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16 saturday dec u 2004 economist sun suntribune diversions merrily we go songs of the season fill the airwaves by roger varley staff writer ver the next two weeks canadians will be deluged with christmas songs be it in stores and shopping malls or on radio and television in fact it has already started and although there likely are some new tunes out there most will be as familiar as a pair of old slippers with old being the keyword for example in december 2003 the american society ofd composers authors and publishers ascap issued a list of the 25 mostperformed holi day songs for the first three years of the 21st century of the 25 the most recently written song paul mccartneys wonderful christmastime was penned way back in 1979 the old est songs on the list santa claus is coming to town and winter wonderland were both written in 1934 as for familiar it seems like most christmas pop songs have been around since santa claus was a boy take the top 10 christmas pop tunes of all time as compiled by- pop culture madnesscom they include the little drummer boy the christmas song here comes santa claus a holly jolly christmas white christmas santa claus is coming to town and rudolph the red nosed reindeer see christmas page 17 anne brodie on movies this twelve not near perfect 10 oceans twelve starring george clooney brad pitt matt damon catherine zetajones julia roberts don cheadle and bernie mac t directed by steven soderberg now playing he tagline is twelve is the new eleven but dont buy it oceans eleven the remake of the original rat pack version was fun different and thrilling eleven big stars brought into ensemble mode created a lively friendly film that set a new standard for cool it set the story about danny oceans 168million casino heist developing each character so that we got to know and like them now its payback time ocean is in a bind he and his gang must repay the cash to the menacing benedict so that means landing a high paying job fast and by high paying they mean millions overnight off they go ocean is over the ocean to pull off three separate european heists one including the faberge coronation egg zeta jones is isabel a former lover of rustys now a eurpol agent who nurses a major yen to capture the team the extremely athletic lift dancer francois toujour is still on their case times are tough all over incredibly imaginative sequences such as the lift ing of a building in amsterdams waters to get a better shot at a mark through his awkwardly placed window toulour dancing in and around the laser field protecting the egg and a fabulously see clooney page 17