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Exclusive: The Wombles debut 'Wombling Merry Christmas' music video - watch

Published Friday, Nov 11 2011, 17:01 GMT | By Lewis Corner | 22 comments

The Wombles have debuted the music video for their new festive single exclusively on Digital Spy.

The children's character favourites will re-release their classic hit 'Wombling Merry Christmas' as a potential contender for this year's festive number one.

The updated version will be available to download from December 12 and intends to give this year's X Factor winner some friendly competition.

Uncle Bulgaria previously explained: "I don't watch much television myself - I leave that to the young Wombles - but I hear The X Factor is jolly popular, However, W comes before X.

"Let's see what people think of the W Factor! It should appeal to the common people. We think everyone needs to have a Wombling Merry Christmas this year."

'Wombling Merry Christmas' originally reached number two on the UK singles chart back in 1974.

The Wombles will also face competition from the cast of The Only Way Is Essex and their rendition of 'Last Christmas'.

Watch the music video for The Wombles' 'Wombling Merry Christmas' below: