December 8th (A.K.A. Greg Lake, Trump and Bridget Jones!)

In my 25 years of being alive I have never put much thought into the singer of 1975 Christmas hit 'I believe in father christmas', Greg lake until yesterday.

Yesterday he featured in my blog. I posted two photos of him. This was literally the first time in my life i'd thought about him whatsoever.

Today the news was released that he died on Tuesday.

Greg Lake: King Crimson and ELP star dies aged 69

So I think today's blog will be in memory of Greg Lake

They said there'd be snow at Christmas, They said there'd be peace on earth

I must note that Greg Lake is not just famous for a novelty Christmas hit in 1975. If you like prog rock then have a listen to King Crimson or ELP. He was pretty darn talented.

I am a little bit worried I have weird powers. Well, one specific weird power. The power to kill artists who have released relatively successful Christmas songs by writing about them in a blog. Because of this I won't be mentioning any other Christmas songs today. (Would hate to be the cause of Noddy holder's demise).

In many ways it is a shame that Donald Trump never released a Christmas single. I'd write about that until the cows came home in the off chance my mystical powers would take hold.

I just double checked... he definitely hasn't released a Christmas single (yet!)

You can, however, buy this rather stylish Christmas jumper;

For those of us who want Christmas to be a bit more racist

You CAN buy it. like if you REALLY want to.

But which sort of person would want this jumper?

Apparently 62,853,497 Americans would. Plus I kind of want it... ironically.

If I am being honest, I am really glad I have become an adult at a time where wearing awful jumpers in December is allowed. I feel like we live in an age of post-modern Christmas jumper wearing. Having gone through the 90s and 00s period of thinking they are super lame.

CASE IN POINT!

In Bridget Jones Diary (the most 00s film of all time except for love actually) she turns up to a Boxing Day party wearing a 'hideous' Christmas jumper sees Mark Darcy and is literally like...

'Oh my god, a man I find physically attractive is in the room and we would live happily together forever having all the sex and babies but I'm meeting her whilst wearing this jumper so I will instead remain single and babyless forever and end up being eaten by my cats simply because of this jumper!!!!'

Then Dido plays so you remember it is the naughties!

Of course he's all like...

 

So it's ok!

Nowadays she's have simply thought 'ah a guy I think is hot, good job I'm wearing my ironically cool christmas jumper!' THE END!

Anyway better go as I'm in A and E with a suspected fractured elbow. Let's hope it's ok! 

Happy December 8th!

Xx