Advent Calendar 2024

This is rather stupid, but in the best way imaginable. The American band Grandaddy recorded this version of Christmas perennial Winter Wonderland for the compilation album It's a Cool, Cool Christmas in 2000, released in aid of the UK street paper The Big Issue. If I were to make a guess, the rewriting of the lyrics – some sort of tribute to Alan Parsons of Alan Parsons Project fame – were triggered by the reference to Parson Brown in the original lyrics. Either way, I really love this.

Listen to Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland.

Or listen on Spotify, where I've created a playlist for this year's Advent Calendar.

The Spotify playlist for all the previous Advent Calendars is here. Note: The playlist is incomplete, as some of my calendar selections are just too obscure for Spotify.