Sunday, December 24, 2023

Eight Christmas Songs Laurence Brown Never Heard in England



With his series Lost in the Pond, Laurence Brown has made a career of comparing the place he grew up in, the UK, with the United States, where he has lived for the past fifteen years or so. Both places celebrate Christmas in a big way, but it turns out the most popular songs played on the radio over his lifetime are different. It never occurred to me to wonder whether the Christmas songs we've heard over and over for decades ever made it in Britain, but apparently a lot of them didn't. Brown highlights eight Christmas songs he never heard before coming to America, ranked in order  from best to worst, and gives us his initial impressions.


2 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

I've never heard "Dominick the Donkey" either which is a blessing, I'm sure.

RockyD said...

Love Laurence. Thanks for posting and have a good holiday.