Pogues-Kirsty-MMerry Christmas from Team Golden Plec! We want to thank you for reading all year around and we hope you enjoy your turkey, stuffing and pudding. Not to mention the surely depressing Eastenders Christmas special that you will be forced to watch.

All through December we have been counting down 25 of the best Irish Christmas songs. We’ve had songs you will already have known and some with which you may have been less than familar.

Today we bring you number one in our countdown and although some may argue that it might not technically be Irish; there is no denying that we have claimed as Ireland’s Christmas anthem. It is surely one of the most beautiful songs ever written and it is one which makes you bubble over with festive emotion.

The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York