Carol Elaine's wish is my command...

Over at Random (but not really), Michelle is asking people what their favorite Christmas songs are. Mine, as it happens, is a Christmas song about a pair of Irish immigrants, one a drunk and the other a junkie, fighting on the holiday, and begins with the immortal line, "It was Christmas Eve in the drunk tank." Make of that what you will.

Although it also closes with the exchange:

I could have been someone--

Well so could anyone. You took my dreams from me when I first found you.

I kept 'em with me, babe, I put 'em with my own
Can't make it all alone--I built my dreams around you

--lines that cause something funny to happen to my eyes just typing them. Probably wandering allergies. Stoopid allergies.

But, yes, it's The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl, "Fairytale Of New York." In the comments at Random, Carol Elaine said she would have to check it out--her wish is my command, the music video is below. The song has seen release a few times for both acts: the original release is on The Pogues' If I Should Fall From Grace With God, their masterpiece and one of those albums You Really Must Own; it was also released by the late Ms. MacColl on her best-of retrospective, Galore, with the added bonus that Galore also includes her other major collaboration with The Pogues, the version of "Miss Otis Regrets" that they originally recorded together for the Red, Hot and Blue benefit album (it's also a wonderful collection in general for those looking for an entrypoint to Ms. MacColl's catalogue).

Now, the best Christmas song ever!