We asked readers to share their favourite schmaltz-free festive hidden gems. Here, from Shane MacGowan’s other
Christmas classic to goth metallers Type O Negative, we compile the best tips
Everyone knows and loves his Fairytale of
New York with the Pogues, but this melancholic classic slipped under the radar in 1996. It has a bit of sentimentality, such as the line where he accepts that he is a drunk loser but that his son has a future. And being a Shane MacGowan track, it is delivered in his usual droll, half-cut style.Rob McSporran, Bristol