Xmas is a time when it's easy to get a bit over-emotional. I was wondering what was the saddest Xmas song I could find. This one, The little boy that Santa Claus forgot, which was popularised by Vera Lynn in the UK, has to be one of them.A wonderfully restrained version by A Girl Called Eddy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlCsOj_itss&feature=related
But there have got to be other songs that really get one grabbing for the Kleenex. I haven't found it yet but somewhere out there I'm sure there's a real country and western tearjerker. You know the kind:I'm drunk as a skunk, my dog just died, my woman has left me, my kids are hungry and and there's no booze left in the fridge. But find it I will!
Then again, perhaps I should look eastwards? The Finns probably do gloom-laden Xmas rather well.I'm sure that there's a Finnish tango by Olavi Virtu that would reduce me to tears. My reindeer just died, my woman's left me, the sauna has broken down, Sweden just slaughtered Finland at ice hockey and there's no booze left in the fridge.
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