Single ahead of Bognor date

80s singer and Brit Award winner Deniece Pearson, lead singer of pop group Five Star, is ending the year with her firstever Christmas single, Santa Claus is Coming.

In the autumn Deniece marked the 40th anniversary of Five Star’s debut single with dates including Butlins in Bognor Regis – after releasing her new single Forever Young in the summer. She will be back at Butlins in Bognor Regis on January 21promisingasetfullofhits.but in the meantime she is focusing on the new Christmas song.

“It came to me straight after Forever Young came to me and it came in exactly the same way. They were the easiest songs to write because usually the easiest and the simplest songs just come straight to you, straight out of heaven and straight onto the laptop. You don't question anything. You don't think about it. You just do it and you just have to be thankful and grateful for what is happening. And what it is saying is that sometimes the whole meaning of Christmas can be missed, the fact that it is Christ Mass where we celebrate the birth of Christ.

"We used to have assemblies atschoolandsayourprayersand that's how I always saw Christmas, and every Christmas when the children were growing up theyusedtowriteabirthdaycard for Christ. That's how I brought my kids up from how my own parents had taught us. And really this song is just about how sometimes we don't see what is in front of us. Sometimes we just can't see the help of Christ that is there and we just don't realise that all we have to do is ask. Christ appointed Santa Claus to give gifts to everyone to keep them happy but the greatest gift of all is the gift of life.”