(Why Can’t It Be) Silent Night
Dwayne Jenkings  |  by www.cbc.ca. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 7:14

I have to take exception to your inclusion of John Lennon's Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in your list of the worst Christmas singles, not least because it remains for many people a Christmas classic (a recent BBC poll listed the song as second only to Bing Crosby's White Christmas in popularity in Britain), but because the plea to end human suffering by means of war and famine remains as relevant today as it did during Lennon's time, as it did during Christ's time. However, I find that this song carries a lot more substance than a lot of the lightweight fare we have to endure during the run-up to Christmas Day. I have to take exception to your inclusion of John Lennon's Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in your list of the worst Christmas singles, not least because it remains for many people a Christmas classic (a recent BBC poll listed the song as second only to Bing Crosby's White Christmas in popularity in Britain), but because the plea to end human suffering by means of war and famine remains as relevant today as it did during Lennon's time, as it did during Christ's time.

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