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October 4th 2024 single. After the break-up of her band Prada Meinhoff, the German-British artist, singer and composer Christin Nichols pursued a solo project. Her debut album mixes influences from post-punk and wave with dark, wide-angle pop and intimate, chanson-like moments. https://www.musicboard-berlin.de/en/christin-nichols/

[Verse 1] This hotel is cheap And the pillows stink And there's not a single thing To say it's Christmas Eve Oh, Saint Nicholas I know I ain't in your list But if you're listening I need a bus ticket [Verse 2] I came through Montreal I lost a lot of dough Could find no honest job So I did some other ones Got into trouble and I had to run or suffer And then a long road Into a long December [Verse 3] Over the water and Over the border and Over the open land To this Ramada Inn No overbooking here No sort of holy birth No miracles occurring No not a creature stirring [Verse 4] Oh Saint Stephen Where is your feast when I When I so sorely need it When I haven't hardly eaten? But I'd give my food and drink To see my home again To see my mother's hand Against her apron edge [Chorus] Oh, oh Oh Oh, oh Oh [Verse 5] Oh Saint Christopher Send me a Christian word Send me a southern wind Oh send me up to my kin Hear the boys singing Through their drunken grinning Of Jesus, Joseph, Mary I hear their voices carry [Chorus] Carry me home, home Home Home, home Home [Verse 6] Can any saints hear me? Is there any angel near me? If you won't lift me up Then would you send my love Back to my home Back to my only shelter Where in the awful weather I will be warm and welcome [Chorus] Back to my home, home Home Home, home Home Home, home Home Home, home Home