Bah Humbug - The Alternative Christmas Album - Various Artists

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...A Christmas Carol ?Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire.? ?Bah!? said Scrooge, ?Humbug!? as his Nephew bid him a Merry Christmas, and those two words encompass the feelings of the truly miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge. A man of such unimaginable bad will that he only lets his long suffering employee Bob Cratchit use one piece of coal in the fire at a time. A man that sees Christmas day as little more than a poor excuse for picking a mans pocket every twenty-fifth of December, and warns the aforementioned Cratchit that he had better be at work all the earlier come Boxing Day if he is to have the whole of Christmas Day away from work. Yes, it?s fair... Read review

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Advantages: Entertaining in parts.
Disadvantages: A bit on the short side.

...a philanthropist. Their neighbours really apply the pressure, as the Krank house is the only un-decorated house in the entire street. Luther remains steadfast though, and if he senses Nora cracking, he simply shows her the cruise brochures. Fast forwarding to Christmas Eve, via several more bah humbug episodes and preparations for the cruise are well in hand. Packing has commenced. Suddenly though, the biggest, baddest spanner is thrown in the works by a phone call and the Kranks world is tipped upside down. What follows is high on panic, comic moments (almost bordering on slapstick), incredulity, co-operation, and finishes with a highly emotional moment, when you almost find your faith in human kindness restored. 'Skipping Christmas' is a radical departure from the usual John Grisham offering of mass litigation, coutroom brawling, law... Read review

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Advantages: great selection of christmas classics
Disadvantages: singers doing covers of good songs,

...Wrapping up your christmas presents! Putting up the decorations! What else could make you feel any more merrier than singing along to past and xmas tunes. This album seems to always be on sale in shops as soon as December starts to creep in. I'll give them credit though, once in a while I've taken a look on the back cover, yes despite the fact that I already own it, to find that two more songs have been added which I particularily enjoy. Making it exceedingly difficult for me to not buy it again. CD 1 has all the memorable tracks. Songs which I remember always being played at the end of term school christmas party. Sadly the edition I have does not inclue Whams' Last Christmas. Which I distinctively remember being a favourite at the time! Happy Xmas (War is Over), Do They Know It's Christmas?, Merry Xmas Everybody, I... Read review

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