Muddy Stilettos


<p>The Christmas warning signs are officially flashing: noses glowing Rudolph-red from the cold, tinsel choking every shop doorway, Waitrose&#8217;s legendary ad is out, and the radio has declared Mariah Season. So naturally, we&#8217;re jumping aboard the sleigh to bring you Muddy&#8217;s definitive festive soundtrack. Grab a mug of mulled wine, crank up the fire, and brace yourself – Christmas is barrelling towards us faster than you can say &#8216;pass the mince pies&#8217;. </p>



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<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Secret-Santa-song.jpg" alt="Secret Santa by Ana Gasteyer"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Secret Santa&#8217; by Ana Gasteyer &amp; Maya Rudolph</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>&#8216;I&#8217;m brassy, sassy and proud!&#8217; This gem from 2019 is so gloriously silly and retro  it loops back round to brilliant. And the fact it sounds absolutely nothing like a Christmas song? A refreshing tonic at this time of year. Pass the rum!</p><p><em>Miranda Luke, Content &amp; Social Media Manager</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Christmas-TV-Slow-Club.jpg" alt="Christmas TV Slow Club "/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Christmas TV&#8217; by Slow Club</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>A pre-Self Esteem Rebecca Lucy Taylor in her Slow Club days. This one hits my Christmas playlist every year. It beautifully nails the longing of being apart from someone you love, and rounds off with a big, arms-around-your-mates singalong. What&#8217;s not to love?!</p><p><em>Johanna Derry Hall, Muddy Scotland editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Present-Without-A-Bow-by-Kacey-Musgraves.jpg" alt="Present without a bow album cover"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Present Without A Bow&#8217; by Kacey Musgraves</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>I love the &#8217;50s doo-wop vibe and the soulful, vintage glow. It&#8217;s impossible not to feel like you&#8217;ve wandered into a gloriously cheesy Hallmark movie when this comes on.</p><p><em>Mollie Davies, Muddy Wales Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Snowman-by-Sia.jpg" alt="Snowman by Sia"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Snowman&#8217; by Sia</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>For me, it’s the Christmas song that manages to be both swooningly romantic and delightfully unhinged, serving up a snowy metaphor for unconditional love.</p><p><em>Grace Nicholls, Marketing &amp; Social Media Executive</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Last-Christmas-by-Wham.jpg" alt="Last Christmas by Wham!"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Last Christmas&#8217; by Wham!</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>Best enjoyed with the video, which is fabulously kitsch and cheesy, just like Christmas (and George). It was filmed at the The Walliserhof Grand-Hotel &amp; Spa in the Alps, where you can still stay if you want to recreate the magic&#8230;The hair! The &#8216;fits! The tune! Seriously, what&#8217;s not to love?</p><p><em>Amanda Statham, London &amp; Travel Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Winter-Wonderland-by-Michael-Buble.jpg" alt="Winter Wonderland by Michael Buble"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Winter Wonderland&#8217; by Michael Bublé</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>The minute the tree comes through the door, the Bublé Christmas classics go straight on repeat. <em>&#8220;Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?&#8221;</em> Yes Michael, I am &#8211; even if the OH, kids (and the cat) have already staged a walkout.</p><p><em>Lisa Buckland, Muddy Devon Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kelly-Clarkson.jpg" alt="Underneath the Tree Kelly Clarkson album cover"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Underneath The Tree&#8217; by Kelly Clarkson</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>I’ve got a festive-season birthday, so I’m usually firmly in the bah-humbug camp &#8211; but this Kelly Clarkson track? It melts my inner Scrooge in seconds and has me jingling along like it’s Christmas Eve.</p><p><em>Holly Treacy-West, Muddy Suffolk &amp; Cambs Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Leona-Lewis.jpg" alt="Leona Lewis Christmas song album cover"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;One More Sleep&#8217; by Leona Lewis</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>This is breathless, boppy festive pop at it&#8217;s finest. The countdown vibe is pitch-perfect in this yuletide banger &#8211; and the high notes are <em>far</em> easier to reach than Mariah&#8217;s after one too many egg nogs!</p><p><em>Sophie Tweedale, Muddy Glos &amp; Worcs Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Christmas-Wrapping-song.jpg" alt="Christmas Wrapping Christmas song"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Christmas Wrapping&#8217; by The Waitresses</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>Don’t get me wrong, I am the biggest Christmas fan going, but the ‘I’m so over it’ vibe from American New-Wavers The Waitresses perfectly captures the joy of letting yourself off the hook. No perfection needed.</p><p><em>Emma Galvin, Muddy Northants, Leics &amp; Rutland Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/White-Christmas-The-Drifters.jpg" alt="White Christmas by The Drifters album cover "/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;White Christmas&#8217; by The Drifters </h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>I love any version of this Christmas classic, but the Drifters&#8217; rendition is my favourite &#8211; it&#8217;s in my all-time festive film, <em>Home Alone</em>. You know the scene&#8230; Macaulay Culkin crooning into a hairbrush in the mirror. Iconic!</p><p><em>Helen Warwick, Muddy Cheshire Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/John-Lennon.jpg" alt="John Lennon album cover"/></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">&#8216;Happy Xmas (War is Over)&#8217; by John Lennon</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>Ah, a message of peace &#8211; exactly what we need this time of year! An absolute <em>classic</em>. You&#8217;ll catch me every Christmas whacking this song on. It&#8217;s nostalgic, heart-warming, and has that whole coming-together energy (isn&#8217;t that what Christmas is all about, eh?). But seriously, it&#8217;s the perfect background soundtrack whether you&#8217;re wrapping, cooking, or dodging the inevitable family squabbles. </p><p>&#8211; Jazzy Tyagi, Editorial Assistant</p></div></div></div></div>



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<p><em>Listen to Muddy&#8217;s Christmas Mixtape on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2GPTtsKGq9w0r4Sa3kIaZX?si=EExgbsUSRYm3db4qJhECUg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotify </a>and sleigh your way through the season in style. </em></p>


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