ARTIST: Michael Bublé SONG: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas ALBUM: Christmas (2011, Reprise) Because well...it really is now isn't it? A bit of the king of Christmas music for the 21st century to start this year's calendar! https://youtu.be/bYnqRzJTOYs Don't forget to follow our Spotify playlist to ensure you're getting all the songs … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2017: Day 1
I did promise I had a big announcement today, so here it is! Every Christmas on my Twitter for the last few years, I have posted a Christmas song each day throughout December right up to Christmas Day. Because I'm a firm believer that the music (OK and the food) is one of the things … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2017
ARTIST: Tom Chaplin SONG: Under a Million Lights SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? For those that like keeping count, Friday 17th November 2017 will go down as the date, and thus the point, I first mentioned the C word on this here blog this year. No, not that C word … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Tom Chaplin – ‘Under a Million Lights’
It's fair to say I had some pretty spiffing Christmases growing up. Being in a family of seven as well, always meant that our living room on Christmas morning was a Technicolor haze of wild wrapping paper strewn abandon, like some sort of elf convention on steroids. But we also had our traditions as well … Continue reading My Ultimate Christmas Toys of Childhood
What Christmas Means to Me by Alex MacGregor A choir singing merrily on high Oxford Street lighting up the sky Frost nipping my rosy cheeks 24 days, counting down the weeks Roaring fires, all snug and warm Excitement when I wake in the Yuletide morn Stockings hung, the tree lit up Heady mulled wine filling … Continue reading A festive poem from yours truly…
Dear Cat & Fi, Helllooo!!! As has been mentioned elsewhere, it has been an awfully long time since I last wrote a 'Dear Cat & Fi' to you both. And I am happy to confirm that that time to write a new one, is in fact now. And behold, my view whilst writing to you … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One with all the Acts of Kindness
Afternoon all! And a hearty welcome to December on my blog! I do realise it has been something of a very long while since I last wrote an entry (a month. That's usual, I know). Once again, feet of blame must rest firmly at the door of 'real life shit', and it's only now things … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: ‘Last Christmas’
Merry Christmas to you all! Hope you're all having a great time so far and are eating, drinking and sharing with loved ones aplenty. (Here come the emojis 😄 🎄 🎁 🎀 ❄ 🎅 🐧) 2014 has been a busy and exciting year for me, and usually, those who've read my Facebook for the last … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2014
More so in light of the controversy surrounding Russell Brand this week, we seem to have a annoyingly odd habit in this country of knocking our finest talents down when it suits us. Particularly when they so much as dare to connect with something beyond the supposed smoke and mirrors world of wealth and celebrity … Continue reading Richard Curtis: making a fully fledged bastard of a point since 1991 (or thereabouts).
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