"It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas," Pet Shop Boys (EMI)

Someone thoughtfully forwarded me a snippet of this, no doubt inspired by the briefer mention of it on the site earlier. Still don't have much background on it other than the fact that it was originally released only to fan club members. But it's a good uptempo club dancing tune with appropriate lyrics. I found a few references on Google to Pet Shop Boys' 1993 "A Very Merry Christmas Card," which sells at music auction sites for ridiculous amounts of money, but the descriptions are unclear as to whether this is just a collectible piece or whether a CD with this song is included. Fortunately, the song became more generally available on Elton John's Christmas Party. On their 2002 album Release, there's a song called "Birthday Boy" that alludes to the guy whose b-day is Dec. 25.