All news on the topic: Christmas songs

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Dark history of Christmas songs – including deaths, funerals and anti-Semitism
Every year the same Christmas songs get played over and over again on people's playlists and the radio, but several have sad histories behind them which most do not know about
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Popular Xmas song rewritten after lyrics were labelled too sinister and dark
The original version of 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' was rewritten after Hollywood star Judy Garland told the writers people wanted a 'warm' song for Christmas
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Inspiration behind Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody and how much 'feuding' band make
Merry Xmas Everybody was released in 1973, but it actually started life as something much less festive - a "hippy-trippy" track about a rocking chair - and was rewritten in a few hours
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Fairytale of New York tops list of best Christmas driving songs, study finds
The Pogues' 1988 hit beat the aptly-named 'Driving Home For Christmas', by Chris Rea, to the top spot for Christmas road trips this year
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Christmas classic Fairytale of New York by The Pogue's almost didn't happen
The song 'Fairytale of New York' is a Christmas classic that people across the UK adore - but the plucky tune almost didn't exist, and Shane MacGowan called it 'sloppy'
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Spending time with family is the most magical thing about Christmas, Brits say
Other top magical moments during the holiday season include putting up decorations, seeing loved ones open their gifts - and that first mince pie of the season, the survey found