All I Want For Christmas Is You” – ouch. No, despite the fact most of my contemporaries (and most of Capsule) doesn’t agree with me, it’s time to definitely prove that the actual best Christmas song of all time is in fact the gritty, edgy, ‘let’s-have-a-beer-and-belt-it-out-at-the-pub’ banger,
Fairytale of New York. I knew my moment came during a Christmas party this year, when an impromptu poll amongst the four people standing in front of me saw three of them agreeing that FTONY was the best Xmas banger of all time and I was EXCITED. The melancholy, warbling yarn about a couple who have hit a rough patch, set against the harsh-yet-magical backdrop of Christmas in New York, has delighted grinches and Christmas enthusiasts alike since its release in 1987.