The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins: 10 Christmas songs that changed my life

The Darkness know a thing or two about Christmas songs. But which ones have inspired, angered and moved Justin Hawkins? Let’s find out… The Christmas song that soundtracked my childhood… Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1982) “The boss of the blue collar Christmas! ​‘You’d better be good, for goodness sake’ are clearly words to live by. This song has been around since the 1930s, but I just read on the internet machine that it was also released by Stringbean et al as part of a Sesame Street Christmas compilation album in 1982. No-one does Christmas like Mr Snuffleupagus!” The first Christmas carol I ever sang… Good King Wenceslas “There was a kid at my school called Eden, and he always had an imaginativel...

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