'So, Is Frankie Goes To Hollywood - 'The Power Of Love' A Christmas Hit Or Not?'

It has always surprised me that a lot of people seem to consider 'The Power Of Love' by FGTH a Christmas song? 'I'll protect you from the Hooded Claw, keep the vampires from your door' hardly seem like festive lyrics to me and musically the song is not festive in any way - I mean there isn't a sleigh bell in ear shot!

BUT when you take a look at the video for the song below you will see that it depicts the religious story of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem and tells very well the age old tale of the Three kings and wise men. I like the video very much (and it alone is worth a mention here) but is the song TRULY a Christmas song or a ballad about love that was made to fit simply because it was coming up December! Don't forget, the record was on the ZTT label and those 'canny operators' were the lot who virtually invented the remix 12" single when they kept 'Two Tribes' at No 1 for ages by releasing a new mix of the song each week for a number of weeks. Can we really be sure that the songs religious/festive message was the original intention all along? I would honestly love to know the answer to that question. I have a lot of time for Trevor Horn as I LOVED his output as The Buggles and think he is a great producer...

At the moment,  HEAVILY swayed by the weight of popular opinion, I HAVE included it in the list of U.K. Christmas hits I am researching but only really on sufferance. To me, 'The Power Of Love' will always be a great record but not a Christmas record because without the video you would never tell it was a Christmas record...

What do you think?

Come on Trevor if your out there, spill the beans! (lol)