Jim Reeves may have died at just 40 years old but he left behind a rich country music legacy. Every time I think of Reeves I picture him dressed in a wooly jumper on the sleeve of a slightly worn vinyl record. That's mostly because my mam cherished his 'Twelve Songs of Christmas', and it was such a part of my childhood Christmases I think I do too.

Reeves may have been country to the core but he had the voice to usher in a traditional Christmas sound that just conjured that paper decoration smell. A time when people rarely threw away their Christmas cards, with each new December offering the chance to look back on browning memories from Christmases past. And it is this forgotten practice that Reeves taps into on 'An Old Christmas Card'. Of course it's sentimental and might seem like an odd practice in today's materialism but listen to Reeves during the spoken word part of this song and you'll realise that in losing these festive relics we may be losing a little bit of our joyous past.

Predictably Reeve's quiet classic proved too much of a temptation for the soft country tones of Daniel O'Donnell to resist. His tribute in 1994 does exactly what a thousand of his other songs do, but to be fair he did at least don a bright colourful jumper for the occasion of his 'Christmas With Daniel' album.