This week, leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday, has always been considered the Holiest of Holy weeks to Catholics. As a child, I looked forward to new shoes and a showy hat (women still had to wear them in church, back then) and a basket full of goodies – maybe even a chocolate bunny!
Archive for Britain
Roxanne Tellier: It’s The War on Christmas, Carol
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Bob Segarini, Britain, British, Christmas number ones, Coldplay, DBAWIS, East 17, Elton John, Gary Jules, George Michaels, Jim Lea, Joe McElderry, John Lennon, Justin Bieber, KirstyMacColl, Kylie Minogue, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir, Mariah Carey, Midge Ure, Mr Blobby, Pet Shop Boys, Pop Idol, Rage Against the Machine, Roxanne Tellier, Shane MacGowan, Simon and Garfunkel, Slade, Spice Girls, Tears For Fears, the Darkness, ThePogues, UFC, Wham, Wizzard, X Factor on December 20, 2015 by segariniAs hard as it might be to imagine holiday songs battling it out, the plain fact is … Christmas songs mean big bucks. Over and over and over again. A Number One Christmas song can mean early retirement for the writer, with a nice pension income supplemented every year in December.