Musical Advent Calendar: The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl, 'Fairytale of New York'

As if there were any other way to end this thingie--the best Christmas song of all time, courtesy of iconic Irish folk punks the Pogues and the late, great Kirsty MacColl. Perhaps the only Christmas song to use the word "faggot," and in an oddly inoffensive way. "I could have been someone," "Well, so could anyone." Too true.




I missed a couple days last weekend, so some bonus Christmas tunes are after the jump!

Well, you gotta have the Chipmunks:




And don't think I forgot about Wham, though I'm tempted to post the Ashley Tisdale cover instead: