15 Alternative Christmas Songs That Will Still Make You Feel Festive
12. By The Fireside - Ellen & The Escapades
Hailing from Leeds, Ellen & The Escapades were once maddeningly referred to as a female-fronted Mumford & Sons. Please, please, please dont let that put you off. Theyre really not that at all theyre very much cut from the same cloth as the likes of Camera Obscura if this delicious Christmas offering is anything to go by.
Its full of your usual festive embellishments and is carried along nicely by enthusiastic chimes and Ellens mellifluous vocal. Lyrically, its pretty standard fare. An effusive and heartfelt shout of Merry Christmas to you is basically the gist of it alongside images of sitting by the fireside with really cold feet and hypothermic cheeks. But its full of warmth and charm, and simply by conjuring comforting thoughts of snuggling up in front of a crackling log fire affords it many clicks of the repeat button.