In praise of … the Christmas No 1 | Editorial

The remarkable thing about the Christmas chart-topper is that it's one of those few genres of songs that everyone knows"Oh mist rolling in from / the sea my desire / is always to be here". You know what's coming next. "With logs on the fire and gifts on the tree / A time to rejoice in the good that we see". Who can't fill in the rest of Cliff's chorus? "Well tonight thank God it's them / instead of you". It is surely impossible to repeat those lines without attempting Bono's yodel. We don't ...

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