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| What's on your Christmas playlist? Join our (festive) live look at the week | |
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| 12.39pm GMT | |
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| Christmas listening | |
| Martin Belam | |
| I’m not going to lie. I am a big fan of Christmas songs - and the cheesier the better. Earlier this week we were driving to visit some friends in Kent, and it was a chance for me to dig out my massive Christmas playlist and get the kids singing along in the back of the car. As well as the usual suspects, I’ve also been trying to expand their understanding of Christmas music with some more recent efforts, like The Futureheads Christmas Was Better in the 80’s, Erasure’s Snow Globe album, and the ridiculously nostalgic A Christmas We Deserve, which ABC released this year. | |
| But if you want a more relaxing Christmas listen, then can I point you in the direction of a series of classical Christmas playlists that the Guardian put together a couple of years ago? We asked trumpeter Alison Balsom, pianist Stephen Hough, tenor Ian Bostridge, mezzo Sarah Connolly, the King’s Singers and the legendary John Rutter to pick their festive favourites. It’s a lovely change of pace. | |
| And while listening to those, why not marvel at this delightful over-analysis of whether Stay Another Day by East 17 is actually a Christmas song or not. | |
| 12.38pm GMT | |
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| Rachel Obordo | |
| Your views so far on calorie counting and Christmas in general – you can click on the comments to get involved | |
| Calories!, at nearer 80yrs than 70yrs I don't give a toss and a very merry xmas to you. | |
| Christmas is the one day you can indulge without any guilt, I like to eat about 20,000 calories, go heavy on the bread sauce, then smash through a gram of top quality coke and sleep with my sister in law. Guilt free. | |
| Even at 51 I still get excited about Christmas. But then I feel all let down. Last year mutha bought me some wine glasses from Morrisons. She didn't even bother wrapping them, just left them in the carrier with the price still on (3.99 or thereabouts). I died a little inside - more to do with mutha just not caring about stuff now (she's 89) rather than the actual prezzie. | |
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| Who counts calories on Christmas day? | Who counts calories on Christmas day? |
| Alexandra Topping | Alexandra Topping |
| When one of my editors on the news desk asked me to write a story about the calories in a typical Christmas dinner, I must admit the idea did not fill me with festive cheer. Indeed, it’s possible I called him a grinch. Who cares how many calories you consume on Christmas day? Who can clear their head long enough from the roastie binge haze to even tot them up? I am not a calorie counter, but writing this piece did give me pause for thought. It was the pigs in blankets that got me – a whopping 58 calories per little pig. Normally I wouldn’t think twice about wolfing down half a packet, but maybe this year will now be different. Four max. Ok, maybe five. Will knowing how many calories you’re consuming make you hold back this year? | When one of my editors on the news desk asked me to write a story about the calories in a typical Christmas dinner, I must admit the idea did not fill me with festive cheer. Indeed, it’s possible I called him a grinch. Who cares how many calories you consume on Christmas day? Who can clear their head long enough from the roastie binge haze to even tot them up? I am not a calorie counter, but writing this piece did give me pause for thought. It was the pigs in blankets that got me – a whopping 58 calories per little pig. Normally I wouldn’t think twice about wolfing down half a packet, but maybe this year will now be different. Four max. Ok, maybe five. Will knowing how many calories you’re consuming make you hold back this year? |
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| Welcome to our festive social | Welcome to our festive social |
| Sarah Marsh | Sarah Marsh |
| Hello! There are only two days to go until Christmas Day, so we will be having a festive themed social today. We encourage you to join us, with a drink and mince pie stash nearby. | Hello! There are only two days to go until Christmas Day, so we will be having a festive themed social today. We encourage you to join us, with a drink and mince pie stash nearby. |