This year, the Chrismologist's Advent Calendar is going to consist of popular Christmas songs and carols. Can you guess what will be the final song of the season that will be revealed on Christmas Day itself?
Annie Lennox has a collection of her favourite Christmas carols out now. Ms Lennox has also released her version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen as a single. Below you'll find the video that accompanies the single.
I like it for three reasons. First of all I like the track, with its retro vibe. Secondly, I like the steampunk aesthetic and visual style of the video. And thirdly, I like the winter solstice imagery that accompanies the spiritual words of the carol.
All these elements combined in this way suit this old Steampunk Chrismologist down to the ground (which is, of course, hard as iron).
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I am a freelance writer and editor, well known for my contributions to the Fighting Fantasy range of adventure gamebooks. I have also written for such diverse properties as Sonic the Hedgehog, Doctor Who, Star Wars and Games Workshop's worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000.
I am the creator of the alternative steampunk universe of Pax Britannia, and have written eight novels featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver.
As well as my fiction work, I have also written a number of non-fiction books including 'Match Wits with the Kids', 'What is Myrrh Anyway? Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Christmas' and 'YOU ARE THE HERO - A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks'.
