The Gift of Christmas (song) The Gift of Christmas (song) "The Gift of Christmas" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer of East 17. In a similar ilk to "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid, the song features popular chart acts such as MN8, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys, Dannii Minogue, Peter Andre and more. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland and number 7 in Scotland. A second CD of "The Gift of Christmas" was also released featuring
Another Rock and Roll Christmas Another Rock and Roll Christmas "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" is a 1984 Christmas song by English glam rock singer Gary Glitter, written by Glitter with Mike Leander and Eddie (Edward John) Seago and produced by Leander. It was one of the most played Christmas hits on UK radio from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, but is now very rarely heard publicly following Glitter's convictions for child pornography and child abuse in 1999. Initially released in 1984, the song was later included on Glitter's fifth studio album, "Boys Will Be Boys" (1984) and was reissued many times, both as a