Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Christmas Soundtrack Day 1 - Stepping up the Festive Spirit

I was, somehow, sucked into taking part in a twelve days of Christmas soundtrack blogging thingy. I’m hoping I can pull this off without getting to stupid about it. I say that because, normally, when I do blogging challenges, or in fact anything based on prompts, I either get obsessive or I write ridiculous things – or both. This time, I’m going to take a casual approach. If that is even possible!

I have spent 90% of today in a workshop watching my wheelchair get fixed. Had I have known it was going to take so long, I would have taken myself off on a drive. Although, knowing my luck, I would have become desperate for the loo and been unable to park close enough to a toilet for me to be able to hobble in. Just saying!

I could have also spent the time writing; this blog post or, indeed, anything else. Alas, I didn’t do that either. Instead, I just sat watching and debating with myself about which song to go with first.

After hours of deliberation, I’ve decided not to go with an extremely daft song – that will come later. Nor have I chosen a soppy song, or a Cliff Richard song.

Nope, I’ve decided that, as it is relatively early on in the festive period, I’m going to ease my readers in. Fire up the festive spirit a little. Step into Christmas, if you will…



Did you know…

"Step into Christmas" was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
It was a stand-alone single in November 1973 with the song "Ho, Ho, Ho (Who'd Be a Turkey at Christmas)" as the B-side.
It only got to No. 24 on the UK Singles Chart.
In the United States, the single reached No. 56 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart.
Two versions of the song, with different vocals exist.


Final word: Its unfortunate really, but one cannot "step" into Christmas. So, the song title choice is a bit daft! Oh well!


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