All I Want for Christmas is… Silence!

It’s the 1^st of December – and if you haven’t already had All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey inflicted on you, then you are one of the lucky few.  It’s inevitable really, the annual invasion of our ears by Ms Carey’s tones (dulcet or demonic - that is purely a matter of opinion).  Here, mashup king Fabrice Mathieu brings together a number of Hollywood films, (listed below the video), showing the world’s TV screens suddenly taken over by that song and the resulting (and varying) reactions it gets.  This is quite possibly the best visual metaphor for the annual agony we have to endure as we try to go about our daily lives in the run-up to Christmas.  Well done Fabrice!

One of the commentators has said of this video: “Having worked in retail for many years, I absolutely dread hearing this song every festive season. Over, and over, and over, and over again. You managed to capture my living horror perfectly.”   That says it all, really – apart from, perhaps this from another commenter – “The most dastardly thing about this video is that you got me to listen to the entire song.”

Watch the video below (at least if you can retain your sanity while doing so).

Clips in this mashup are from: Back to the Future 2, The Big Lebowski, Brazil, The Burbs, The Cable Guy, Captain America Civil War, Clockwork Orange, The Conjuring 2, The Core, Dark Shadows, Fargo, Forrest Gump, The Game Greenland, Grumpy Old Men, Iron Man, Joker, Kamikaze, The King of Comedy, Knowing Logan, Mars Attacks!, Matilda, Nightcrawler, The Nutty Professor, Ocean 13, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Poltergeist, Raising Arizona, Requiem for a Dream, The Ring, Scary Movie 3, The Shining, Signs, Spaceballs, Taxi Driver, V for Vendetta, Videodrome, The Wall.