British Christmas Songs That Never Crossed the Pond (Because They’re Weird)


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Dec 22 2015 15 mins  

Aliens and dead snowmen populate Christmas hits over in Britain.

This week, Carly guides us through an exploration of British Christmas music that never managed to cross the pond. One of them is about an alien and another is about a dead snowman:

The Weird, Wonderful World of British Christmas Music

Something we didn’t talk about (but should have) is this collection of super scary Victorian Christmas cards BBC News just dug up:

Frog murder and boiled children: ‘Merry Christmas’ Victorian style – BBC News

And, even though it’s not British, Destiny’s Child’s “8 Days of Christmas” deserves a mention:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikOWQ9YIb-A

Until next week!

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