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J.J. Gould is deputy editor of TheAtlantic.com. He has previously worked as an editor with McKinsey & Company's New York-based Knowledge Group, where he focused on global public- and social-sector development, the economics of carbon-emissions reduction, and issues in the media industry; an editor at the Journal of Democracy, co-published by the Johns Hopkins University Press and the National Endowment for Democracy; and a lecturer in history and politics at Yale University. He has written for The Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, The Moscow Times, The European Journal of Political Theory, and other publications; he also co-wrote and co-produced the independent film The Chinese Room. Gould has a B.A. in history from McGill University in Montreal, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in in politics from Yale. Originally from Nova Scotia, he lives with his family outside Washington, D.C.
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Track of the Day: 'Fairytale of New York'

By J.J. Gould

Dec 23 2011, 9:30 AM ET Comment

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What's your favorite Christmas song ever? Well, I'm willing to bet it's not "The Little Drummer Boy," but beyond that, there's a lot to go with. If you're from one of the largely English-speaking island-nations off the west coast of continental Europe, though, there's not a bad chance it's the ballad "Fairytale of New York," by the great Irish punk / celtic-traditionalist band The Pogues and the (still-heartbreakingly) late British singer Kristy MacColl, from The Pogues' 1988 album If I Should Fall From Grace With God. In the event you don't know this track, Merry Christmas .... In the event you do, Merry Christmas to you, too -- and here's a re-edit you probably haven't heard before.



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