With Christmas in mind our classic cover versions takes a festive detour - and no, it’s not Whigfield’s version of “Last Christmas” that we are featuring. Our chosen song ‘White Christmas’ is one of the most covered Christmas songs ever and was first recorded by Bing Crosby for the film ‘Holiday Inn’ in the forties. This version however, was recorded in the sixties by legendary soul singer Otis Redding and is up there with the very best renditions ever. “May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white”…
I never expect too much from Christmas Crackers - a half-decent joke would be one thing, a half-decent gift another, and of course I rarely get them anyway as no matter whether I am pulling a cracker with a younger more excitable family member or a wily old timer, they always seem to want to win that little bit more - even if means grabbing the cracker about half-way up, or examining where the snap is before electing which way round to hold it. My fun then comes from trying to guess the answer to the corny jokes. This year I may cheat myself a little bit and gen up on these Christmas Cracker jokes in advance: here’s 50 of the best - or worst, depending on your point of view!
Here’s a sample to get you in the mood:
Q: What do they sing at a snowman’s birthday party? A: Freeze a jolly good fellow!
It seems that this year’s ‘Most Wanted’ present - or at least ‘Most Wanted But Hard to Find’ present is the Nintendo Wii. This is the games console that famously comes with a wireless controller that lets you simulate playing golf or tennis by waving it like you were swinging your club or racket. From the reports in the media, there are going to be a lot of disappointed children - and adults too - who don’t get their Wii for Christmas. One article suggests that the shortage is a deliberate ploy by Nintendo so that parents buy the software games now and then are committed to buying the hardware (the games console itself) later. This seems too far fetched to me: I’ll bet that any child old enough to want a Wii will not be impressed by a couple of games in boxes that they can’t play until some unspecified future date.
Anyway, if you are still on the hunt for a Wii, then you could do worse than visit this clever website. You just leave the site open and every 60 seconds it crawls though webistes of a wide range of retailers and pops up a message telling where if anywhere a Wii is available as new stocks are added online. Just be sure to check the delivery dates when you order if you really need it in time for Christmas!
