What’s Crawley’s favourite Christmas song? Our readers have their say
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With this in mind, we wanted to know Crawley' s number one Christmas anthem. So we asked our readers, who didn’t disappoint.
There was an overwhelming vote from our readers for Fairytale of New York by The Pogues.
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Hide AdHere are some other Christmas jingles that our readers voted for:
Kaye Harvey: “Band aid Christmas time x”
Pauline Minor: “Driving home for Christmas by Chris Rea.”
Colin Latimer-Parry: “Little Drummer Boy...David Bowie/Bing Crosby version and also Aled Jones and the late great Sir Terry Wogan version.”
Gill Bale: “Mistletoe and Wine. My husband would sing it but add his own words (not for little ears). This is my 2nd Christmas without him.”
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Hide AdDave Young: “Stop the Cavalry by Jona Louis who used to be in Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts.”
Stewart Parrin: “Merry Xmas everyone, shakin Stevens and Mary's boy child boney m
I can't get jiggy with the fairytale one, most people like it, I can't stand it lol.”
Stacey Dawn: “Band Aid!”
Alan Wells: “Santa Claus is coming in a boogie woogie train by the Tractors.”
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Hide AdMat Wolski: “Wizzard followed by Jona Lewie and Bing/Bowie.”
Tommy Selby: “Slade for me.”
Leslie Edwards: “Band aid 2.”
Daniel Barry Martin: “Slade - Merry Christmas, it’s the best , it’s a banger.”
Nicola Warren: “Elton John and Ed sheeran one at the moment.”
Katie Louise: “Christmas Time (don't let the bells end) by the darkness.”
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Hide AdSarah Jane Humphrey: “Driving home from Christmas. Chris Rea.”
Neil Teppler: “The pogues and shaking stevens !”
Yvonne Swann: "Mistletoe and wine’ by Cliff Richard."
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