Deck the hall with hunks of holly

[venta]

It is the time of year where one is obliged to give thanks to Shane McGowan and Kirsty MacColl. When shops are playing Frosty the Snowman and Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree on some kind of homicide-inducing loop, there is exactly one non-execrable Christmas Song.

And, owing to checking a spelling there, I have just learnt that execrable and excreable are different words.

Comments

Re: Top Tunes

[marjory.livejournal.com]

Well Jessica and Ashlee Simpson are sort of doyennes of MTV (which I watch on occasion as German TV is very bad and sometimes they have decent music on plus I like a bit of background hum). Jessica is chiefly known for a reality TV show called Newlyweds in which she copes with such traumas as learning how to switch off her own alarm clockand make her hairdresser's appointment on time. Apparently she also sings! Ashlee is her little sister who sings a bit more and has her own reality TV show. Both shows are quite cheesy yet oddly moreish... Well, a real scream, to be frank!

IMHO the single is basically girlie, cash-in, bubble-gum stuff. But then that sort of thing does tend to end up on Christmas compilations by the shedload!

[Marjory's Note to Self: Cut down on lowbrow pop-culture references here.]