Peter Andre Wants Radio To Ban Classic Christmas Song

UK travel company On The Beach recently released a survey that stated 78% of Brits prefer the summer holidays over the festive period. 

Aussie singer Peter Andre, who was born in London but relocated to Australia as a child, the new "Head Of Summer Holidays" at On The Beach, has written an open letter urging British radio stations to ban the classic Christmas song, It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. Andy Williams's 1963 festive tune is currently #22 on the UK Official Singles Chart.

"By playing this track you are giving your listeners false hope that Christmas and winter in general is the most wonderful time of the year, when in fact, it isn’t," Andre wrote in the open letter. Maybe he needs to spend Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere?

"And I even have data to prove it," he continued. "Recent findings from On the Beach have confirmed what we already suspected; 78 per cent of people, so more than three-quarters of Brits, believe that going on holiday is better than Christmas.

“Therefore, unsurprisingly, the vast majority of the population (85 per cent) agree the Andy Williams song is factually incorrect, proving Christmas simply is not the most wonderful time of the year. While I acknowledge there are some extremely pleasant moments during Yuletide festivities, these are normally fleeting and often come with a busy schedule, an empty wallet and not much to show otherwise.

“Strip back the gift-giving, tinsel and twinkly lights and people are left with the stark reality that this time of year is cold, dark, and expensive.”

Andre politely asked "to respect the British people’s viewpoint and not play It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year at Christmas anymore. Perhaps they can play it on a loop in July instead?"

Citing the current cost-of-living crisis and inflation, Andre added, "Without sounding like the Grinch, but instead as proud Head of Summer Holidays for On the Beach, I put it to you Sir or Madam, overseas getaways are the most wonderful time of the year instead." Read the full open letter here.

In a recent episode of the podcast, A Journey Through Aussie Pop, Peter Andre talked about the massive success he enjoyed early in his career in Australia with hits like Gimme Little Sign and Funky Junky and the dark side of that fame.

“I think I just got scared of failure,” Andre admitted. “Silly me. Instead of coming back and gigging and doing all of that, I just thought, ‘Nobody’s gonna want to see me.’ I kid you not; that was going through my mind. Some of the mistakes that I’ve made in my life are the fact that I don’t just keep going. Sometimes I just go, ‘I’ll leave that, and I’ll just go do that now.’”