Very different to Little Donkey is the 2010 digital download hit of Coldplay entitled Christmas Lights. While most Christmas classics have been written years ago, this is a recent Christmas song and I think it is the lyrics right at the beginning that makes this song worthy of being in the jukebox. Christmas night, another fight, tears we cried a flood, got all kinds of poison in, of poison in my blood. I took my feet to Oxford Street, Trying to right a wrong "Just walk away", those windows say, but I can't believe she's gone. When you're still waiting for the snow to fall. It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all."
I think for many people the above lyrics ring true; Christmas is a time where a lot of people feel a lot of pressure to be jolly, to be the life and soul of the party; and we all know that this pressure can lead to a lot of fights; disappointments and sadness. Christmas isn't a universal day of happiness and I think it is important to make it more than just a commercial celebration of who can get the biggest presents at the lowest prices.
What makes you feel like it is Christmas is a very a personal question and I am not going to attempt to answer it but leave it out there to think about if you are reading this.
To listen to Coldplay's hit:
Written by: Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin
Released: December 2010.
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