Christmas songs are great, splendid, wonderful, but sometimes you need a break from Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You.
For some people, that time comes after hearing it once.
If that’s you, then why not run screaming into the soothingly festive embrace of this alternative Christmas soundtrack compiled by Irish News feature creature/music-lover David Roy: three-and-a-half hours of Christmas related/adjacent songs, many locally sourced for a lower carbon footprint, with absolutely no trace of Mariah Carey...
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