Top 10 Christmas Movies

Wow! So in all my years of running a blog, I have not yet made a Top 10 Xmas films list?! Whaaaaat?! So in the spirit of Christmas let me upload a list of which I have checked who's naughty and nice twice!!! Santa Scott has a rule in place of 1 entry per series also here!

10: Jingle All The Way

It's TURBO time! Starting off strong with this Arnie Christmas classic! A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.

9: Christmas Chronicles.

Probably the perfect Santa costume ever and Kurt Russell playing a surprisingly great Santa. The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.

8: Bad Santa

This is lewd, crude but oh so good and funny! A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.

7: Gremlins

OK so a horror film but also a christmas film, IS FINALLY HERE ON MY LIST! It was a toss up between this and Krampus BUT I have to and will always pick Gremlins because it is so special to me, and also it's brilliant and funny. A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

6: The Santa Clause

Tim Allen's best work besides being Buzz Lightyear is his role as Scott Calvin oh I am sorry I mean Santa Clause. Some great humour in the first and it's underrated I feel for its wit.

5: Miracle On 34th Street (1994)

Richard Atenbourgh really makes this film something special especially with the deaf girl scene, when I found out that it's the little girl's genuine reaction and that Richard learned sign language just omg touched my soul with sweetness because it's beautiful he did that and her reaction. I believe in this SANTA.

4: Spirited

A BRAND-NEW FILM ENTRY HERE! Spirited features Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, and it's brilliant! Funny and with great musical score. A musical version of Charles Dickens' story of a miserly misanthrope who's taken on a magical journey.

3: How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Perfect cast and just general direction overall with this Jim Carrey Grinch film than any other Grinch film for me anyway. Relatable and funny content galore in Carrey's Grinch.

2: Elf

One of my all-time faves, brilliant soundtrack, great laughs and Will Ferrell at his best with a great cast, and it just makes me smile and laugh and feel so christmassy. Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.

1: Home Alone 2

As much as I love the first one, the second one has always held such a strong beautiful place in my heart! Kevin once again goes it alone but this time he is lost in NEW YORK at CHRISTMAS! Harry & Marv show up to start robbing some joints but get thwarted again by lil ol Kevin.

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Stay Merry!

Poppy - A Very Poppy Christmas Review

So we get closer to Christmas and I thought 'tis the season for me to finally listen to Poppy's Christmas Album. I had no idea until Flux came out that she did a Christmas Album! So sit down with me and grab some mulled wine and let's chill by the fireplace and warm up with Poppy.

A Very Poppy Christmas is the third E.P. by Poppy. It features three original Christmas songs and one cover, and is Poppy's first Christmas-themed release. The EP has a stripped-back sound, with Poppy only being accompanied by guitar or keyboard on most songs.

I Like Presents - It's a nice soft love kind of song, basically saying for you to leave the presents beneath the tree because she wants all of you in exchange for all of her.

I Won't Be Home For Christmas - Another soft, kind of melancholy song about love and feeling sad because as the title suggests she won't be home for Christmas, and she's sorry for it.

Kiss In The Snow - Catchy, slow, soft, pop dance kind of beat going on with the song also. Of course this is love themed too, the piano part is lovely. Yeah, I'm singing along to this, this is good and memorable.

Silver Bells - Sing songy, soft pop acoustic cover of ye olde Christmas classic Silver Bells.

Great and surprisingly lovely Christmas songs from Poppy.

I was kinda teary-eyed with some of these, I won't lie, it was so sweet and just heartfelt to me.

Thanks for reading and visiting!

Stay Shiny!

The Gift Underneath My Christmas Tree - (original song/poem/lyrics)

There's coal on the fire, The house is warming up,
Presents are all around As the snow gently touches the ground,
Choirs are singing jolly ol carols of old,
As mother has the turkey roasting, nice and gold,
I look at pictures of years ago, Tears fill my eyes as I remember those who have came and gone,
My eyes get wide and my jaw drops down as you enter the room all alone,

You light up the room like a Christmas tree,
A warm Novus glow for all to see,
Wonderful sight to behold,
You make me smile, the truth be told,
I'm made to be oh so happy,
Knowing your the gift of Christmas, that standing underneath my tree.

The tv is showing, those same old films, we love dear,
Although your glasses fog up, you can't see your bingo cards clear,
But we all share a laugh along with you, like all the big old families do,
You count to three and then you jump as the crackers pop at tea,

You light up the room like a Christmas tree,
A warm Novus glow for all to see,
Wonderful sight to behold,
You make me smile, the truth be told,
I'm made to be oh so happy,
Knowing your the gift of Christmas, that standing underneath my tree.

You came up here, every year,
Every Christmas without fail,
Sometimes you were alone and times you were not,
But truth be told you were such a hoot and now your gone, my brain just cannot compute,
Stop motion animated man and dog, is what we both loved in common,
But also the wealth of knowledge you have is so inspiring, it makes my brain sing and cheer,

You light up the room like a Christmas tree,
A warm Novus glow for all to see,
Wonderful sight to behold,
You make me smile, the truth be told,
I'm made to be oh so happy,
Knowing your the gift of Christmas, that standing underneath my tree.

instrumental solo*

And now its Christmas time this year, in a year which the world is crumblin down,
I look around and I say a prayer for those we've lost, all before Christmas this year,
My dear wife I shed a tear, for she's been with me all year, despite all the sadness and madness in this world, she still loves me unconditionally,

My family hold me close and let's all sit down, and enjoy this merry feast despite the shit, that's happened this year,

The best gift this Christmas is the memories of all my dears, knowing their free from any pain the world has thrown, and I plant a star upon the tree for each of thee, 

So gather round the Christmas tree and let's all share an embrace, for the best gift of Christmas is standing right here, underneath my tree......

Top 10 Christmas Songs!

YES IT IS! ALMOST!

Ho ho ho everyone i am back with a festive list today and by the way before we continue not all songs are family friendly. This list is full of good ol karaoke xmas classics and most all have the same meaning to them aswell. So i might skip writing anything for them or i might just post a fun fact about the song i have learned. We shall see what happens me laddo!

Christmas the one time of the year families come together to eat,get drunk and have gifts woo hoo!

Are you a fan of Christmas music or are you a grinch? Does Christmas make you a Gizmo by which i mean cute and fuzzy? Well look no further crack open your eggnog and belch away some of these amazing tunes of mine for the season to be most jolly.

10: X-M@$ - Corey Taylor

A very anti christmas song to kick my list off but it's message is true and it's a fun song. "It's actually a song that I wrote four years ago just for a laugh," Taylor tells Kerrang! "But when I played it for all of my friends they were like, 'This is fucking brilliant'. For some reason my manager forgot that I'd written it, but then a few months ago he found the song and immediately went, 'We gotta release this in time for this Christmas', and I was like, 'Why the fuck not?'" "I wrote this song in my kitchen one winter, listening to people bitch about the holidays," Taylor explained. "Personally, I love the holidays, but they seem to bring on severe stress in most people. So, I wrote this in honor of crotchety, drunken bastards who don’t know the difference between a yuletide and a toolshed. Plus, I think it's funny. I bet the U.K. will too. They're some of my favorite people in the world." - Corey Taylor

9: Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin Stevens

"Merry Christmas Everyone" is a festive song by Welsh singer-songwriter Shakin' Stevens. Written by Bob Heatlie and produced by Dave Edmunds, this was Shakin' Stevens fourth, and most recent, number one on the UK Singles Chart. It was released on 25 November 1985 and was the Christmas number one for that year. Ever since it has been included on many top-selling Christmas collections and received airplay every Christmas.

8: Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade

"Merry Xmas Everybody" is a 1973 song by the English rock band Slade. Written by lead vocalist and guitarist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's sixth number-one single in the UK. It earned the UK Christmas Number One slot in December 1973, beating another Christmas-themed song, Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", which reached fourth place. By mid-January it was still at number one; it stayed in the UK Singles Chart well into February 1974. Based on melodies from discarded songs written six years before, "Merry Xmas Everybody" was Slade's best-selling single, released at the peak of their popularity, and sold over a million copies upon its first release. It is Slade's last number-one single, and by far their most successful. It has been released during every decade since 1973, and has been covered by numerous artists. In a 2007 poll, "Merry Xmas Everybody" was voted the UK's most popular Christmas song. 

7: Last Christmas - Wham!

This song is actually about a failed relationship; only the phase "Last Christmas," when the relationship came to head, refers to the festive season. Despite this it has become an annual Christmas standard on UK radio stations.Numerous artists have covered this song including Ashley Tisdale, Coldplay, Jimmy Eat World and Taylor Swift, who reached #28 on the Billboard country with her version. In 2009 a version by the cast of Fox-TV's Glee finally took the song into the Hot 100 when their rendition debuted at #63. Two chart facts: "Last Christmas" is the biggest selling single in UK chart history not to reach #1. In Japan it has sold over 600,000 copies, making it the best-selling single that did not reach that country's Top 10. 

6: Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

This was recorded during the sessions for the McCartney II album, where Paul once again retreated to his farm and laid down all the tracks himself. This time he was experimenting with the new electropop movement, which explains the weird boinging sound throughout the song. This sound was created by an early synthesizer called a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, which was also used on Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" and the Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes." According to the Forbes website, another industry source estimates that McCartney earns over $400,000 royalties a year from the song. That sounds greatly inflated to us; songwriters with recurrent hits tell us that their biggest song might pull in $10,000 a year, tops. 

5: Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mel & Kim

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958.A version of the song by Kim Wilde and Mel Smith (credited as "Mel & Kim" as a parody of then-popular sister act Mel and Kim), featuring Pete Thomas, reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart during the Christmas season 1987. The track was recorded to raise funds for Comic Relief. Its accompanying video featured the two hosting a Christmas party with guests including The Mekon and an appearance from Smith's comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones and carol singers played by the band Curiosity Killed The Cat.

Half way through i just wanted to take a quick gif break to say SANTA'S COMING!

Let's carry on.

4: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard

"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" is a Christmas song by British glam rock band Wizzard. It was first released in December 1973. Despite the song's strong, long-lasting popularity, it has reached no higher than number four on the UK Singles Chart, a position it occupied for four consecutive weeks from December 1973 to January 1974. As with most Wizzard songs, it was written and produced by Roy Wood formerly of The Move and a founding member of ELO.Roy Wood sings lead vocals. The backing vocals for the single are by "The Suedettes", augmented by the choir of Stockland Green Bilateral School First Year. The original sleeve of the single credits "Miss Snob and Class 3C" with "Additional noises". The basic track for the single was recorded in August 1973, so to create a wintry feeling engineer Steve Brown decorated the studio with Christmas decorations and turned the air conditioning down to its coldest setting. Wood wore a woollen hat found in lost property. The schoolchildren were brought down from the Midlands to London by bus during the autumn half-term to add their contributions.

3: Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The Darkness 

The song is a take on the usual structure of Christmas songs. It features the usual mention of festivities, Santa Claus and bells, delivered with Justin Hawkins' trademark falsettos. The school choir that provide backing vocals, which can be heard on the song and seen in the video, are from Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College school, in New Cross, London, which Justin and Dan's mother once attended. Following the humour and tone of The Darkness' other work, the song also includes a strong level of parody, most notably the double meaning of the line 'Bells End' and 'Ring in peace'. The song appeared as the backing track for the Christmas version of Adult Swim's iOS game, Robot Unicorn Attack, which was released in November 2010. The song was also used to advertise Sky One's Christmas programming in 2003. When asked about the meaning of the song on a television special, Hawkins stated "we managed to get bellend into a Christmas song without it getting banned! (And ringpiece!)" The song was favourite with the bookmakers to reach number one in the official UK singles chart, but was beaten by the relatively unknown Gary Jules and Michael Andrews with a cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World", and thus, the band had to settle for the number two position, joining a list of acts including The Pogues, Mariah Carey and Cliff Richard to miss out on the top spot. According to sales information from Music Week, The Darkness were at #1 all week and lost out on Saturday sales - one of the closest battles for Christmas number one in recent years. According to the official charts company, the song sold 385,000 copies over the Christmas period. 

2: Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie

This blend of anti-war protest and brass band arrangements has become a Christmas radio standard in Britain. The song is set in the Front during the Great War where a soldier in a trench wishes he was home for Christmas. Jona Lewie told the Daily Express on March 12, 2005: "The soldier in the song is a bit like the eternal soldier at the Arc de Triomphe, but the song actually had nothing to do with Christmas when I wrote it. There is one line about him being on the front and missing his girlfriend: 'I wish I was at home for Christmas.' The record company picked up on that from a marketing perspective, and added a tubular bell. The song went to number three in the UK, and topped the charts in several European countries." 

1: Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

Merry christmas your arse = best line ever no? Fairytale of New York was named after the novel of the same name, by J. P. Dunleavy, and Shane named the song after it was written. Both the book and the novel adress the same subject: New York's hollow dream and the emptiness that belies the showy lifestyle of its inhabitants. So yes, this is a love song, but it is much more than that, hence the line: 'They've got cars big as bars/They've got rivers of gold/But the wind goes right through you/It's no place for the old.' He promised this woman a paradise which never existed, and though they've lived to an old age they still blame themselves and each other for the theft of a dream that will always be unattainable.

Your present is in form of the gif below.
Enjoy those jingle bells and guys always make sure your bells are in good jingling order ok?

Girls check your bells for them too! 

Be safe!

Be careful!

Take care of yourself! 

GOOOD BYE! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I'LL BE BACK SOON!