Christmas Actually - Official Video - The Production Village

Official video for the 2025 Christmas single from the Luff Actually podcast. Words and music by Brian Luff. Performed by Sonny Keys & the Flat Notes, featuring Darlene Joseph. Video directed by Brian Luff. Hand-crafted at The Production Village in leafy Crouch End.

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Christmas Actually

The adverts start in early June,
The tinsel’s on the floor.
We’ll all pretend we’re having fun,
Like every year before.

The turkey’s dry, the wine is flat,
The dog’s asleep on me.
We’re playing games we’ve played before,
With sighs of agony.

[Chorus]
Actually, it’s Christmas,
The stars nod sleepily.
Sing because it’s Christmas Actually.
Actually, it’s Christmas,
So hug your Christmas tree.
Sing because it’s Christmas Actually.

We gather round the plastic pine,
The one from ‘93.
It sheds more hope than half the room,
And costs a hefty fee.

[Chorus]
Actually, it’s Christmas,
The stars nod sleepily.
Sing because it’s Christmas Actually.
Actually, it’s Christmas,
So hug your Christmas Tree (So love your family)
Sing because it’s Christmas Actually.

We chase the ghost of Christmas past,
It laughs and leaves us just as fast.
Let’s raise a glass to what we miss,
Then drown it in goodwill and fizz.

A toast to joy, to love, to greed,
To wrapping up the year.
It’s cold, it’s old, it’s here again
And somehow still sincere.

Actually, it’s Christmas,
Share joy for all to see,
Sing because it’s Christmas Actually.
Actually, it’s Christmas,
And you are next to me.
Sing because it’s Christmas Actually.
Actually it’s Christmas,So hug your Christmas tree
Sing because it’s Christmas Actually.

[Reprise Chorus]