This is not original, but it’s still the best. Bar none.
Happy Christmas to you and yours.
And the story of the song is here written by Dorian Lynskey. (It’s not really Shane on the piano. Cheeky pup that he is.)
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Merry Christmas! Have A Good Un.
Merry Christmas.
Completely Agree. The best!
Merry Christmas and shtufffs.
I enjoyed the history of the gestation of this song. I think that it is worthy of its place among the great Christmas songs along with the traditional carols and White Christmas. It emphasizes the side of Christmas that the Simon Community sees, that scale from destitution and hopelessness and then through redemption to rehabilitation. Yet we still continue to exchange rubbish and tat.
Hi,
A Very Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Happy Christmas to you too Paul.
I hope you had a good one Paul, I had a quiet & internet free day, it was grand.