{"id":2115758,"date":"2025-10-26T00:54:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2115758"},"modified":"2025-10-26T00:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:54:31","slug":"willie-nelson-gets-into-the-holiday-spirit-early-with-christmas-love-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/willie-nelson-gets-into-the-holiday-spirit-early-with-christmas-love-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Nelson Gets Into the Holiday Spirit Early With \u2018Christmas Love Song\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Like Mariah Carey, Willie Nelson is getting into the holiday spirit before even Halloween as the country legend has shared his festive new ballad \u201cChristmas Love Song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tender track finds Nelson working alongside his longtime collaborator and producer Buddy Cannon on a track penned by Country Music Hall of Fame Bill Anderson with Bobby Tomberlin and Marv Green. Harmonica great Mickey Raphael also features on the song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt ain\u2019t a lot but every word of it\u2019s true\/It don\u2019t sparkle or shine\/But it\u2019s one of a kind,\u201d Nelson sings on the track. \u201cAnd I put my whole heart into this Christmas love song to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_lpp56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_lpp56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_lpp56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_15pp56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_15pp56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_15pp56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nelson has gifted fans with holiday music in Christmases past, most notably his 1979 <em>Pretty Paper<\/em>, his first Christmas LP and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/40-essential-christmas-albums-35316\/willie-nelson-pretty-paper-221403\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Number Nine on Rolling Stone\u2019s 40 Essential Christmas Albums list;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Number Nine on <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s 40 Essential Christmas Albums list<\/a>. Nelson has also released 1994\u2019s <em>Christmas With Willie Nelson<\/em>, 1997\u2019s <em>Hill Country Christmas<\/em>, and 1995\u2019s <em>Pancho, Lefty, and Rudolph<\/em>, a collaborative Xmas album with Merle Haggard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Next month, Nelson will honor his late friend Haggard with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/willie-nelson-pays-tribute-merle-152536414.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the tribute album Workin\u2019 Man: Willie Sings Merle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the tribute album <em>Workin\u2019 Man: Willie Sings Merl<\/em>e<\/a>, featuring 11 new recordings of Haggard classics like \u201cTonight The Bottle Let Me Down,\u201d \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/why-okie-from-muskogee-was-merle-haggards-contradictory-masterpiece-191078\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Okie From Muskogee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Okie From Muskogee<\/a>,\u201d \u201cMama Tried,\u201d and \u201cWorkin\u2019 Man Blues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.rollingstone.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RollingStone's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">RollingStone&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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