Chad wants seasonal songs that don't suck, he already knows about the Pogues.
I keep tellin' ya:
- The definitive short song selection of Icelandic carols - youtube is blocking embedded links on this one - click through if you want to see what we had to grow up with.
Hey, if my kids have to march in circles pretending to hold a walking stick, so should yours... - Dubba, dubba, dum-dum.
I'm tellin' ya.
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Ok, it is hard to beat...
"Pabbi Komdu Heim..." might match it for pathos but not for grit.
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I was going to explain in a timely manner, but:
firstly - if you don't get an evergreen and some candles going, then winter will never end
secondly - if the kids don't get candles, clothes and a game, the yule cat will eat them
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