It's the last of the 80's Christmas songs and I found this mishmash video about the first two A Very Special Christmas albums on You Tube. It says from 1987, but they reference songs from the second album too (1992). The early A Very Special Christmas albums were pretty great. I honestly didn't realize the albums were still being produced. They're up to volume 7 and it's completely Disneyfied, which just goes to show you how far the Disneyfication of music has spread. Anyway, let's watch this video from back in the day.
I thought I'd end the 80's Christmas bonanza with my favorite Christmas song, which just happens to be on volume 1 of A Very Special Christmas, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by The Pretenders. I adore this version. Chrissie Hynde captures the original melancholy of the song perfectly and doesn't try to make it cute and sweet like other versions. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" has been my favorite for years and I have several versions of it, but this one is really special. And no, I won't be getting the new Bob Dylan version.
