Stille Nacht

It doesn't often snow at Christmas

Scritta e interpretata dai  Pet Shop Boys nel 1997, ma difficilmente reperibile fino al 2005, quando fu ripresa in una compilation di Elton John, dedicata alle canzoni di Natale preferite dal cantante.

La canzone, sia pure non eccezionale, č interessante in quanto esprime tutta la disillusione per la perdita dello spirito del Natale, nel mondo moderno, votato al consumismo.
Come esempio viene contrapposta l'illusione del "Bianco Natal" di Bing Crosby al fatto che solo raramente, in Inghilterra, c'č neve a Natale: se neve č il simbolo del Natale stesso.

It doesn't often snow at Christmas

Christmas is not all it's cracked up to be
Families fighting around a plastic tree
Nothing on the TV that you'd want to see
And it's hardly ever snowing
The way it's meant to be
Like in White Christmas year after year
Bing Crosby, Bring Crosby
Are you listening to me?

It doesn't often snow at Christmas
The way it's meant to do
But I'll still have a glow at Christmas
Because I'll be with you

The Christmas message was long ago lost
Now it's all about shopping and how much things cost
It's meant to be goodwill as well as synthetic fun
And what this is this year's festive number one

It doesn't often snow at Christmas
The way it's meant to do
But I'll still have a glow at Christmas
Because I'll be with you.

Ecco la versione dei Pet Shop Boys, nello show di Elton John.