With a catchy song with a melody somehow reminiscent of 'Mistletoe And Wine', this is Cornish-born singer, Gleeman's Christmas single and video.
Titled, 'I Love Christmastime' the whole video has a very retro feel to it, fusing live action with animation / screen drawings, archive footage with the contemporary, and filming children /family, in their houses and in Christmas markets (Vienna) during this season.
Gleeman has a very pleasant, easy-to-listen-to, melodious, baritone crooner voice, and this style of song suits it excellently. It is a sing-a-long catchy tune with a memorable melody / refrain, and puts me in mind of my childhood listening to the likes of Val Doonican and Perry Como.
The lyrics are "written through childhood eyes, and takes us all back to that innocence of youth" - and no-one can argue with this. There is definitely the feeling of seeing the world in a very nostalgic rose-coloured spectacle sort of way, and it is comforting.
A lovely addition to popular music's Christmas canon.
The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMYlxKsZZBg
Reviewer - Matthew Dougall
on - 29.12.22
on - 29.12.22
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