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Non-Christmas Songs that remind you of Christmas

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  • #52
    Jude13
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    No idea he had any other songs, I just remember his kid hanging round with friends of friends when I was a teen.


  • #53
    TRS30
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    No idea he had any other songs, I just remember his kid hanging round with friends of friends when I was a teen.

    Miss World??


  • #54
    Jude13
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    She turned out to be I believe. She was just a drunk teen at club 92 when I was there as a drunk teen. them were the days.

    Anywho, I would have born to run as a random song that give s me a Christmas feeling.


  • #55
    Batgurl
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    I sometimes listen to random playlists on Spotify or Apple Music and the Harry Potter theme song came on over the weekend and it definitely reminded me of Christmas :)

    I think because RTE always played the movies on Christmas Day so the sound just became synonymous with Christmas!


  • #56
    Jude13
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    Oooooh Harry Potter Music definitely reminds me of Christmas. Firstly the films have Christmas in them (sometimes) and secondly years back Etihad ripped off the intro score for their background music on flights. I would fly home with them for Christmas and the tune would get me all excited.


  • #57
    Beechwoodspark
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    PaulT21 wrote: »
    Any opinions on Chris De Burgh's, A Spaceman Came Travelling?

    I love it and its not Christmas without it but I'm not sure Main Stream Religion would agree with the premise of the story as told by Chris :)

    Brilliant song.

    There was a dance remix of it out a few years ago that was decent. I think Chris de burg appeared on late late to promote it


  • #58
    PTH2009
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhW2v0NDM0


    More or so to do with the bells from 1 min in


  • #59
    PaulT21
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhW2v0NDM0


    More or so to do with the bells from 1 min in

    Not feeling it to be honest:confused: But thanks for the tune anyway:D:D


  • #60
    Mutleyboo
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    Pipes of peace is a Christmas song to me but I don't think it is an actual Christmas song. It was released in December which is probably the association. I played it loud today and got away with it ðŸ˜


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  • #61
    tayto lover
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    “ I wish it could be Summer every day”.


  • #62
    Nedington
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    Together in electric dreams has a Christmasy sound to it


  • #63
    Heroditas
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    Loughc wrote: »
    So absolutely E17 - Stay Another Day is not a Christmas song but it is always played at Christmas due to it being a Christmas number 1.

    You're on thin ice now. The video has fake snow, church bells and the guys dressed in white snow suits.
    Couldn't be more Christmassy :D


  • #64
    Loughc
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    Heroditas wrote: »
    You're on thin ice now. The video has fake snow, church bells and the guys dressed in white snow suits.
    Couldn't be more Christmassy :D

    That’s not the original video for the song. They filmed a brand new video for it when they realised they could tap into the Christmas market for the song. (And they added the bells too)


  • #65
    Batgurl
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    Has Stop the Calvary been mentioned here yet? If I recall there is no mention of Christmas anywhere in that song but somehow we only play it during the festive season.


  • #66
    PTH2009
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    Look what ye made me do ha

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/78yYSVGjSLvtSqTsLoFEdT?si=hwCP23NTQYGSADlgPL0umQ

    Feel free to add any song you feel is a Christmas song is not


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  • #67
    s1ippy
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    All of Morrissey's You Are the Quarry. Someone got it for me for Christmas in 2004 and I had it on my headphones non stop because I was a moody teenager.


  • #68
    Littlehorny
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    Batgurl wrote: »
    Has Stop the Calvary been mentioned here yet? If I recall there is no mention of Christmas anywhere in that song but somehow we only play it during the festive season.


    Does it not have the line "wish I was at home for Christmas" in it?

    I'm going to have to play this later to check :)


  • #69
    Smell the glove
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    Does it not have the line "wish I was at home for Christmas" in it?

    I'm going to have to play this later to check :)

    Yes it does. It wasn't meant to be a Christmas song. It was an anti war song but when the record company heard that line I'm nearly certain they put the sleigh bells on it and released it at Christmas time.


  • #70
    Smell the glove
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    Mutleyboo wrote: »
    Pipes of peace is a Christmas song to me but I don't think it is an actual Christmas song. It was released in December which is probably the association. I played it loud today and got away with it ðŸ˜

    It was released around Christmas time and the video was about the Christmas Day peace truce between german and British soldiers during the first world war where the soldiers stopped fighting and had a game of football.


  • #71
    DvB
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    Batgurl wrote: »
    Has Stop the Calvary been mentioned here yet? If I recall there is no mention of Christmas anywhere in that song but somehow we only play it during the festive season.

    One line mentions it

    "Wish I could be home for Christmas"

    Boom.... Christmas tune!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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  • #72
    DavyD_83
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    Batgurl wrote: »
    Not sure if this counts but I can’t hear Wet Wet Wet’s song ‘Love is all Around’ without singing the wrong (Billy Mack) lyrics :D

    That and ‘Lemon Tree’ by Fools Garden.

    “I wonder how, I wonder why, Santa and his reindeer are able to fly...”

    Weird, Lemon Tree is a summer song for me. Obviously Dustin's 'Christmas tree' homage was fill Christmas


  • #73
    Scribbler100
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    I always associate Paul Young's version of "Love of the Common People" with Christmas. No reference to Christmas, but snow is mentioned, as is the warmth of home and family.


  • #74
    Smell the glove
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    Scribbler100 wrote: »
    I always associate Paul Young's version of "Love of the Common People" with Christmas. No reference to Christmas, but snow is mentioned, as is the warmth of home and family.

    Always thought there was a hint of Christmas about it too.


  • #75
    DvB
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    Scribbler100 wrote: »
    I always associate Paul Young's version of "Love of the Common People" with Christmas. No reference to Christmas, but snow is mentioned, as is the warmth of home and family.

    Yeah, i know where your coming from with that, not in the least a Christmas song but gives off a strong whiff of it for some reason... have a vague recollection it was on the christmas music channels too, though I am open to correction on that.

    Great tune too.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #76
    odyssey06
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    What I find strange is that Only You by Flying Pickets seems to be accepted as part of the Christmas song 'canon', because it was a Christmas #1, even though it isn't chrimassy.

    But that doesn't seem to be the case with the previous Christmas #1s, Dont You Want Me & Save You Love.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #77
    DvB
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    What I find strange is that Only You by Flying Pickets seems to be accepted as part of the Christmas song 'canon', because it was a Christmas #1, even though it isn't chrimassy.

    But that doesn't seem to be the case with the previous Christmas #1s, Dont You Want Me & Save You Love.

    As mentioned above, I think its inclusion in the office Christmas special may have an influence on that perception.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #78
    odyssey06
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    DvB wrote: »
    As mentioned above, I think its inclusion in the office Christmas special may have an influence on that perception.

    Yes, interesting angle, though it was the original Yazoo version played in The Office though?
    But on the usual Christmas playlist is the Flying Pickets 'a capella' version which was a Christmas #1 in 1983 rather than the original Yazoo version.

    There seems to be something about the song that made a deeper impression over and above other non-christmassy sounding Christmas #1s, which is possibly one of the reasons it was picked for the Office special - which may well then have solidified its place in the canon.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #79
    yerwanthere123
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    Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Murder On The Dancefloor', remember it constantly being on the radio in the run up to Christmas 2001.

    Quite a few others from 2001 actually, Stereophonics version of 'Handbags and Gladrags', iio's 'Rapture' and Samantha Mumba's take on 'Lately', all songs released late in the year that always give me the Christmas feels.

    'Stan' by Eminem is about as un-Christmassy as you can get but (I think) it was Ireland's Christmas No.1 back in 2000, so that's another one. S Club 7's 'Never Had A Dream Come True', also from the year 2000. Oh childhood!


  • #80
    Littlehorny
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    ^^^ Forgot about that S Club 7 song alright.
    Pure rip off of East 17's idea. Put the band in a few snowy scenes, stick big furry coats on them and look all lovingly into the camera :)


  • #81
    matchthis
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    https://youtu.be/bqIxCtEveG8

    Even part of my playlist, wasn’t new when I heard it, but gave off a cold/ warm vibe like the blast of a heater above the door on a shop


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  • #82
    PaulT21
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    Just a general question on a Christmas Classic,:D

    Walking in the Air and particularly the Ryan Sheridan Version

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EDWfLOWjTc

    What do people think of this ?

    Personally, I like it but I'm not overly keen on changing classic songs in general.:mad:

    That said, some reworks are often better than the originals.:(

    Conflicted on a beautiful Sunday morning:confused::D


  • #83
    Beechwoodspark
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    ^^^ Forgot about that S Club 7 song alright.
    Pure rip off of East 17's idea. Put the band in a few snowy scenes, stick big furry coats on them and look all lovingly into the camera :)

    Even though I agree - I kinda like it none the less!?

    Does anyone here watch the music channels on the run up to Christmas ? - all day long they play Christmas music videos

    All the classics like simply having a wonderful Christmas time or stop the cavalry. And of course Mariah - all I want for Christmas usually is the number 1 Christmas video.

    It’s just occurred to me I could probably watch them whenever I liked on YouTube :-)


  • #84
    Beechwoodspark
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    Another one I like but which is v much a Christmas song is U2s cover of I believe in Father Christmas.


  • #85
    Batgurl
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    I challenge anyone to listen to this decidedly non-Christmas song and not think of Christmas :D

    (Another gem from a random Spotify playlist)

    https://youtu.be/PcxlAIZaE1o


  • #86
    mirrorwall14
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    PaulT21 wrote: »
    Just a general question on a Christmas Classic,:D

    Walking in the Air and particularly the Ryan Sheridan Version

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EDWfLOWjTc

    What do people think of this ?

    Personally, I like it but I'm not overly keen on changing classic songs in general.:mad:

    That said, some reworks are often better than the originals.:(

    Conflicted on a beautiful Sunday morning:confused::D

    I actually really like the ryan Sheridan version and its on my playlist despite being determined not to like it!


  • #87
    Smell the glove
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    I always thought the music in Bruce Springsteen' Hungry Heart is Christmassy.


  • #88
    Heroditas
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    Loughc wrote: »
    That’s not the original video for the song. They filmed a brand new video for it when they realised they could tap into the Christmas market for the song. (And they added the bells too)

    Don't ruin it for me! :D

    (never knew that by the way)


  • #89
    Loughc
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    Heroditas wrote: »
    Don't ruin it for me! :D

    (never knew that by the way)

    If I wanted to ruin it for you I’d tell you the meaning behind the song :P


  • #90
    DvB
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    Loughc wrote: »
    If I wanted to ruin it for you I’d tell you the meaning behind the song :P

    If they read the thread from the start its already there!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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  • #91
    Indestructable
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    Caravan of Love by the Housemartin's. Was probably released around Christmas but not particularly Christmassy.


  • #92
    Heroditas
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    DvB wrote: »
    If they read the thread from the start its already there!

    Again, I've learned something new! I'd always thought it was about a relationship break-up


  • #93
    Ladygoodman1
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    the marino waltz. Beautiful its world class. Always reminds me home and fire and Christmas


  • #94
    Jude13
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Another one I like but which is v much a Christmas song is U2s cover of I believe in Father Christmas.

    I never knew this existed until today. Thank you.


  • #95
    DvB
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    Indestructable wrote: »
    Caravan of Love by the Housemartin's. Was probably released around Christmas but not particularly Christmassy.

    That was the famous race to No.1 for christmas 1986. Caravan of love went to No.1 on Dec 20th and technically was No.1 on the 25th, however Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson went to No.1 on Dec 27th and because of the way Christmas fell that year & the days the charts were released it technically won the coveted Christmas No.1 slot. It stayed at no.1 for 4 weeks, though it could never be considered a Christmas song, at least not by me anyway.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #96
    TRS30
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    DvB wrote: »
    That was the famous race to No.1 for christmas 1986. Caravan of love went to No.1 on Dec 20th and technically was No.1 on the 25th, however Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson went to No.1 on Dec 27th and because of the way Christmas fell that year & the days the charts were released it technically won the coveted Christmas No.1 slot. It stayed at no.1 for 4 weeks, though it could never be considered a Christmas song, at least not by me anyway.

    'And my specialist subject will be 80's pop music.......:D'


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  • #97
    DvB
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    'And my specialist subject will be 80's pop music.......:D'

    Ah here, did the hear the one about the 90's? :D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #98
    DvB
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    I never knew this existed until today. Thank you.

    Either did I. Must try & find it later.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #99
    Loughc
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    'And my specialist subject will be 80's pop music.......:D'

    Takes note for a Phone a friend if I ever make it on Who Wants to be Millionaire.


  • #100
    TRS30
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    Loughc wrote: »
    Takes note for a Phone a friend if I ever make it on Who Wants to be Millionaire.

    Did you see it last night? Question for a million and he didnt know it, Clarkson knew it however he had already asked him, on a question he (contestant) knew the answer to!


  • #101
    Loughc
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    Did you see it last night? Question for a million and he didnt know it, Clarkson knew it however he had already asked him, on a question he (contestant) knew the answer to!

    No I haven't seen it yet but it was on my planner.... :P


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