"Red Wrapping Paper" is a Xmas song by The Creatures (Siouxsie & Budgie duo) that was released as a one-track cd in December 2001 (cat No SIOUX13CD) via 'Gifthorse', the band's official artzine (GIFT008 aka 'FIRE' issue) and was made available to 'Gifthorse' members exclusivey. <br /><br />Musically, the track was mainly inspired by the Xmas song "Things Fall Apart" by Cristina Monet (RIP March 31, 2020) and happens to be Siouxsie’s all time favourite. <br />SIOUXSIE: "My favourite Xmas record of all time is 'Things Fall Apart' by Cristina. [.…] I don’t know a lot about her. She was based in New York and had that great Christmas single [.…] It’s a shame that was never made a huge hit; it should have been cos it was really good. It came out in 1982 or Christmas ’81. That was a very good Christmas record, very good for like the wreckage of a party and sort of putting it on and you ruin it. [….] In fact, Christmas is a horrible period for records. A lot of junk gets released and the cheesiest of it all climbs up to No 1: a six-year old girl singing about how much she loves her grandma, ughh!" <br /><br />[Note: Lyric video made by 'The Mole Peeple'].
