It was just a busy sort of a weekend, sorry. I’m making up for it with a delightful threefer, featuring songs from three different continents. First off, here’s Miss Seychelles 2017 Falaine Dora with a video that features snow and even though, whatever what Paul Weller, Sting and Boy George say, there’s always snow in Africa at Christmas time, it seems unlikely to fall in the Seychelles where average December temperatures are between 25 and 30C.

(Shall we all go to the Seychelles for Christmas next year?)

Next is a beautiful song from Chilean writer, teacher, musician, politician, activist and all-round good egg Victor Jara, who squeezed a lot into his forty years (he was killed by Pinochet’s army in 1973, which isn’t very Christmassy but is nonetheless the case). This is really lovely, although there isn’t a video with it so you can listen while you wrap presents or bake a cake.

And for pudding, we have a not-very-musical but extremely heartwarming rendition of New Zealand song Pōhutukawa Tree, also known as the ‘New Zealand Christmas tree’, which looks like this and explains why when people go to New Zealand they don’t want to leave. Our version is from the New Zealand Kindergarten Association and I promise you, it’s worth a watch.