halfacanuck: Christmas is a time for the family

December 25, 2004 - 09:12 AM

Christmas is a time for the family

But for an orphan, how can it be?

I'm sure you all remember John Shuttleworth singing "The Christmas Orphan" on Vic and Bob's Christmas Special in 1993. I certainly do. Imagine my delight, then, to discover he has a web site of his very own!

Even more remarkably, from there I further discovered that before becoming a retired security guard/versatile singer-songwriter John was in fact Jilted John, whose 1978 smash hit "Jilted John" is considered by at least two people to be "the best new-wave/punk single ever penned" (the other person being me).

I fear my amazement will be shared by perhaps three people in the entire world, but when you think about it it's a staggering coincidence: the author of a punk song to which I was listening just a few days ago turns out to be an obscure (but very funny) British comedian who made me laugh for about two hours eleven years ago. Or maybe it's not a coincidence, maybe it's just weird. Anyway, it was my Christmas present from the cosmos.

I hope your day is both merry and happy, possibly even festive, and that you eat until you're comfortably rotund. Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!