Tim: With only sixty eight days to go, do you fancy the first of this year’s Christmas offerings?
Tom: No! No, no, no.
Tim: Yes!
Tim: Is it too early? God, yes, of course it is, although it’s already two weeks since Westfield put their Christmas lights up. But my word, that’s a good Christmas track, isn’t it?
Tom: Annoyingly, I have to agree with you. This is a brilliant Christmas track, absolutely brilliant. It’s got a Phil Spector Wall of Sound going on, only without the murder conviction.
Tim: This checks every single box necessary, and then some. Chiming bells, yes. Sleigh bells, yes. An immediate LISTEN TO ME AND BE FESTIVE start, oh very much so. And a sax solo! Where did that come from?
Tom: Santa, I can only assume.
Tim: Stylistically, this is very, very much along the lines of Mariah Carey, and that is absolutely wonderful. Another Christmas classic? Well, obviously time alone will tell, but it certainly has the markings of it. So LET’S DO CHRISTMAS!!!!
Tom: Just not yet. Please.
Tim: Oh, and if you’d not worked it out from the artwork here, there’s a Clarkson Christmas album headed our way this year. Seven days from now, in fact. WONDERFUL.