Christmas songs

2000 Miles - The Pretenders
A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris De Burgh
A Winter's Tale - David Essex
Adeste Fideles - Bing Crosby
All Alone on Christmas - Darlene Love
Amazing Grace - Judy Collins
Angels From the Realms of Glory - The Choir Of St. Paul's Cathedral
Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas - Gary Glitter
Auld Lang Syne - Chas And Dave
Ave Maria - Frank Sinatra
Ave Maria - José Carreras
Away in a Manger - The Choir Of Westminster Abbey
Away In A Manger - Take 6
Away In A Manger - Sunday Times Collection
Away In A Manger - Bing Crosby
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
Blue Christmas - Pat Boone
Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
Christmas Bop - T.Rex
Christmas Dreaming - Frank Sinatra
Christmas In New Orleans - Louis Armstrong
Christmas Song - Al Green
Christmas Song - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Christmas Through Your Eyes - Gloria Estefan
Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses
December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
Ding Dong Merrily on High - The Choir Of St. Paul's Cathedral
Ding Dong Merrily - Sunday Times Collection
Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid - 1980
Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid II
Driving Home For Christmas - Michael Ball
Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl
Frosty The Snowman - The Jackson 5
Frosty The Snowman - The Ronettes
Gaudete - Steeleye Span
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - The Cathedral Choir Guildford
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Perry Como
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman - Smokey Robinson + The Miracles
Good King Wenceslas - The Cathedral Choir Guildford
Good King Wenceslas - Bing Crosby
Happy New Year - ABBA
Happy New Year - Michael Ball
Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Perry Como
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - The Cathedral Choir, Exeter
Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Sunday Times Collection
Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Frank Sinatra
Have Yourself A Very Merry Chirstmas - Frank Sinatra
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Vanessa Williams
Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
Hey Mr. Christmas - Showaddywaddy
Hey Santa Claus - The Moonglows
Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
Holly And The Ivy - Alex De Grassi
I Believe - Robson and Jerome
I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Beverley Sisters
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Teresa Brewer
I Saw Three Ships - Sunday Times Collection
I Saw Three Ships - The Choir Of St. Paul's Cathedral
I Sing Of A Maiden - Sunday Times Collection
I Was Born On Christmas Day - Saint Etienne
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
I'll Be Home For Christmas - Doris Day
I'll Be Home For Christmas - Frank Sinatra
In Dulci Jubilo - The Choir Of Westminster Abbey
In The Bleak Midwinter - Pierce Pettis
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Frank Sinatra
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Johnny Cash
It May Be Winter Outside - Love Unlimited
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Dean Martin
It's Christmas Time Again - Peggy Lee
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
Jingle Bells - Al Green
Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra
Jingle Bells - Jim Reeves
Jingle Bells - The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby
Jingle Bells - Dean Martin
Jingle Bells - Gheorge Zamfir
Joy To The World - Four Seasons
Joy To The World - Nat King Cole
Last Christmas - Whigfield
Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Doris Day
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Dean Martin
Lets Start The New Year Right - Frank Sinatra
Light A Candle In The Chapel - Frank Sinatra
Little Drummer Boy - Liberace
Little Drummer Boy - Michael Jackson + The Jackson 5
Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys
Lonely This Christmas - Mud
Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
Mary's Boy Child (Oh My Lord)- Boney M
Merry Christmas Baby - Charles Brown
Merry Christmas Baby - Chuck Berry
Merry Xmas Everyone - Slade
Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
Mistletoe And Holly - Jack Jones
Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard
My Shining Hour - Sammy Davis Jnr
O Come All Ye Faithful - Amy Grant
O Come All Ye faithful - Bing Crosby
O Come All Ye Faithful - Frank Sinatra
O Come All Ye Faithful - The Cathedral Choir, Exeter
O Come All Ye Faithful - Sunday Times Collection
O Holy Night - Nat King Cole
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Frank Sinatra
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Willie Nelson
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Sunday Times Collection
O Little Town of Bethlehem - The Cathedral Choir Guildford
O Tannenbaum - Nat King Cole
Once in Royal David's City - The Cathedral Choir, Exeter
One For My Baby - Sammy Davis Jnr
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers - The Crystals
Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie
Personent Hodie - Sunday Times Collection
Please Come Home For Christmas (Christmas Finds Me Oh So Sad) - Charles Brown
Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Ring Those Christmas Bells - Peggy Lee
Rock A Bye Baby - Sammy Davis Jnr
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree - Mel Smith And Kim Wilde
Rocking - The Choir Of Westminster Abbey
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Burl Ives
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Crystal Gayle
Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer - Pat Boone
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin
Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry
Santa Baby - Cynthia Bassinet
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bing Crosby + The Andrews Sisters
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Crystals
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Don McLean
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Michael Jackson
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Frank Sinatra
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Diana Ross + The Supremes
Saviour's Day - Cliff Richard
See Amid the Winter's Snow - The Cathedral Choir Guildford
Silent Night - Al Green
Silent Night - Nelson Eddy
Silent Night - Phil Spector & Artists
Oiche Chiun (silent night) - Enya
7 O'Clock News/Silent Night - Simon and Garfunkel
Silent Night - The Cathedral Choir Guildford
Silent Night - Boyz II Men
Silent Night - Sunday Times Collection
Silver Bells - Crystal Gayle
Silver Bells - Dean MartinSilent Night - Dean Martin
Sleigh Ride - Andy Williams
Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
Sleigh Ride - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Snowbird - Anne Murray
Stay Another Day - East 17
Step Into Christmas - Elton John
Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie
Thank God It's Christmas - Queen
The Bells Of St. Mary's - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
The Christmas Song - James Brown
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - Mel Tormé
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - Nat King Cole
The Coventry Carol - The Choir Of St. Paul's Cathedral
The Coventry Carol - Sunday Times Collection
The Coventry Carol - Elaine Paige
The First Noel - Andy Williams
The First Noel - Nat King Cole
The First Noel - The Cathedral Choir, Exeter
The First Noel - Sunday Times Collection
The Holly and the Ivy - The Choir Of St. Paul's Cathedral
The Holly And The Ivy - Sunday Times Collection
The Lords Prayer - Frank Sinatra
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams
The Perfect Year - Dina Carroll
The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The Shepherds' Farewell (Berlioz) - Sunday Times Collection
There Is No Rose - Sunday Times Collection
True Love - Elton John & Kiki Dee
Unto Us a Child is Born - The Choir Of Westminster Abbey
Unto Us Is Born A Son - Sunday Times Collection
Walking In The Air - Aled Jones
Walking in the Air - Peter Auty
Walking In The Air - Hank Marvin + The Shadows
We Three Kings - Winchester Cathedral Choir
We Three Kings - Sunday Times Collection
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Pat Boone
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Kiri Te Kanawa
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Weavers
What Christmas Means To Me - Hanson
What Christmas Means To Me - Al Green
When A Child Is Born - Johnny Mathis
When You Wish Upon A Star - Linda Ronstadt
While Shepherds Watched - The Cathedral Choir Guildford
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night - The Choir Of New College Oxford
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
White Christmas - Frank Sinatra
White Christmas - Darlene Love
White Christmas - Louis Armstrong
Winter Melody - Donna Summer
Winter Wonderland - Al Green
Winter Wonderland - Frank Sinatra
Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
Winter Wonderland - Don McLean
Winter Wonderland - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Winter Wonderland - Pat Boone
Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mercer
Wombling Merry Christmas - The Wombles
Wonderful Christmastime - Free Spirit
You Sexy Thing - Hot chocolate
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Music for Season's greetings

Play set in 1980.

In Dulci Jubilo - Mike Oldfield (opening closing music?)
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) - The Ramones
A winter's Tale
I saw mommy kissing santa claus
I'll be home for Christmas
Christmas chart 1980
http://philbrodieband.com/muso_xmas-no1-hits.htm
http://www.everyhit.com/chart4.html
morcambe and wise christmas special
queen's speech

Seasons Greetings - FX ideas

Uncle Harvey, a retired security guard, watches a succession of violent action movies on TV.
Could run these on a second amp varying the volume on the TV, one of phils small speakers near the TV.

After sex under the tree an electric toy goes off, need to record this

Children talking, squabbling need to record this ?

Could get the tree from nursery up the road, what size, advert in program

Season's Greetings - Analysis

Season's Greetings skilfully deals, in an often comic way, with all kinds of prejudices: class, wealth, artistic snobbery, male chauvinism, ageism, homophobia. The characters are emotionally 'coloured-in': Rachel, sensible in the extreme, endlessly over-analysing her emotions, yet occasionally hysterical; Eddie, attempting, but giving up, tenderness with Patti. As a guest, Clive endlessly suffers the mad family. The play's slow, imperceptible build in drunkenness and madness is impressive.
The play shares much with Mike Leigh's 'Abigail's Party' (BBC, 1977), particularly its mix of the humorous and the awful. Like 'Abigail's Party' you never see the children.
Is Season's Greetings 'just' comic, or more serious? Like Eddie, we believe, perhaps because we want to, that Neville has offered him the managership of his new branch - this turns out not to be the case. Time after time we find ourselves involved in the drama, taking it very seriously, only for the scene to end with a wicked comic punch line. Phyllis crying with pity for Bernard is very moving, while Bernard's blistering attack on Harvey - "all that they can really say about you is that you're a snob, a bigot, a racist, a chauvinist..." - almost deserves applause. But in a moment of high farce at the end the G.P., Bernard, a man riven with lack of self-worth, solemnly examines the shot Clive, pronouncing him dead. Clive promptly wakes up.
The dysfunctional family can cope with anything. When Neville takes the gun from Harvey, he is asked if Clive will be alright. "Oh yeah," he replies, "he'll be alright; he's got Rachel" - Rachel being the one sensible member of the family. Examining an electronic toy that one of the bullets has passed through he says, "It's alright, it missed the motor".

Season's Greetings Synopsis

Christmas Eve. The adults drift about the house, making first inroads into the drink. Uncle Harvey, a retired security guard, watches a succession of violent action movies on TV, rooted to a large armchair. Bernard, near-retirement General Practitioner, fusses about, talking about the puppet show that he performs for the children every Christmas. The rest of the family groan at the mention of it.
The heavily pregnant Patti, Eddie's wife, joins Harvey in front of the TV. Eddie and Neville are long-term friends; Eddie once worked for Neville in his electronics retailing business; Eddie has since tried, less successfully, to go it alone.
Neville's wife Belinda and Patti try to get their kids to go to sleep. There is tension between them and Neville and Eddie, who do little except plan their next escape to the pub. Belinda's single, sister Rachel turns her nose up at the Christmas TV that briefly unites most of the family. A male guest of hers, Clive, a writer, arrives late, while Rachel has gone to look for him at the railway station. An instant mutual attraction forms between him and Belinda. Meanwhile Phyllis, Bernard's wife (they are childless), is drunk, trying to cook the Christmas Eve dinner.
Christmas Day. The couples argue increasingly. Bernard is crashingly inappropriate as he endlessly unloads his puppet show. Harvey shows the bemused guest Clive a foot long dagger that he has strapped to his leg and informs him that he has a gun. Belinda flirts with Clive; Rachel is jealous. Tension mounts as Harvey is increasingly rude about Bernard's puppet show and about his competence as a GP. Neville offers Eddie a job at his new branch and they escape to the pub. Patti is upset about how "useless" Eddie is. Belinda comforts her.
Christmas Night. Eddie is blind drunk, snoring. Rachel watches, fascinated and repelled as Patti matter-of-factly tries to bring him round. Neville fiddles with electronic toys and gadgets, oblivious to Belinda's conversation as she tries to talk to him about love and friendship. When everyone has gone to bed, Clive and Belinda try to have sex under the Christmas tree. Setting off an electric toy they wake up the whole family who discover them.
Boxing Day. With the help of Patti and Harvey, and with Phyllis as the only audience, Bernard attempts a dry run of his puppet show before the kids come back from a walk. He is tense and irritable, and shouts at Patti, who goes off crying. Harvey becomes angry and damages the puppets and kicks down the sets. Phyllis cries.
Early morning the next day. Clive leaves the house for the early train home. Rachel gives him her balaclava against the cold. Wearing the balaclava he goes back into the house to pick something up. Seeing him, Uncle Harvey, who is convinced Clive is a criminal and has stayed in the living room with his gun all night, shoots him.

Season's Greetings

Set build Oct 19th
Strike Oct 28th
The Show 25 26 27
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http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/443066/index.html

Season's Greetings - Review

Mr. Ayckbourn is a keen student of family life in the suburbs. His plays generally take place within the walls of modest, self-consciously gracious homes, the kind that make ideal settings for a sitcom. And Mr. Ayckbourn can be very funny. But then he has this habit of, without warning, becoming sour, if not downright menacing. His amusing people suddenly turn pathetic or nasty, just like in real life. Americans, evidently, find these transitions jarring. The British apparently feel right at home.
''Season's Greetings,'' produced by Shaun Sutton for the BBC, begins on Christmas Eve and ends on Dec. 27, the morning after Boxing Day. The home belongs to Neville and Belinda, who have been married for eight and a half years and have already reached the stage of wondering if they can possibly spend the rest of their lives as good friends. Neville is a successful retailer who seemingly prefers to spend most of his time with Eddie, his old boyhood chum, who is married to Pattie, who is pregnant again and not very happy about it. Both couples have children who, although the supposed beneficiaries of the Christmas exertions, are never seen.
Also visiting for the holidays are: Bernard, a wimpish doctor who, with good reason, has concluded that he is a failure in life; his wife Phyllis, a rather dotty tippler who traditionally cooks a leg of lamb that is universally loathed and Uncle Harvey, a security expert partial to violent television shows (''You just missed a damn fine shark fight, you lot''). Finally there is Rachel, a sensitive, repressed virgin at age 38. She has invited Clive, a youngish novelist, as her guest for the occasion, and he becomes the plot catalyst as Rachel, Belinda and Phyllis vie for his attention. Everybody in place, the wheels start spinning furiously.
Mr. Ayckbourn prefers working on the periphery of things. Key scenes are always taking place off stage or between the acts. Throughout the first scene, we keep getting reports of Phyllis's apparently disastrous progress in the kitchen with the leg of lamb. There has been an accident with a can of flour and some mention of a nosebleed. Neville tells his wife that he has just seen Phyllis sprawled on the kitchen table with ''three yards of kitchen towel stuffed up her nose.'' But Phyllis doesn't actually appear until the very end of the scene and the dinner itself is skipped over completely. The second scene simply begins with several disparaging references to the lamb.
So too, there is Bernard preparing his annual puppet show that invariably leaves both children and adults monumentally bored. This year, it's ''The Three Little Pigs'' and the audience is fervently hoping that it won't be as interminable as last year's ''Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.'' We do get to see part of the rehearsal, complete with its confusion about which pig is which, but the show itself is, no doubt mercifully, left to our imagination. Meanwhile, old Uncle Harvey is slowly making a transition from seemingly harmless old bully to someone decidedly more nasty and sinister.
As Mr. Ayckbourn's characters circle each other, sometimes warily, sometimes with undisguised contempt, there is little room for consoling compassion. The most that can be expected to help cope with life's endless absurdities is a determination to see our gloriously puny selves clearly. Directed by Michael Simpson, a British cast provides several outstanding performances: Anna Massey as Rachel, Bridget Turner as Phyllis, Geoffrey Palmer as Bernard, Barbara Flynn as Belinda, Nicky Henson as Neville, and Shawn Scott as Clive. While not as successful as the wonderful version of Mr. Ayckbourn's ''The Norman Conquests'' that was done for television several years ago, ''Season's Greetings'' is an effective demonstration of a gifted playwright at work.