Driving Home for Christmas went into Rea's "old tin full of unfinished stuff" and lay untouched for several years. The track ...

If you’re sick of hearing the same old festive cheese at this time of year, allow Kevin E G Perry to suggest an alternative ...

NEARLY 40 years after it first stormed the charts, The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York remains one of the most popular ...

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Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey is a fairly new addition to the Christmas canon. She first released her festive EP A Very Laufey Holiday in 2022, but has re-released it over the years, adding to it ...

Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers popularised a song that was covered by singers ranging from James Brown to Bruce Springsteen ...

Slade rocked O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire for their It’s Christmaaas! Final Tour. Dave Hill led a high-energy gig packed with ...

YOU heard ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ when you started your supermarket shop in the fruit and veg aisle an hour ago, ...

MICHAEL COY discusses some of the rituals associated with the winter festivities. Just like with Hallowe’en, Spain has tended ...

Hearts triumphant players fist pumped and waved to jubilant fans in the stands as they left the Tynecastle turf after their ...

As we approach the Yuletide season, The Struts vocalist Luke Spiller has debuted a festive cover of Christmas classic ‘Merry ...

The ghost of a Christmas past will forever live within the author, a reminder of the betterment for which we all should ...