2025-12-24 17:13:20
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by Wizzard
I own two Roy Wood singles; this and "Music to Commit Suicide By". This is the more festive.
2025-12-24 05:50:01
Caveat
This is, naturally, not exhaustive. I use last.fm on my phone and my laptop to scrobble music I listen to while I'm on my own. As other people have pointed out, this doesn't capture music listened to with friends and family, nor does it log public music from the radio, bars, or shopping centres, for example.
A Social Media™-friendly shareable Wrapped image showing the slightly unhinged top 5 artists and tracks of 2025.
(Never have I felt this meme so acutely.)
2025-12-24 04:58:52
"Underneath the Tree" by Kelly Clarkson
Baader-Meinhof Syndrome or genuine omnipotence, I will never know, but this 2013 banger seems to have been everywhere this year. Not many artists can pull off a Christmas song this grand. A modern classic.
2025-12-23 04:04:14
"Baby It's Cold Outside" by Cerys Matthews and Tom Jones
The knowing gravel of Cerys Matthews somehow steers this song from creepy to funny. Welsh pop powerhouse Tom Jones also appears.
2025-12-22 03:32:14
"Christmas in Hollis" by Run-DMC
Another unmistakable riff; that funky brass, mixed with sleigh bells and scratching, supports a hilarious tale of finding Santa's lost wallet.
2025-12-22 03:17:53
I have this theory that focusing on being busy prevents me from getting ill because I always seem to come down with something just before holiday or Christmas; the second I think about relaxing, all the germs sense weakness!
Being struck down with a stomach bug kept me at a distance from work; missed the Christmas Party and Secret Santa.
I feel bad for letting people down but also realise that risking infecting other people in the last week before the holiday break is letting them down more!
Managed to box off enough work before I finished to not feel cripplingly guilty over the holiday break though.
The rains came in earnest this week too. The house has a couple of known leaks that materialise in particularly bad weather and they have all popped up at once. Something for the "shit to do in the new year" list.
Happy holidays to all who celebrate. I hope you all get to celebrate it in the way that makes you happiest.