The Monday List

In Memory Of George Michael, It's Ten Completely Unnecessary Cover Versions - Last Christmas Edition

Last Christmas - Taylor Swift
Last Christmas - Gwen Stefani
Last Christmas - Joe McElderry
Last Christmas - Cascada
Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World
Last Christmas - Carly Rae Jepsen
Last Christmas - Crazy Frog
Last Christmas - The Cast of Glee
Last Christmas - Hilary Duff
Last Christmas - Ariana Grande

Planet Sad Wishes You A Very Merry Christmas

Neil Warnock is currently appearing as Widow Twankey in Aladdin at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford...

Planet Sad's Ridiculously Hallmark Christmas Film Still Of The Day

And if you want to know which Hallmark film this ridiculously Christmassy film still is from, the answer is all of them...

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Ten Novelty Christmas Hits You've Probably Completely Forgotten About

Make A Daft Noise For Christmas - The Goodies
Never Mind The Presents - The Barron Knights
Bionic Santa - Chris Hill
Singalonga Santa - Santa Claus And The Christmas Trees
Jingle Bells (Laughing All The Way) - Hysterics
Lick A Smurp For Christmas - Father Abraphart And The Smurps
Proper Crimbo! - Bo Selecta!
Christmas Countdown - Frank Kelly
Christmas In Dreadland - Judge Dread
Hokey Cokey - Snowmen

Planet Sad's Ridiculously Christmassy Bill Nighy Of The Day

There are many things we at Sad Towers would do before we sat through Love, Actually, at least one of which involves finally letting this man into the house.

But it's hard to ignore the sheer magnificence of Bill Nighy being Bill Nighy, especially at Christmas, so we didn't. And then we went off and watched Still Crazy again, just because we could, you understand.

Rock Stars Who Look Like Dinner Ladies

No 34: Three for the price of one - Andy Scott out of the Sweet, Suzi Quatro and Don Powell of Slade. Not so much a supergroup as a supper group...

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Ten Blatant Giveaways That You Are The Heroine Of A Hallmark Christmas Movie

You work in a homeless shelter where there's a jolly, bearded resident who looks and acts suspiciously like Santa
You have been delayed by bad weather from getting to your own wedding and been thrown into the arms of a handsome stranger
You are playing the Scrooge role in a shameless rip-off of loving homage to A Christmas Carol
You are totally career focused, but you have been forced to go back to your hometown where you have reconnected with the slower pace of life and your handsome - and conveniently single - ex-boyfriend
You are the previously unheard-of daughter of Santa Claus
You are dating the previously unheard-of son of Santa Claus
You are a struggling single mother who is about to help a handsome billionaire rediscover the joy of ChristmasYou get a chance to see what your life would have been like if you'd had a high-powered job instead of a handsome husband and loving family - and hate it
Your guardian angel is about to show you the true meaning of Christmas
You are trapped inside a snow globe/musical box/novelty Christmas tree ornament
You are Hilary Duff

Planet Sad's Ridiculously Christmassy Film Still Of The Day

Ho ho ho, here's the cast of White Christmas, moments before they were hauled away for breaking the legal limit of white fur trim allowed in any one film still...

Great Random Costumes As Worn By The Manneken Pis

No 18: Sinterklaas. Zwart Piet not pictured for - er - reasons...

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The Ten Most Clichéd Secret Santa Presents

Decorated photo frame
iTunes gift card
Box of Ferrero Rocher
Scented tealights
Humorous 'toilet reading' book about cats/emojis/sex positions
Shot glass
Coffee mug with caption about Keeping Calm and doing something
Faux Moleskine notebooks
Candy posing pouch/G-string
Anything from chuffing Lush