Well, that was a funny old year, wasn’t it? I think it’ll be about mid-2025 before I get my head around most of it. But as always when December strikes, all other thoughts leave my head as I dive into the world of dear-god-do-I-have-to-think-of-another-musical-theme?

Fear not, though: once again, inspiration has struck and for 2023, which is if you’re counting is the sixteenth year of this nonsense, we will be travelling Down Under to the sunny side of the globe. Twenty four Christmas songs from countries of the southern hemisphere await you, and I feel confident that at least some of them will delight you as much as they have me. Kia ora!