Well - that's Xmas 2015 finished. Flushed away around the U bend of history. The tree is packed up, the lights stuffed in boxes, baubles awaiting their mid-year dropping and natural selection. My cat turns over and yawns. It rains.

But what I want to talk to you about - obviously being as it's January - is Xmas music. I know, Tim the contrarian strikes again. I could argue that I've had a month of listening and sifting my favourite Christmas songs but, I won't. I just like to swim against the tide. Nob.

Christmas music, can be divided into five categories. Yes, this is like, the law, so I will abide by the categorisation:

Carols
Hollywood type Christmas songs (roughly 40's to the 60's)
Cheesy Christmas pop songs (roughly 70's to the 90's)
Folky / ethnic type Christmas songs
Miscellaneous

I'll be posting the results of these hotly fought contests over the next few hours / days / whatever. An agog nation holds its collective breath.

Merry Christmas

Tim