Stevie Nicks -Silent Night

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Dennis Peck from The Oregonian, an article on Christmas traditions [Maybe John taught her how to sing it from his days as a tax man]:

http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.s...wn_wreath.html

When writing about Christmas traditions -- and when you've been around as long as I have, there are a lot to remember -- it's hard to decide where to start.
Do I start with the Christmas tree that almost crushed me?

Or the "Macarena" -singing gorilla in a Santa suit?

Or maybe Stevie Nicks' version of "Silent Night"?
Or the time my sister and I were almost arrested?

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For years, we'd gather with family on Christmas Eve and, in the misery-loves-company vein, what started as a "you won't believe how bad this song is" kind of thing became a friendly, then fierce, competition to see who could come up with the worst holiday song every year, which, of course, we were all then subjected to.

And, Fleetwood Mac aside, there's nothing quite as horrifying (although Johnny Cash's "The Little Drummer Boy" was close) to Stevie Nicks singing "Silent Night" with all the emotion of an IRS auditor. Not that King Diamond's 1986, uh, heavy metal classic "No Presents for Christmas" is exactly easy on the ears (bit.ly/uty9we, if you want to listen).