Christmas songs can be tricky, if they're jolly they can teeter on the annoying, if they're sentimental they can border on tawdry. Of course, if anyone can get the balance right it would be Chrissy Hynde and the Pretenders with their now classic 1983 single, 2000 Miles.
Melancholy and hopeful, it recalls the feeling of not being nearest to your dearest and the joys of reconnecting during the holidays. Don't know where the alien spaceships come that grace the cover art come in…
But what do you think?