Bob Stanley's guide to writing the perfect Christmas hit

From Elvis to Shakey, from Cliff Richard to Mark E Smith, every pop star worth their salt has sung a song of Santa at some point. But there is an art to the festive dittyWriting a Christmas song feels to me like having the opportunity to write a Bond theme; the difference is that anyone can have a go, every year. To others, though, the Christmas song seems to carry the same stigma as Eurovision. Many of pop's biggest stars have run scared of it and it's largely been left to the most unlikely of ...

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