Christmas is a strange time if you are a Kirsty MacColl fan.

You cannot escape FAIRY TALE OF NEW YORK as it has entered the pantheon of Christmas classics which are heard blaring out of High Street shops.

It is also currently sitting at #13 in the Top 40 Singles Chart.
For the past three years it has made the Top 10 in December.
Not bad for a song which celebrates it's 21st birthday this month.

But sadly today is another anniversary.

8 years ago today, Kirsty was coming to the end of a holiday on the island of Cozumel off the coast of Mexico and went scuba-diving with her sons Louis and Jamie at 1p.m.
By the middle of the afternoon she was dead, hit by a speedboat that was travelling at high speed through the protected diving area.

Her memory and music continue to be treasured as the injustice of the owner not being properly tried for her manslaughter is frustrating.

http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/
http://www.justiceforkirsty.org/index.htm