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The official Christmas FM thread

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    If I never heard Dolly's 'jolly Christmas' , grandma got run over by a reindeer, I want a hippopotamus for Christmas & Christmas shoes, my enjoyment of Christmas FM would be increased significantly!!

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




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Smell the glove


    Am I in the minority that I love I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas 🤔 I sing it so much around the house that the wife bought me a little toy hippo as a joke a few years ago 😂



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Yea, I think they might go back 'traditional' this year.

    There are a couple of songs I would have on my mute list as well. However, they keep playing them so assume majority must like them!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭sunbabe08


    No, you are not the only one!!! I was introduced to this song two years ago and I love it!!!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    I had Christmas FM briefly this morning. I heard Sheryl Crow's cover of Run Rudolph Run. I would not mind hearing that again during its license run.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Dipped into Christmas FM regular this afternoon and this came up as second song.... no thanks! Instantly went back to classical & carols.

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




  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,640 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Ah, I like the Hippo song- I think it's cute and the little girl singing it had a great voice for a child. The song was released in 1953; so it will be 70 years old next year! 😮



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    I loved it for a bit after my kids sang it in a school Christmas choir, but there was one year it was played to death on Christmas FM and it wore thin for me. A couple of quiet years and I'm sure I'd go back to enjoying it.

    Doubt I could ever say that of a few others though.

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




  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,640 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    I love Christmas FM, but it ruins so many songs for so many people. 😂



  • Registered Users Posts: 595 ✭✭✭dubstepper


    I don't mind Dolly but the Hippo song is awful. I think @Posy is right , no matter what is played it will piss someone off. I love Last Christmas but it seems many think it is not even a Christmas song.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    I think its when dipping in to listen if you happen to hear one song far too often it just grates and you start to notice it more, we all want a perfect mix when we listen in & logically that's never going to happen given the playlist they work from... I must admit though it seems to be one song each year that gets way more air time than it deserves... though ask 100 people what that is & you'll probably get 25+ different responses 😀

    Even at that, I'll still listen in as much as I can & look forward to having it in the car big time.

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




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    I was listening online for the last 15 minutes until Last Christmas by Wham came in - had to turn it off then as I have heard that song too much over the years and will no doubt hear it again! Anyway, I particularly enjoyed 2000 Miles by The Pretenders and Merry Christmas Baby by Otis Redding. Obviously the former gets plenty of airplay every year, but the latter is one of those gems that I hear from time to time on Christmas FM and nowhere else. I hope I hear a bit more of that over the next month and a half. Bruce Springsteen's version gets some airplay every year and I quite like that one too.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    From ChristmasFM socials


    We’ll be switching on Christmas in Ireland with the launch of our FM station on Monday 28th November. ✨


    But you don’t need to wait until then to get your Christmas FM fix. Our presenters are warming up their vocal cords right now on Christmas FM Online. Listen now:

    🎶 On ChristmasFM.com

    🎶 By asking your smart speaker to “START Christmas FM”

    🎶 On the Christmas FM app


    Happy listening! 🎄



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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Nice to have something to look forward to on a Monday! It's usually around midday, isn't it?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    yep, midday KO!!

    I usually have an internal works meeting from 11-12 so will be pushing for that to finish early!

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




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    I heard Karl Dawson, who has presented on Christmas FM for the last few years, being interviewed on Newstalk yesterday by Kieran Cuddihy. He was interviewed because he got a lot of reaction for putting up his Christmas tree early. Karl was introduced as the breakfast presenter of 98FM and gave a number of reasons why he had the tree up so early this year. I thought he might have mentioned Christmas FM as another reason, but he never mentioned it at all! Maybe he is no longer involved with Christmas FM - I will look/listen out for him!



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,693 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Looking forward to the "XMAS" station in my car working again!



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I think if you’re under contract for one radio station you’re not allowed promote another. Could be that. The lads on Dermot and Dave mentioned something similar before.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭ClaudeVercetti


    Listened for about an hour this morning on a walk, was great - it ended with Darlene Love - All Alone on Christmas.

    Love that song, I was in New York about 3 years ago and while it wasn't very Christmassy at the time I just kept thinking of that song and the scene from Home Alone 2! Trying to dip in sparingly because I tend to burn myself out come December but this felt a real treat this morning.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh




  • Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭ClaudeVercetti


    Gave it a watch on Sunday gone there, couldn't resist 😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    WFH today s have Christmas FM for company before the teams meetings start, already had my first rendition of Elmo & Patsy being run over by a reindeer (grand for the first time, hopefully not the first of dozens as per 2021) but had 'Once upon a Christmas song' too which I think is great and rarely hear after the FM launch.

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




  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Agreed with Once upon a Christmas Song, love it. And rarely hear it during FM broadcast but hear it lots during online season.



  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭farmingquestion


    Love that one from Home Alone, with the trumpets or whatever.

    Also discovered The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping on Xmas FM one year. Love it! Can't post links.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Good to see more and more people are tuning in and will only build as we get closer to full launch date.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    Been tuning in this week while cooking dinner it’s great hearing presenters

    I can’t wait to see Xmas on the dashboard in the car



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Have it on now as have the house to myself for a couple of hours and no meetings. A bit distracting as keep thinking of Christmas things that I want to do this year!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    Teething toddler here yesterday I couldn’t get much done no nap, so set the alarm for some tidying for 20 minutes and blasted Christmas FM, the 2 of us had a great time bopping around 😂 sometimes you just got to do what you got to do



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    same, meetings done for the day so have it back on until I finish up.

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




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Just back from a site meeting, so have put Christmas FM again, greeted by my personal favourite, Andy Williams 'The most wonderful time of the year'...

    All I'm missing now is the Guinness advert to tell me its so.....

    Kylie's 'At Christmas' just came on, had forgotten what an underrated little song that is.

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




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    When had it on yesterday, one of the first songs was Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Is fast becoming one of my favourites.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    Had it on this morning around 9 am I heard stop the Calvary, stomped around the kitchen dancing with the LO she seemed to enjoy it



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Have had it on most of the afternoon in between calls & teams meetings, so pleasant to have such cheery background music. This time of year is always incredibly stressful for me with work and Christmas FM is a fantastic addition to my Arsenal of weapons to combat it...

    I'll be back in the office for most of next week so wont get the chance to really listen in again until it goes 'live' on FM on the 28th, but it was a nice introduction to the tunes for the most wonderful time of the year.

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




  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I always say it there’s something special about hearing the songs on ChristmasFM compared to hearing them on a playlist.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Agree, the randomness of what may be played adds to it, as there'll always be 1 or 2 ones you most definitely would not have on your personal playlist.

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




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    As much as I enjoy playlists, the spontaneity of hearing a song you like on the radio can't be beaten.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,542 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Starts Monday...

    Christmas FM is coming to town for a 15th year of good cheer





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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    15 years. Wow.... I feel old.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,475 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Out of interest can anyone remember when they first discovered Christmas FM?

    I know I only started listening in around 2011 or 2012 (thanks to a work colleague that told me about it) and definitely missed the early years.

    It got nothing like the coverage it gets now, that's for sure.

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




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    Listened to this on the app on Saturday when putting up the decorations, really helped with getting into the spirit.

    My 9 year old goddaughter keeps pressing the Xmas Fm button on the car radio in the hope they com win early even though I’ve told her they won’t be on until next week 🤣🤣



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    2010 for me but coverage wasn't great for me living in the south east at the time.

    2012 was the first ALL-IN year for me and I've been hooked since.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    I came across it in its very first year - 2008. I was coming to it from a radio anorak perspective. For example, a number of people involved had previously been connected to other temporary licensed stations.

    Edit: if you go back to Page 1 of this thread, you will see this thread was set up by Darragh in 2009 (Darragh O'Sullivan I believe- one of the principals of Christmas FM). It is interesting to see that it was on 100.3 FM in Dublin and 106.7 in Cork at the time - it was initially a Dublin-only station on FM in 2008. They did have an online presence. 100.3 FM has been occupied by Radio Nova since 2010.

    Post edited by Declan A Walsh on


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Was the same time that I came across the forum here so I'd say about 5/6 years ago. Even in that time, I think it has been become more popular and well known.



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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Social media have pushed the station onto a whole new level of popular.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    I think I may have found it prior to 2010 I remember listening to it in the car of the deep snow of December 2010



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    ChristmasFM going live on FM tomorrow at midday.

    you would have been forgiven for mistaking last Friday as go live as they had live DJs on all day it was great day of music as well.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    The ChristmasFM social media team are on point! 😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    What time is the launch?



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