Zadie Smith and Beth Ditto join Annie and Nick for the annual Sidetracked Christmas gathering, recorded at an Irish pub in North London.
They share nostalgia, gossip and gifts, and decide what makes a song a Christmas song – declaring which ones are truly the greatest. Plus, Annie, Nick, Zadie and Beth choose their musical highlights of the year.
Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk
SONGS
Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
Judy Garland – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Darling Love – Winter Wonderland
Labi Siffre – Bless the Telephone
Pulp – Common People
Lola Young – Messy
Herman’s Hermits - I'm Henry the VIII, I Am
Dolly Parton – Hard Candy Christmas
ALBUMS
Blood Orange – Essex Honey
Rosalía - LUX
Mavis Staples – Sad And Beautiful World
Pulp - More
Van Morrison - Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast
Marcel Dadi – Dadi’s Folk
Ray Conniff – We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra - Christmas With Bert Kaempfert
T.S. Eliot – The Poems of T.S. Eliot
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