Saint Etienne have done a number of Christmas tunes over the years. They made the top 40 in 1993 with Tim Burgess (of The Charlatans, or Charlatans UK if you’re from North America) with their song ‘I Was Born On Christmas Day’ and a track called ’21st Century Christmas’ has been doing the rounds for a number of years, too.

Saint Etienne -‘I Was Born On Christmas Day (featuring Tim Burgess).’ mp3

Saint Etienne -’21st Century Christmas.’ mp3

This year, they have done a Christmas album entitled A Glimpse Of Stocking, which amongst other songs, apparently has a cover of the Doors ‘Wintertime Love’ from Waiting For The Sun (haven’t played that album in years, but I do remember loving it when I was fifteen).

This will apparently only be available for this year from their website and at their Christmas shows, so get cracking!

They have made this available as another free download.

Saint Etienne -‘No Cure For The Common Christmas.’ mp3

The snow has returned with a vengeance to Edinburgh., now settling on the ice and snow that hadn’t properly gone from before. Worrying at the best of times, and even less for for Mrs. 17 Seconds who has to negotiate this six and a half months pregnant…