# Identify a Christmas song please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829 "2008-12-19T00:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buran)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/1 "2008-12-19T00:18:57Z")
Its a fairly popular Christmas song but I don’t really much to go on but all that I remember is that the Star of Bethlehem is actually an alien spaceship. It came up in a conversation about favourite Christmas songs. If anyone can work it out from that I’ll be _very_ impressed. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/2 "2008-12-19T03:53:34Z")
Methinks your idea of popular and mine differ somewhat. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/3 "2008-12-19T04:10:00Z")
Is it supposed to be a humorous novelty song? I have never heard anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/4 "2008-12-19T04:52:20Z")
Chris DeBurgh, [A Spaceman Came Travelling](http://www.metrolyrics.com/a-spaceman-came-travelling-lyrics-chris-de-burgh.html)? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/5 "2008-12-19T16:53:39Z")
It’s not a song, but the first thing I thought of was Arthur Clarke’s short story “The Star”. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/6 "2008-12-19T16:55:06Z")
Damn you **jayjay**! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/7 "2008-12-19T17:00:52Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Damn you **jayjay**! That phrase is such music to my ears… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/8 "2008-12-19T21:12:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > It’s not a song, but the first thing I thought of was Arthur Clarke’s short story “The Star”. That’s what I thought of too. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/9 "2008-12-19T21:47:14Z")
The song is “Come Sail Away” by Styx. A holiday classic. ---
**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buran)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-christmas-song-please/477829/10 "2008-12-20T04:18:58Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Chris DeBurgh, [A Spaceman Came Travelling](http://www.metrolyrics.com/a-spaceman-came-travelling-lyrics-chris-de-burgh.html)? Thats the one! Thank you!