Let’s face it, however profitable Christmas is to musicians, it can be a draining time on our patience and our taste. So, for those who really want to sabotage the next time they have to accompany ‘Away in a Manger’, or feel a burning desire to imitate Marty McFly’s ‘Johnny B Goode’ guitar solo every time they’re involved in ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’, here are some lesser-known and hopefully less saccharine Christmas favourites of mine that revive my faith in music a little at this point:

From the Squalor of a Borrowed Stable
Thorns in the Straw

And remember (if you can, amid too much to do, to many people to consider and the irony of being stressed over a holiday) to enjoy it. All twelve days if you can, and if you can’t at least 12 hours.

Happy Christmas!