Obviously, the ‘Christmas in New York getting stressful’ market might seem to be cornered by both The Waitresses’ ‘Christmas Wrapping’ (which has enjoyed something of a revivial in recent years) and of course the Pogue

s ‘Fairytale Of New York.’

Min

d you, I think this track by Cristina is pretty clos

e:

Cristina -‘Things

Fall Apart.’ mp3

…and this track gives early Madonna a good run for its’ money:

Cristina -‘What’s a Girl To Do?’ mp3

Review of Broken Records’ Christmas spectacular to follow…

Cri

stina Monet, quite feasibly, in another world, could have been as big as Madonna.

Her wonderfully, dry style makes ‘Child Psychology’ by Black Box Recorder look amateurish by comparison.

Her contribution to the ZE Christmas Album is a wonderful tale of how, actually, Christmas isn’t always wonderful. It sits along such other gems as ‘Christmas Wrapping’ by the Waitresses (which idiot thought it would be a good idea to let the Spice Girls cover that song?) and ‘Christmas With Satan’ by James White…which I might pos

t another time.
Cristina -‘Things Fall Apart.’ mp3

And, ok, it’s not Christmassy, but in another world it would have had the same impact as ‘Like A Virgin’:

Cristina -‘What’s a Girl To D

o?’ mp3

Cristina fan site