15 Alternative Christmas Songs That Will Still Make You Feel Festive

2. Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) - Laura Marling

You can just feel the snowflakes caressing your nose when listening to this one. A love song that€™s as much about a broken relationship as it is about the glorious English countryside in wintertime. This heart-tugging lament to love in the chilly bite of winter expresses a desperation to escape from the anguish of a fallen relationship; the best lyric by a distance being a reference to her family keeping the €˜little one€™ safe, meaning Marling herself.

Musically, it€™s as endearingly brilliant as one would expect a Laura Marling composition to be; light flourishes of strings complement light clarinet, aligned with Marling€™s pitch perfect vocals. Exquisite and enthralling, if you€™re not unreservedly smitten by Miss Marling then you€™re getting nothing but a lump of coal in your stocking.

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Chris James Peet says hello. His interests include hoping for the best and sitting in chairs. He much prefers moaning to counting his blessings and suffers fools gladly. He also likes to look out of the window and check what's in the fridge but he hates standing up, dripping taps and reality.