I always thought the Boney M Christmas album was huge in this province. It seems to be everywhere I turn this time of year. Recently I've mentioned it to a few people and they were like 'Boney who?'

I've come to accept I may just be part of a subset prone to disco-carolling. I don't know.

In any case, if I had to select a second-most ubiquitous album I nominate the Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers Once Upon A Christmas collaboration (which I just learned was produced by David Foster). It gets played a lot but I'm completely okay with that. As mentioned a couple of days ago, too much Dolly Parton is not really a thing.

I'm also okay with listening to a great covers of the material. The Fortune Ones offer a great rendition of the Dolly Parton co-written Christmas Without You. It's a more sombre(?) less upbeat-sounding take on the original. Their cover appears on the 2016 All Will Be Well ep.

The Fortune Ones have brand new Christmas song too -- Hold On To Christmas Day.

Check out it above or hear it, and a bunch of other cool Christmas songs from Newfoundland artists on the 2020 Newfoundland Christmas Playlist.