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Move over, Mariah! The cheesiest, weepiest, silliest, booziest European Christmas bangers
Bye Bye Bing and Brenda! Bonjour Janek and Piramis! Here’s our guide to the foreign festive anthems that get the whole continent schmoozing under the mistletoe. Warning: this article contains accordions
But Carrà could also do sombre: in Buon Natale, which was debuted in 1984, she wishes “Merry Christmas” to a host of people and demographics who do not get to partake of the merriment: the sick, those stuck at work, those without love, and those bound to die alone. Latvian lore ... LīviIn line with the Soviet doctrine of state atheism, public Christmas celebrations were broadly discouraged across the eastern bloc, with New Year’s Eve taking a more central role as the biggest festive day of the winter period. Latvian band Līvi’s Eglīte (“Fir Tree”) was originally entitled Vecgada Dziesma (“New Year’s Song”); lyrics about Christmas were swapped in after the fall of the iron curtain in the 1990s.
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