I came across this Christmas song somewhere. Each year there are new songs and hymns written for Christmas, some catch on to be replayed every year for ever and others disappear.
On Radio 2 last week Vernon Kay played a new piece of Christmas pop music but it wasn't very good, he said he wouldn't be playing it again!....not sure he gets a choice. I didn't hear it so have no idea how bad it was or even who it was by - it will remain a mystery.
I think this is a bit of the new Michael Bublé single - he has a Christmas album every year.
I still like this best
I wrote about how this song came about on a post last year HERE
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The Strictly 2024 final was a really good ending to a very good series. I wasn't surprised that Chris and Diane won as they had been getting the most votes on the Strictly Spoiler website all season and how wrong I was 3 months ago in saying that a blind person doing the series was a crazy idea!
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I really like the first one. I enjoy listening to Celtic Christmas Music. It just invokes the feelings of the season and the weather around me. The third one just makes me want to cry. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI've never had to drive home for Christmas but do love that song!
DeleteThorn and Thistle is such a beautiful song! Thank you for posting it.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember where I came across it but it is a lovely bit of music
DeleteI was so pleased that Chris and Diane won Strictly too, such bravery on Chris's part, and such skill as a teacher on Diane's part (and Amy's too).
ReplyDeleteI didn't mind who won this year - they were all so good.
DeleteI am sorry not to have left a comment for so long or posted on my blog. I have been very ill and only now feel more able to use a keyboard - albeit on a phone! But I have been reading and it helps to see me through. Today I am posting similar comments on many favourite blogs I have read. From a hospital in France…
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear you have been very ill but it's good to know reading blogs has helped. Hope you continue to get better
DeleteChris Rea's Driving Home is my favourite also, along with Eartha Kitt's Santa Baby.
ReplyDeleteSo thrilled Chris and Diane won, I've enjoyed his humour {especially when directed at Craig} and admired his courage in all he took on. It also shows what an amazing person and teacher Diane is too.
Teaching someone to dance who couldn't watch to see how to do it is an amazing achievement
DeleteI have a very mixed Christmas list on Alexa, she shuffles the playlist most days for me, you certainly can't beat the older pop classics, though someone did say recently he has been driving home since 1988, that's almost 40 years.
ReplyDeleteThe oldies are the best!
DeleteReally enjoyed Strictly last night and Chris seemed genuinely surprised to win. Dianne is a wonderful teacher and even Craig’s little poem seemed heartfelt. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI've never seen Craig so soppy!
DeleteIt was interesting to reread the story of how Chris Rea's song was written.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed finding out about it last year and the history of some other bits of music too
DeleteI hadn't heard any of those songs. My favorite song memory is of my Dad singing "O Holy Night" each year while my sister played the piano for him. Now my youngest son will do the song with my sister and it is always a special moment for us.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to have musical memories like that - no one in my family was at all musical!
DeleteI wonder why he didn't like his song? Did he say?
ReplyDeleteI recently found the Wexford Carol, which is my current favorite. (See if you can find it with Alison Krause and Yo-Yo Ma.) I was surprised to read that it is Ireland's oldest Christmas carol, surviving from the 12th century.
I think Chris and Dianne did amazingly well, I don't watch Strictly but I did watch all of their dances on YouTube. I'm so sad that my Mum didn't get to see any of this years Strictly, it was always the highlight of her year and she would have loved Chris' achievement.
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