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CHRIS REA Snow (Rare 1987 Japanese-only 6-track CD including Driving Home For Christmas). His song “Driving Home for Christmas“, which originally reached #53 in the UK chart when first released in 1988, re-entered at #33 nineteen years later in December 2007, making it the first time the song had made the UK Top 40. In a live interview on the BBC Radio 4 programme Today on December 16, 2009 Chris Rea said he wrote “Driving Home for Christmas“ many years before he first recorded it. His wife had come down to London to drive him home to Middlesbrough in her Austin Mini to save money because it was cheaper to drive than travel by train. Inspiration for the song came as she and Rea were stuck in heavy traffic heading out of London with a long drive to Middlesbrough ahead of them. Chris Rea said “Driving Home for Christmas“ is a “car version of a carol“. I’m driving home for Christmas Oh, I can’t wait to see those faces I’m driving home for Christ
