As it's the 1st of December and the Christmas season has officially started, I thought I'd mark the occasion by beginning a new series. As previously intimated, I rather like Christmas music, so this will be dedicated to those Christmas songs that lie just off the beaten track. I'll start with a personal favourite:
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – Tom Waits (this version also has Waits singing Silent Night; always a bonus)
As I always mention when this song is brought up, a few years back, when downloads started being taken into account for the charts, there was a campaign to make this Christmas Number One. Sadly, it didn't pan out; I'd have loved to hear radio stations forced to play this. This song is perhaps even more poignant than Fairytale of New York. Ignore the insipid crap of Band Aid; if you want to think about those less fortunate, this is the song to go for.
[24 days until Christmas!]
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