httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-5ar30_tgg
“Jingle Bells” from India
Andrew Sullivan’s blog, The Daily Dish, is running an ongoing series of “Depressing Christmas Songs” — which, interestingly enough, has strong Canadian representation, thanks to Joni Mitchell, Stan Rogers, and Sarah McLachlan.
In keeping with Russell Perkin’s newly published article in the Journal (see the live link at the upper right corner of our Menu column), here are some truly out-of-the-way Christmas songs that are appropriate to the winter solstice, which is today.
Joni Mitchell, “River”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY
Stan Rogers, “First Christmas”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chTMOuuUZi4
Sarah McLachlan, “Wintersong”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZwI5wXU1z4
Finally, a postmodern Christmas classic, which, when I first heard about it, I refused to believe actually exists: Bing Crosby and David Bowie singing “The Little Drummer Boy.” Irony returns to myth. . .
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs
In the interest of avoiding the impression that these dirges are a Canadian tonic to the saccharin ebullience of American Christmas songs (outdone as in most things by India), I’d point out that a certain someone has managed to be at once ebullient and depressing, this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus&feature=fvw