Part 2 of the Christmas lyric quiz – answers next week, and the ones for last week at the end of this post.
A) Let the Christmas spirit ring, later we’ll have some pumpkin pie.
B) You know that sweet Santa Claus is on the way.
C) Hallelujah, Noël, be it Heaven or Hell The Christmas we get, we deserve
D) Soon the bells will start and the thing that’ll make ’em ring is the carol that you sing.
E) So this is Xmas and what have you done.
F) Look to the future now, It’s only just begun.
G) He’s making a list, And checking it twice; Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice.
H) Here we are as in olden days, Happy golden days of yore.
And here are the year-by-year Christmas hits from 80s, 90s and beyond
1980s
1980 – Jona Lewie – Stop The Cavalry
1981 – The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping
1982 – David Essex – A Winter’s Tale, Shakin’ Stevens – Blue Christmas, Cliff Richard – Little Town, Frank Kelly – Christmas Countdown
1983 – Paul McCartney – Pipes Of Peace, Pretenders – 2000 Miles
1984 – Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Wham! – Last Christmas, Queen – Thank God it’s Christmas
1985 – Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone, Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, Aled Jones – Walking In The Air
1987 – Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York
1988 – Cliff Richard – Mistletoe And Wine, Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas, Freiheit – Keeping the Dream Alive
1989 – Band Aid II – Do They Know It’s Christmas
1990s
1990 – Cliff Richard – Saviour’s Day, John Williams – Carol of the Bells, Whitney Houston – Do you Hear What I Hear?
1991 – Shakin’ Stevens – I’ll be Home for Christmas, Cliff Richard – We Should be Together
1992 – Darlene Love – All Alone on Christmas
1993 – Dina Carroll – The Perfect Year, Kate Bush – Home for Christmas
1994 – Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You, East 17 – Stay Another Day, Bon Jovi – Please Come Home For Christmas
1995 – Luther Vandross – Every Year, Every Christmas, Michael Jackson – Earth Song
1996 – The Smurfs – Your Christmas Wish
1999 – Cliff Richard – The Millennium Prayer, Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews – Baby, It’s Cold Outside
2000s
2003 – The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End), Billy Mack – Christmas Is All Around
2004 – Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Celine Dion – O Holy Night
2007 – Kylie Minogue – Santa Baby, Michael Bublé – Have Yourselves a Merry Little Christmas
2008 – Status Quo – It’s Christmas Time, Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah
2009 – George Michael – December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas), Sir Terry Wogan & Aled Jones – Silver Bells
2011 – Michael Bublé – All I Want for Christmas is You, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
2012 – Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, White Christmas
Answers for last week:
1. Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York 87
2. Wham! – Last Christmas 84
3. Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas 88
4. Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You 94
5. East 17 – Stay Another Day 94
6. Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone 85
7. Kate Bush – Home for Christmas 93
8. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? 84
9. Kylie Minogue – Santa Baby 07 (Eartha Kitt 53)
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