The Murder of Christmas - A prose poem cycle

Dec 24, 2025

A six poem collection mourning the arrival and celebrating the departure of Birmingham's monstrous Frankfurt Xmas Market. 

1. The Awakening Of The Beast
2. Fall Into Christmas
3. An Elf Called Elvis
4. Drunk
5. The New Normas
6. Gales, South Westerly

Credits:

Written and performed by Nic Treadwell

Music:

A really dark alley by Loyalty Freak Music is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. 

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/A_really_dark_alley/

Dark Choral Soundscape_1 by xik6 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. 

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xik6/this-thought-is-long/dark-choral-soundscape-1/

Lost in the city by TRG Banks is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. 

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/TRG_Banks/Return_to_Dreamland/Lost_in_the_city_1408/

Zenophobic by Salakapakka Sound System is licensed under a Attribution 1.0 Finland License. 

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Salakapakka_Sound_System/Buddha_Machines_On_Fire_vol2/02-Zenophobic/

Sound FX
Sourced from Freesound.org

and Elevenlabs.io