Discovered in a Livejournal

I've created a Spotify playlist containing all of the Christmas and otherwise seasonal songs that reached the top 10 on the UK charts between 1975 (Bodie and Doyle are paired) and 1984 (ten years later).

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5LBrhOSSqC7bO7Sct1zDzu?si=oeHQabiIRQiGEFRZ-e4Vcg



It wasn't entirely easy to tell which songs charted because of the time of year, but I did my best. Let me know if you see that I left anything out. I've included the Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood even though the band says it was not intended as a Christmas song, since I know people treat it as one.

ETA: Also, I forgot to say that there were two hits that would have been part of the list but were unavailable on Spotify: Renta Santa (1975) and Bionic Santa (1976) both by Chris Hill. They are more short musical sketches than songs.

I hoped to color the page by hand, but unexpected family responsibilities and a spell of illness kind of ate last week, so I am posting these digital efforts that I made while working on the page.





I did these using various tools and effects. I wouldn't be able to name them all now for any money.

I wrote a tiny fic.

Realism

"Think there'll be snow this Christmas, Bodie?"

“In London?”

“It could happen.”

“Ray, it never even rains here—what makes you think it would snow?”

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That’s right, it’s a quarter drabble, and if I don’t stop writing now, the commentary will be longer than the

Mouse Picnic: or, What Not to Do With Photoshop

Just in case my previous offering was not seasonal (or weird) enough for you, let me present this photo manipulation. I made it one evening at the end of November, and I have been holding it in reserve in case my vid wasn't ready to post today.

The image of the Lads is from the scene in Blood Sports where they are looking under a car. I've always thought that, based on their expressions, they should be looking at something a lot more interesting than a bomb inside a cigarette pack.
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