Xmas 2025

Probably The Most Loved And Most Hated Xmas Song Ever

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23 December 2025

It’s already 52 years ago (17 December 1973) since the Wolverhampton glam
rockers SLADE released sickly sing-along single MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY.

It became a blockbuster hit with more than 1 million copies worldwide. It’s probably
both, the most loved and the most hated Xmas song ever. Every single year you just can’t escape it. It’s on the radio, in stores, in cafés and restaurants, on Christmas markets, it’s everywhere. Even on Turn Up The Volume.

All together now

ALANIS MORISSETTE Joins The Xmas Carol Carousel With Her Version Of ‘AVE MARIA’

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17 December 2025

Canadian luminary ALANIS MORISSSETTE (aged 51 now) returned
to the live stage this year and will do so next year (in England).

But first her take on the classic devotional AVE MARIA. The song was
originally composed by Austrian symphonist Franz Schubert in 1825,
titled Ellens Dritter Gesang.

As an ode to the Virgin Mary the song became one of the
holiday’s most storied tunes over the years and still is.

Morissette‘s version is a down-tempo version that stays true
to the classic melody, with added flair from her singular vocals.

AVE MORISSETTE

FRANZ SCHUBERT

UK 2026

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THE DIVINE COMEDY Go Christmassy With New Reverie ‘ALL THE PRETTY LIGHTS’

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13 December 2025

Artist: THE DIVINE COMEDY
Who: The backing band of Irish
songsmith veteran Neil Hannon.

Track: ALL THE PRETTY LIGHTS
New Xmas tune that follows their praised
new LP Rainy Sunday Afternoon.


“It began with the title and a scrap of melody. That title brought to mind my family’s visit to London in the late ’70s. To be a 7-year-old in London at Christmas was like being in Mary Poppins. Utterly magical! These memories are a bit garbled and possibly enhanced with age, but the song is as much about the fallibility of memory as about nostalgia for Christmas past.”

Santa is on his way.

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