Hi peoples - thanks for all the great comments, as usual this is my second worst work week of the year, so not around that much (but listening when I can). (No, I am not an elf.)
@seriousfun many thanks, we wanted it to be "seriously-fun"
@David Christy Jones glad you listened after all! I'll check out the hi-hat - I did add in an extra crash cymbal which may be what you can hear. Can I get away with it as part of the general OTT mood?
@Binladeda thanks a million - glad you liked the tuba in particular, tuba = instant christmas (for some reason)
@crystalsuzy many thanks for listening, was super fun to do
@PaulAds thanks for that - Michael can take all the credit for the humour - and cheers!
@MonnoDB yes, unconventional is our middle name (someone also said "nirvana meets the muppets"?!). Thanks for the great comments.
@CaliaMoko thanks for that - please can we talk about prosody after Christmas?!
@shadowfax many thanks for listening, glad you enjoyed
@PaulyX thanks for that - I wasn't sure either - party blower? party horn (ooh er)? Another great MichaelA idea.
@pompeyjazz many thanks indeed - like you, I do like a nice backing vocal (and coming from you that's high praise)
@dinnerwithgreedo thanks DWG - we were looking for something different and the song titles seemed a great way of having a singalong
@Wicked Deeds thanks so much - the tuba was my idea I have to admit - it's a bit of a mishmash with those guitars, ukes and tubas, and perhaps musical taste was a bit secondary to what we thought was fun!
Thanks everyone - great to see so many other entries into the comp now too!