Xmas 93 is a Christmas-themed single released by Saint Etienne

Saint Etienne (band)

Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...

. Released by Heavenly Records in December 1993, the lead track "I Was Born On Christmas Day" features guest vocals from The Charlatans singer Tim Burgess.

The song's title is a nod to band member Bob Stanley

Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne)

Bob Stanley is a UK musician, film producer and journalist.-Saint Etienne:Stanley is best known as a member of the pop/dance group Saint Etienne for which he co-writes songs and produces...

 who was born on 25 December 1964.

The main b-side, "My Christmas Prayer" is a cover of the Billy Fury

Billy Fury

Billy Fury, born Ronald William Wycherley , was an internationally successful English singer from the late-1950s to the mid-1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death...

original. The two bonus b-sides, "Snowplough" and "Peterloo" are both instrumentals.

7": Heavenly / HVN 36

• also released on MC (HVNC36)

12": Heavenly / HVN 36 12

• also released on CD (HVN36CD)