Shubunkin Shubunkin The Shubunkin was created by Yoshigoro Akiyama （, by crossing Calico telescope eye with a Comet goldfish and a Common goldfish. Shubunkins are similar to the common goldfish and comet goldfish in appearance. They were first bred in Japan, from mutations in telescope eye goldfish (Demekins) "c." 1900. They have streamlined bodies with well-developed and even fins. However, the Shubunkins are calico goldfish; they possess nacreous scales (an intermediate between metallic and transparent scales that are pearly in appearance). The overlapping patches of red, white, blue, grey and black (along with dark speckles) normally extend to the finnage of
A Kind of Christmas Card and features Harket's wife, Camilla. In Germany, the song was re-titled to "Burning Out Again (A Kind of Christmas Card)". The lyrics of "A Kind of Christmas Card" were written by the Norwegian poet Håvard Rem. During a visit to Los Angeles with Harket, they met with a friend of Harket's, who told them the true story of a Norwegian girl who had moved to Los Angeles to become a film star, but got involved in pornography and drugs. Speaking to Robert Sandall of VH1, Harket said: A Kind of Christmas Card A Kind of Christmas Card is a song