Well since I am pretty much sitting around doing nothing by myself this X-mas I thought I might as well share some of my favourite holiday tunes. True this probably isn't long enough to be a "diary" but A. It took as much time to put together as many diaries and B. The list on the front page was so wretched old fashioned I thought I would throw in my two cents!
Enjoy below the fold, in no particular order, 20 of my favourite X-mas tunes (at least the ones I could find YouTube videos for):
Happy Usurped Pagan Winter Festival To All, And To All A Good Night!!!
(PS: Please feel free to share your favourite in the comments!)
EDIT: And as was pointed out to me in the comments by Patric Julliet I stupidly left out the most quintessential X-mas song EVER!! So it gets a special place even above the list, please to forgive.
The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York:
1. The Bird And The Bee - Carol Of The Bells:
2. She Wants Revenge - Kidnap The Sandy Claws:
3. Pomplamoose - Always In The Season:
4. Neko Case - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis (Tom Waits):
5. Cocteau Twins - Frosty The Snowman:
6. Shonen Knife - Space Christmas:
7. Wesley Willis - Merry Christmas:
8. The Muppets & John Denver - 12 Days Of Christmas:
9. The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer Boy:
10. The Raveonettes - Christmas Baby (Please Come Home):
11. The Wedding Present - Stepping Into Christmas:
12. Julie London - I'd Like You For Christmas:
13. The Killers & Toni Halliday* - A Great Big Sled: *not so much for the killers but for toni halliday =)
14. Saint Etienne - Through The Winter:
15. Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin':
16. Rilo Kiley - X-Mas Cake:
17. XTC - Thanks For Christmas:
18. Drugstore - Maybe At Christmastime:
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - All I Want For Christmas:
20. Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas: