Advent song for December 22: Carol of the Birds, Australia

We’ve had this twice before, I think, but that’s OK because it’s beautiful and is now part of my regular rotation of Christmas music (which you can find here, should you need ten hours’ worth of seasonal songs on Christmas Day, or indeed at any other time). ‘Orana’ is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘Welcome’, and since even I am not so crass as to try to find out what the Aboriginal Australian version of ‘Merry Christmas’ is, I’ll just round today off with a “Merry Flamin’ Chrissie!’ and you have to imagine it in Alf Stewart‘s accent.

(If you know who Alf Stewart is, btw, that 6m35s compilation of his best rants will 100% brighten up your day.)