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This was suggested to me by Krishna Kumar – I hadn’t heard of The Florin Street band or the song before so many thanks Krishna for your suggestion.
"My Favourite Time of Year" is a Christmas song performed by The Florin Street Band which was written and sung by British composer Leigh Haggerwood in 2010. His aim was to create a song with strong melodies that would match the classics, and bring back the Christmas magic that he felt had been missing from the UK charts for decades. Haggerwood was disappointed by the yearly non-festive songs released by The X Factor finalists, and the protests that ensued which seemed more concerned with spiting Simon Cowell than bringing back Christmas songs. When writing the song, he recalled his own childhood in the early 1980s. "My Favourite Time of Year" evolves around a catchy, carol-like melody which weaves up and down the major scales of Eb and Bb. The song is piano-led with instrumentation that includes many traditional Christmas elements such as orchestral chimes, choral harmonies and string lines.

This time played on my Dean Zelinsky Tagliare Z-Glide custom Quilt in Cherry Sunburst..
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I used the Neck Pick up on Single coils which gives it a Stratocaster sound.
Played through an Alesis Quadraverb Q2 with EFTP patch 1-66 Abbey road reverb and I also used my Jeds Peds “Taxi Driver reverb” and sound recorded in Cubase SX 6
Video made with 3 Panasonic VX870 4K camcorders and edited with the Cubase sound in Song vegas pro 14.
The BT is the original Florin Street Band recording with the lead singing removed – All the backing singing remains and is FREE to download from YT here :- [ Ссылка ]
I made Tabs out of my Guitar arrangement which are FREE to download from my website here :-
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Have a great Christmas to all reading this..

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Lyrics.
When the morning comes
Lanterns lighting up the town
Peace on Earth is all around
Everything is calm on Christmas Eve
There's goodwill in the air tonight
Angels sing by candle light
Their voices carried on the wind
When carol singers gather 'round
When I hear that festive sound
I wanna join with them and sing!
They sing a merry song and we all sing along
A festive melody that tells us Christmas time is here
See the stars tonight; they're shining bright
'Cause it's Christmas time
And it's my favourite time of year
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Give me mistletoe; it's the season to be jolly
Wrapping presents, writing cards
Helping decorate the tree
But there's one thing that makes it all for me
When carol singers gather 'round
Angel voices fill the town
It's like the world is joining in
(Noel, Noel, Noel)
They sing a merry song and we all sing along
A festive melody that tells us Christmas time is here
See the stars tonight; they're shining bright
'Cause it's Christmas time and it's my favourite time of year
Christmas Eve
Still believe
So excited
Can't sleep
When the morning comes
Church bells ring
And he's been
They sing a merry song and we all sing along
A festive melody that tells us Christmas time is here
See the stars tonight; they're shining bright
'Cause it's Christmas time and it's my favourite time of year
And it's my favourite time of year
(Noel, Noel)

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