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Heaven: Christmas Songs We Don’t Like

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  • KarlLBKarlLB Shipmate
    Ariel wrote: »
    Piglet wrote: »
    ... not to mention There's no-one quite like Grandma by St Winifred's School Choir. :naughty:

    Isn't that the one with dear old Bernard Cribbins sitting in a chair while the little girls of the choir gather round him singing sweetly? Shame on you!



    I think you're thinking of "Grandad", but it wasn't Bernard Cribbins. It was him out of Dads Army, played Corporal "Don't Panic!" Jones.
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    For the benefit of non-UK residents and others who may not know this tape-worm for the ears ure 'tis in all its 50 shades of pink
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    Awww, that's cute! (Says one of the Ship's Grandmas.)
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Sorry, this has cross posted. My link is to the Grandma song. This is the Grandad song.
  • ArielAriel Shipmate
    KarlLB wrote: »
    Ariel wrote: »
    Piglet wrote: »
    ... not to mention There's no-one quite like Grandma by St Winifred's School Choir. :naughty:

    Isn't that the one with dear old Bernard Cribbins sitting in a chair while the little girls of the choir gather round him singing sweetly? Shame on you!

    I think you're thinking of "Grandad", but it wasn't Bernard Cribbins. It was him out of Dads Army, played Corporal "Don't Panic!" Jones.

    Oh yes, Clive Dunn. Thank God it wasn't Arthur Lowe.
  • SpikeSpike Ecclesiantics & MW Host, Admin Emeritus
    edited December 2022
    I suppose this dross counts as a Christmas song as it’s (apparently) about a New Year party. I’d forgotten all about its existence until I heard it on Radio 2 Pick of the Pops this afternoon. Yes, this was in the charts on this date in 1976

    https://youtu.be/Ru8f2zzIh30
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    @Spike Dear God! That makes I was Kaiser Bill's Batman seem like Mozart.
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Spike wrote: »
    I suppose this dross counts as a Christmas song as it’s (apparently) about a New Year party. I’d forgotten all about its existence until I heard it on Radio 2 Pick of the Pops this afternoon. Yes, this was in the charts on this date in 1976

    https://youtu.be/Ru8f2zzIh30
    I agree. That's bad. I think it also must be a strong competitor for the least memorable song of all time. At least the Cat Carol and Grandma are nauseous enough to stick in the memory.

  • KarlLBKarlLB Shipmate
    Spike wrote: »
    I suppose this dross counts as a Christmas song as it’s (apparently) about a New Year party. I’d forgotten all about its existence until I heard it on Radio 2 Pick of the Pops this afternoon. Yes, this was in the charts on this date in 1976

    https://youtu.be/Ru8f2zzIh30

    OK. Hell does exist and its name is 1976.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I was 14 in 1976, and I'm delighted to say that Grandma's Party completely passed me by.
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