Not a Christmas song, if you mean The Power of Love.

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It was No 1 in December 1984 (knocked off by "Do They Know It's Christmas" for BandAid)

Also the video is kind of... rather...Christmas focused

Anyway, Die Hard is hardly obviously festive but accepted as a Christmas film, isn't it?

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Bookgrrrl · 08/12/2024 18:47

It’s pretty much the only Christmas song I don’t hate!

UndeniablyGenX · 08/12/2024 18:47

MasterBeth · 08/12/2024 18:37

Because it isn't. It was just a hit at Christmas. What's Christmassy about it?

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The video

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UndeniablyGenX · 08/12/2024 18:45

The wretched dirge has just come on the Absolute 80s chart show 😂

notatinydancer · 08/12/2024 18:45

I love it. It's my favourite.

BottomlessBrunch · 08/12/2024 18:39

Absolutely hate it

Sonowimbackfromouterspace · 08/12/2024 18:39

I voted UABU because i can't understand why anything has to be full-on love OR hate.

Some things in in life I love. Some things I hate. Most things are on a spectrum in between, including Marmite, which I have never, ever loved or hated.

FYI, Fairytale of New York is a song I like a lot. But I could still die happy even if I never heard it again.

SmudgeButt · 08/12/2024 18:39

I like Fairytale but they have to play the right version. Not the sanitised made for 5 year olds one that ends up on the radio.

For a "on the radio" one I'd maybe go for Driving home for Christmas.

But I do know that Christmas doesn't start until someone puts Bach's Christmas Oratorio on at volume. The opening is a killer.

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 08/12/2024 18:38

The original is my favourite.

I don't like the new lyrics because they're shite and ruin it.

I also love Baby, It's Cold Outside.

TeamPolin · 08/12/2024 18:38

Definitely in my top 3. I think the musical arrangement is absolutely stunning and it's full of pathos. I actually saw the Pogues perform this live at Brixton Academy the year after Kirsty McColl died. They got a guest singer and performed it as a tribute to Kirsty. It was so beautiful and so terribly terribly sad at the same time. Lot of people in the audience welling up....

grannyjacob · 08/12/2024 18:37

Yes, it’s my favourite Christmas song. There’s an older man who regularly busks where I live, he was singing it the other day and somebody/himself videoed it. Not as good without the two voices but not half bad at all.

MasterBeth · 08/12/2024 18:37

Leavealightonformehey · 08/12/2024 18:36

@MasterBeth Why isn’t it?

Because it isn't. It was just a hit at Christmas. What's Christmassy about it?

toucheee · 08/12/2024 18:37

MasterBeth · 08/12/2024 18:32

Not a Christmas song, if you mean The Power of Love.

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It has sort of become one after that famous advert.

MasterBeth · 08/12/2024 18:36

I cannot believe anyone likes that Shakin' Stevens song.

Leavealightonformehey · 08/12/2024 18:36

@MasterBeth Why isn’t it?

RabbitsRock · 08/12/2024 18:35

Love it

TheEyesOfLucyJordon · 08/12/2024 18:35

Absolutely. Without a shadow of a doubt. Best. Love it 🥰🥰🎵🎶🎵

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 08/12/2024 18:32

It’s my favourite with Shaky at number 2

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