Fairytale of New York (Flex-7) Once upon a time a band set out to make a Christmas song. Not about snow or sleigh rides or mistletoe or miracles, but lost youth and ruined dreams. A song in which Christmas is as much the problem as it is the solution. A kind of anti-Christmas song that ended up being, for a generation, the Christmas song. With the recording of Fairytale of New York, The Pogues and Kirsti MacColl (1959-2000) created a modern Christmas Classic
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