As 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.
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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 segariniRoxanne Tellier: Ghosts of Christmas’ Past
Posted in Opinion with tags Aaron Neville, Beatlemania, Beatles, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas, Clarence Carter, DBAWIS, Diana Krall, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Hathaway, Eartha Kitt, Flash Mobs, Fred Astaire, George Michaels, Greg Lake, Hallelujah, Holiday Inn, Joni Mitchell, music, Paul McCartney, Records, Roxanne Tellier, Slade, The Grinch, Toronto, Wham, Wings, Wizzard on December 16, 2013 by segariniAh, Christmas! Here you come again, you saucy temptress. We know each other well, you and I. We’ve spent so many years together, both good and bad, happy and sad, flush with cash, or miserably penniless. I know you in all of your beauty, but I also know your dark side.
December babies, like myself, are all too aware of the deviousness of parents who tell you that your birthday is very important, but just so very near to Christmas. They’ll catch you on the flip side, they say, and presents will rain down upon you like … rain. They lie.