{"id":2205533,"date":"2025-12-19T16:10:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2205533"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:10:34","slug":"mistletones-2025-the-best-new-holiday-songs-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mistletones-2025-the-best-new-holiday-songs-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistletones 2025: The Best New Holiday Songs, Pt. 1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">To celebrate \u201cthe most wonderful time of the year,\u201d Atwood Magazine\u2019s <em>Mistletones<\/em> features fresh holiday\/wintertime tracks and exciting covers of beloved classics. December has a knack for bringing out some of the most poignant, tender, and celebratory music, and we want to highlight that excitement by showcasing new and alternative holiday greats! Spice up your holiday season with songs you can listen to now and cherish in the years to come.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/atwoodmagazine\/playlist\/0SC4ag9SnOvducISQYBqrL?si=AH_5Ska0SrKrJuNqmsmFpw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46873 alignnone lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Atwood Magazine's Mistletones\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji.jpg 500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\"\/><\/a><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/0SC4ag9SnOvducISQYBqrL?si=0dcd83c09b064a86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">listen to Mistletones on Spotify<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/atwoodmagazine\/playlist\/0SC4ag9SnOvducISQYBqrL?si=AH_5Ska0SrKrJuNqmsmFpw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46873 alignnone lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Atwood Magazine's Mistletones\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji.jpg 500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\"\/><\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2744\ufe0f <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/tag\/mistletones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discover more Mistletones here<\/a> \u2744\ufe0f<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4FNt3HR4zzIFQ2MUslaKRx?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/tag\/mistletones\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-46875 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mistletones by Atwood Magazine\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-600x601.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-579x580.jpg 579w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mistletones-Atwood-Magazine.jpg 1587w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The snow is falling<br \/>The season\u2019s calling<br \/>It\u2019s calling<br \/>I bet it\u2019s cozy<br \/>At your apartment<br \/>So warm<br \/>You know I\u2019m teeny<br \/>Fit in your stocking<br \/>I fit right in<br \/>Is that \u2018Love Actually\u2019<br \/>That you\u2019re watching?<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013 \u201c<strong>wishlist<\/strong>,\u201d flowerovlove<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"sc-dropcap\">T<\/span>he most wonderful time of year has come around once again, and we\u2019re ready to ring in the festivities with a fresh batch of holiday songs and winter wonders!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year\u2019s holiday season is marked by a resounding sense of appreciation, hope, excitement, and longing: Many of our 2025 Mistletones picks capture what we might deem that \u201cclassic\u201d holiday cheer \u2013 evoking feelings of togetherness, connection, and love \u2013 whilst just as many take on a more nostalgic or wistful tone, aching with those pangs of sorrow, grief, and loneliness that often accompany the holidays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c<em>Sittin\u2019 by the fire, snow is gettin\u2019 higher, lights a little brighter, everybody\u2019s home<\/em>,\u201d Tiera Kennedy sings in \u201cChristmas Feeling,\u201d channeling the spirit of the holiday season and all the excitement that comes with it. \u201c<em>And I can hear the choir, streetlights all aglow. There\u2019s some kind of magic in the air<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether we\u2019re basking in the nostalgic glow of Delacey and Maren Morris\u2019 seductive \u201cChristmas Angel,\u201d soaking up the sweet harmonies of Teenage Dad\u2019s \u201cAlone Again for Christmas,\u201d dreaming the day away with flowerovlove\u2019s \u201cwishlist,\u201d basking in Lauren Spencer Smith\u2019s young-adult love story \u201cLast First Christmas,\u201d or rocking out to BERENICE\u2019s cheeky and charged \u201cSANTA BROKE MY HEART IN 2,\u201d all of this year\u2019s Mistletones manage to embrace the spirit of this special season \u2013 lighting a fire deep inside us with captivating soundtracks and heartwarming reflections on life, happiness, and the people who matter most to us.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I won\u2019t waste another second<br \/>Waiting by the tree<br \/>Don\u2019t want your falala presents<br \/>Heard that you\u2019ve been sliding down<br \/>Every chimney in this town<br \/>Go on find another lover<br \/>I won\u2019t spend the night crying under covers<br \/>You can wrap your lies up real tight<br \/>Santa broke my heart in two<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013 \u201c<strong>SANTA BROKE MY HEART IN 2<\/strong>,\u201d BERENICE<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope these songs help inspire a sense of community and connection, love and togetherness for all who listen. This year\u2019s Mistletones submissions are so great in number, and these songs are so special, that we\u2019ve chosen to split them up into multiple features. See below as artists from around the world share what the holiday season (and holiday music) means to them, and listen to our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/atwoodmagazine\/playlist\/0SC4ag9SnOvducISQYBqrL?si=bHDnTHM9Qcu4gozztqO34w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mistletones Holiday Songs playlist on Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From our family to yours, happy holidays and happy new year!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With Love,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Mitch Mosk, Editor-in-Chief<\/em><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I won\u2019t ask for much this year<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>Just someone who won\u2019t say<br \/>I love you just to disappear<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>I can\u2019t deal with all the games<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>Just give me someone with a pulse<br \/>who texts back in day<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>I\u2019m sick of situation-ships<br \/>who never say goodbye<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>So Santa won\u2019t you<br \/>take me back in time?<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013 \u201c<strong>old fashioned christmas<\/strong>,\u201d Lyn Lapid<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/66PCdqWCFQOEmmA8as9zm3?si=6ef635e70a5a43b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-205672 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-1170x1170.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mistletones-2024-Pt.-1-sq.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Featured here are <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">Delacey<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">Teenage Dads<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">flowerovlove<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">Lauren Spencer Smith<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn5\" name=\"_ednref5\">Tyra Madison<\/a>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn24\" name=\"_ednref24\">BERENICE<\/a>, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn6\" name=\"_ednref6\">MORGXN<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn7\" name=\"_ednref7\">Tiera Kennedy<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn8\" name=\"_ednref8\">Gina Zo<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn9\" name=\"_ednref9\">Honey Bxby<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn10\" name=\"_ednref10\">Joe Leone &amp; Astyn Turr<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn11\" name=\"_ednref11\">sullvn<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn12\" name=\"_ednref12\">Sydney Rose<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn13\" name=\"_ednref13\">Toby Gad<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn14\" name=\"_ednref14\">Logan Richard<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn15\" name=\"_ednref15\">Home Counties<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_edn16\" name=\"_ednref16\">aron!<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dive into these songs and our holiday interviews!<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">Delacey<\/a> <\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Christmas Angel<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218736 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Delacey-Maren-Morris-Christmas-Angel.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delacey<\/strong>: I want to start by sending so much love and sensitivity to anyone who struggles with the holiday season. I\u2019m fully aware that, for many, this time of year can be painful for countless reasons, and not everyone feels the Christmas magic. Your feelings are completely valid. My own experience with the holidays actually carries a bit of sorrow, too. For most of my childhood, my dad was fighting cancer. Though he\u2019s now in remission and perfectly healthy, there were many years when I lived with the fear of losing him. My dad loves Christmas\u2014truly, wholeheartedly loves it. Some of my happiest childhood memories are wrapped up in that season: listening to Christmas music, decorating the tree together, helping him put up the lights. Christmas became a kind of escape for us, a time when we could pause the constant worry. I think that\u2019s why, even now, the moment I see anything related to Christmas, I instantly feel this deep warmth. It might sound dramatic, but it\u2019s hard to explain\u2014those little moments became something safe for us, and that feeling has stayed with me ever since.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delacey<\/strong>: Well I\u2019m one of those awful people who starts listening to Christmas music on September 1st and obviously dedicating my life to Music gives some indication of how much it impacts me in general but Christmas music has a power over me like none other. [<em>laughs<\/em>]\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday album, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delacey<\/strong>: I\u2019ve actually had this goal since I was 6 years old. It was a long time coming. It took me a while to pull the trigger because of various timing reasons but I was dead set on it this year. I called up one of my best friends and all time favorite collaborators Ido Zmishlany and we got to work. We wrote and recorded the whole album in exactly 2 weeks because I had a tight deadline due to an upcoming tour. As for making it my own- I knew I wanted this body of work to make me feel the same way the Christmas music growing up made me feel- so I knew it had to feel nostaglic. My music in general takes on a retro dusty sound, but I went almost full derivative with this album and I loved every minute of it. We used Phil Spector\u2019s Christmas album as our North Star basically. We recorded a lot of live and in through takes \u2013 drunk off whiskey and little sleep \u2013 imagining we were back in the \u201960s.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does your song \u201cChristmas Angel\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delacey<\/strong>: I think me having a \u201csexy\u201d Christmas song just makes sense [<em>laughs<\/em>]. It was actually the first song we recorded for the album. We weren\u2019t even tryin to write an original that day but we picked up the guitar and it poured out. I kind of barely remember writing it truly. I was possessed by Christmas Angels.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>You actually have a few originals on this album \u2013 \u201cChristmas Angel,\u201d \u201cChristmas in California,\u201d and \u201cHappy New Year.\u201dCan you walk us through all three of these special songs and share a bit about their personal significance?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delacey<\/strong>: You\u2019re not mistaken! Thanks for noticing \ud83d\ude42 \u201cChristmas Angel\u201d \u2013 the first one we wrote\u2013 I think I had that title in my back pocket for a while but it took on a life of its own right when we picked up the guitar and when we were done writing it we looked at each other kind of like \u201c this is really good right?\u201d Haha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cChristmas in California\u201d is my favorite song on the album. You wouldn\u2019t know it to hear it but it\u2019s the song on the album that makes me the most emotional. It\u2019s this fun retro surf rock song you can dance to but I cried recording the vocal! Haha. it\u2019s just about my childhood and how dearly I hold on to those memories and is really just about my Family and where I come from. You can have your white Christmas but for me the OC will always be home. I\u2019ll be in my bikini blasting Christmas music, haha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHappy New Year\u201d is another emotional one but truly the message puts me at peace. I personally have a hard time with change and get very sad worrying the future, about me and my loved ones getting older, longing for \u201cwhat\u2019s next.\u201d I really try and snap out of that when I can and tell myself \u201cyou\u2019re missing it all! You\u2019re missing the whole thing\u201d Happiness is in the details \u2013 the little things, the now.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delacey<\/strong>: What I love about Christmas music is how much room there is for all of it. No one just listens to one artist during this season. Im just happy to contribute and happy to bring the world a retro dusty version of some of the more modern hits like Ariana Grande\u2019s \u201cSanta Tell me\u201d or one of my all time favorites \u201cMerry Christmas, Happy Holidays\u201d by N*Sync. I think that was something no one was expecting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Delacey - Christmas Angel (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBeL5-0831o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">Teenage Dads<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u201cAlone Again for Christmas\u201d<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218737 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teenage-Dads-Alone-Again-For-Christmas.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Teenage Dads<\/strong>: Honestly, I just associate the holidays with being around my family and feeling connected to each other. Favorites include Santa Claus is comin\u2019 \u2013 Hi-5. Alone on Christmas Day \u2013 Phoenix. Carol of the Bells \u2013 John Williams.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Teenage Dads<\/strong>: My family has this tradition of driving around to look at the Christmas lights while blasting Christmas songs. My dad loved doing it, and those nights in the car stuck with me.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Teenage Dads<\/strong>: My dad always wanted us to make a Christmas song, and I also realised you don\u2019t really hear many original Christmas songs from bands anymore. It felt like a fun challenge and something special to play at the shows coming up.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cAlone Again for Christmas\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Teenage Dads<\/strong>: There were a few Christmases where I was going through a breakup, and it\u2019s rough seeing everyone else in \u201cLove Actually\u201d mode. With the song, I wanted to tap into that feeling but also give people something that makes them feel understood.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Teenage Dads<\/strong>: We wanted the song to feel festive without being boxed (<em>lol<\/em>) into the Christmas season only. \u201cLast Christmas\u201d feels like a song you could play at any time, so that\u2019s what we were trying to achieve.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teenage Dads - Alone Again For Christmas (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-cPbZVse2JU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">flowerovlove<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cwishlist\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218738 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/flowerovlove-wishlist.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>flowerovlove<\/strong>: Christmas is my favourite holiday season, hands down. I love the lights, the festive spirit, everyone together coming together and people feeling more gratitude for their family and friends this resonates with me deeply.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>flowerovlove<\/strong>: Some of the best music ever made is Xmas music. It has such a joy to it sonically and lyrically that just makes me feel like a little kid again by the fireplace.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>flowerovlove<\/strong>: I actually had no intention of making a Christmas song as I believe it to be the greatest challenge, but I have always wanted to try. \u2018wishlist\u2019 came out super naturally and it was the funniest experience!<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cwishlist\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>flowerovlove<\/strong>: I always feel very lovey dovey around the festive season and yeah, I do want a little kiss on Christmas so singing it in \u2018wishlist\u2019 was just a higher manifestation.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>flowerovlove<\/strong>: \u201cWishlist\u201d brings a new gen sound and a quirky fun twist to the classic Christmas song. My reference was one of the best songs ever written which happens to be a Christmas song \u201cLast Christmas\u201d by Wham! It is my modern spin on it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"flowerovlove - wishlist\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GEQRriiZWm0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">Lauren Spencer Smith<\/a> <\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cLast First Christmas\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218739 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lauren-Spencer-Smith-Last-First-Christmas.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lauren Spencer Smith<\/strong>: I love the holidays! Christmas is my favorite holiday of them all. My favorite Christmas songs are \u201cGrandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\u201d and pretty much anything from the Justin Bieber Christmas album.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lauren Spencer Smith<\/strong>: I feel like music is essential for a true holiday experience. Nothing gets you into the Christmas spirit more than a good holiday song. Music is a must when decorating the tree, baking, or doing pretty much any holiday activity.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lauren Spencer Smith<\/strong>: Funny enough, I wrote\u00a0\u201cLast First Christmas\u201d\u00a0in August of 2024. I love Christmas music, so I\u2019ve always wanted to write some of my own. I remember having a brief conversation with a friend about Christmas on the way to my session, so I walked in and asked if we could write a Christmas song that day. I\u2019ve been in a relationship for four years now, so a Christmas love song felt like the perfect idea!<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cLast First Christmas\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lauren Spencer Smith<\/strong>: One thing I love about the holidays is spending them with the person I love most. \u201cLast First Christmas\u201d captures the holiday spirit perfectly for me because it feels festive, of course, but it\u2019s also about my boyfriend. Wanting someone to be your last \u201cfirst Christmas\u201d is such a genuine feeling.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lauren Spencer Smith<\/strong>: Even though the Christmas music space can feel oversaturated, \u201cLast First Christmas\u201d fills a lane that isn\u2019t overcrowded yet. Most Christmas songs are super joyful, lonely\/sad, or nostalgic, whereas my song brings a romantic, emotional, and heartfelt perspective from a modern young-adult love story. It blends the sweetness of falling in love for the first time with the bittersweet hope that it\u2019s the last \u201cfirst Christmas\u201d you\u2019ll ever have.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lauren Spencer Smith - Last First Christmas (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vfOkrSnK49I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref5\" name=\"_edn5\">Tyra Madison<\/a> <\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cSanta, Can You Fix a Broken Heart?\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218740 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyra-Madison-Santa-Can-You-Fix-a-Broken-Heart_.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tyra Madison<\/strong>: I love the holidays! It\u2019s the time of year to be with your loved ones and I love doing that. My favorite holiday songs are \u201cAll I Want For Christmas Is You\u201d (which I released my own cover of), \u201cLast Christmas,\u201d \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree,\u201d and so many more! I love Christmas music.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tyra Madison<\/strong>: Christmas music is how people get in the spirit of the holiday! I am a girl who believes you can listen to Christmas music year-round and, of course, in the beginning of November.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tyra Madison<\/strong>: This year I knew I wanted to write my own Christmas song. The thing about that was, I had to write it in July in order to get it recorded and out in time to release in November. I feel like when you think about Christmas music, you think happy and joyful mostly. I knew I wanted to write a sad girl Christmas song, and that\u2019s how \u201cSanta, Can You Fix a Broken Heart?\u201d came to be.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cSanta, Can You Fix a Broken Heart?\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tyra Madison<\/strong>: The song has a lot of different Christmas references, but my favorite that I feel answers this question is when it says \u201cI don\u2019t need diamonds or a shiny new car, but Santa, can you fix a broken heart?\u201d Meaning there is so much more to the holiday than the material things. It\u2019s about love.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tyra Madison<\/strong>: This song is real, vulnerable and raw. It came from a place of the times where I have felt like I had to be the life of the party when I was really not okay inside. I wrote this song for the people that are feeling heartbreak during what is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tyra Madison &quot;Santa, Can You Fix a Broken Heart?&quot; (Official Music Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UoDkgXg0TIw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref24\" name=\"_edn24\">BERENICE<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cSANTA BROKE MY HEART IN 2 (Merry Christmas Harry)\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218741 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BERENICE-SANTA-BROKE-MY-HEART-IN-2-Merry-Christmas-Harry.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BERENICE<\/strong>: I\u2019m a December 20th baby, which basically means I grew up feeling like the holidays were my own personal month. Everyone jokes that I\u2019m a Christmas baby, and I pretend to complain, but honestly I love it. It\u2019s this long stretch of celebrations where my birthday blends straight into Christmas, and the whole thing just feels like one big warm blur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Music is a huge part of that. I grew up in a very music-filled household, and December is no exception. We just switch the soundtrack and add a few sleigh bells to the mix. I\u2019m obsessed with the Justin Bieber <em>Mistletoe<\/em> album. I force my family to play it every single year around the house. I love the <em>Home Alone 2<\/em> soundtrack, \u201cAll Alone On Christmas\u201d is the moment when the season officially begins for me.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BERENICE<\/strong>: Music sets the tone for the entire month. One song and suddenly I\u2019m eight years old again decorating the tree. Another one and I\u2019m running around my house like I\u2019m in a Christmas rom-com. It just makes everything feel bigger and softer at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BERENICE<\/strong>: This song arrived in a moment where I was feeling pretty lost creatively. Nothing felt right and I was doubting everything. Then this idea appeared out of nowhere and made me laugh, so I followed that feeling. Half the vocals were recorded on my phone under a blanket on a toilet seat. My house became a Christmas workshop with lights hanging everywhere and my friends wrapped in ribbons. It was chaotic and silly in the best possible way, which is exactly why it feels like mine.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cSANTA BROKE MY HEART IN 2 (Merry Christmas Harry)\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BERENICE<\/strong>: Christmas gets portrayed like one long romantic moment under the mistletoe. Meanwhile I\u2019ve spent more Christmases single and mildly heartbroken than anything else. And yet those were some of my happiest ones, because I could go home to my best friends and my family. There is something really grounding about the way even the smallest traditions feel like a warm reset button. Even when everything else in the year felt chaotic, that part never changed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So the song sits right there. It has the sparkle and the drama, but underneath it there\u2019s this idea that even if you don\u2019t have a you in a romantic sense (sorry Mariah), you\u2019re still surrounded by the people who actually hold you together.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BERENICE<\/strong>: It\u2019s a Christmas song for anyone who feels a little out of place in the rom-com version of December. It\u2019s sparkly, a bit unhinged, slightly petty, and still warm underneath. It\u2019s for the people who laugh through their heartbreak and still show up for the party because that\u2019s what the season is about. Basically the emotional equivalent of someone handing you prosecco and saying, \u201cok, heartbreak later, panettone now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BERENICE - SANTA BROKE MY HEART IN 2 (Merry Christmas Harry) (Home Movie)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_XLdDvU1ps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref6\" name=\"_edn6\">MORGXN<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u201cEVERY SEASON\u201d<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218742 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MORGXN-EVERY-SEASON.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MORGXN<\/strong>: I\u2019ve always had a complicated but beautiful relationship with the holidays. Especially right now it\u2019s a reminder of my dad\u2019s birthday (who is no longer here) and it\u2019s my first holiday without my dog Stevie. It\u2019s this mix of nostalgia and longing. Growing up, I remember how music always filled that space. But I also remember feeling like every song was about Christmas and I wanted to have more songs that FELT like Christmas but didn\u2019t exclude a listener who say \u2013 is Jewish (like me) or celebrates a different holiday tradition.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MORGXN<\/strong>: Music\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0the holiday experience for me. The right song can pull you back into your mom\u2019s kitchen or forward into a future you\u2019re still dreaming of. Every year, I build little playlists that hold all those feelings \u2014 joy, grief, gratitude \u2014 like ornaments you keep unwrapping.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MORGXN<\/strong>: I wanted to make a holiday song like \u201cLet it Snow\u201d that felt like Christmas but didn\u2019t say the word Christmas. I remember I wrote to the mayor of nashville when I was in 2nd grade because I wanted to have more all season songs on the holiday playlists at the mall. To my surprise he wrote me back with a handwritten note and said they would add more songs but that they are hard to find. He even suggested that I write one because it is music city. \u201cEVERY SEASON\u201d came from wanting to write about how love doesn\u2019t just show up in December lights; it shows up in the quiet mornings, the heartbreaks, and the healing too. It shows up in every season. When I was recording it, I wanted it to feel timeless but still human \u2014 like it could sit next to a Christmas song but also feel cozy if you listened to it in July.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cEVERY SEASON\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MORGXN<\/strong>: For me, \u201cEVERY SEASON\u201d is about love that lasts through all the changes \u2014 not just snow and lights, but rain and bloom and everything in between. It\u2019s a reminder that the spirit we chase during the holidays \u2014 togetherness, reflection, hope \u2014 is something we can carry all year long.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MORGXN<\/strong>: I think \u201cEVERY SEASON\u201d brings a kind of quiet truth \u2014 that the holidays don\u2019t have to be picture-perfect to be meaningful. You can also celebrate the holidays no matter your chosen traditions. It\u2019s not about glitter or grandeur; it\u2019s about the little human moments that remind us we\u2019re still here, still feeling, still connected. It\u2019s a love song, a gratitude song, and a reminder that every season has something sacred in it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MORGXN - EVERY SEASON (LYRIC VIDEO)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P3vAOwF5_xo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref7\" name=\"_edn7\">Tiera Kennedy<\/a> <\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cChristmas Feeling\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218743 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tiera-Kennedy-Christmas-Feeling.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tiera Kennedy<\/strong>: Christmas has always felt magical to me. My mom would turn on the Christmas playlist while we put up the tree, and now that my husband and I are creating our own traditions, I love continuing that moment in our home. We\u2019re one of those families that waits until after Thanksgiving to start playing Christmas music, so when the time finally comes we take full advantage.<br \/>\u201cThis Christmas\u201d \u2013 Chris Brown\u2019s version \u2013 is one of my mom\u2019s favorites, so we listen to it a lot during the season. I also really love the songs that remind me of the true meaning of Christmas and celebrating the birth of Jesus. \u201cMary Did You Know\u201d has always been special to me and one I\u2019ve covered since I was young. It just makes the whole season feel even more meaningful.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tiera Kennedy<\/strong>: The winter season can be pretty dreary, but as I\u2019ve gotten older I\u2019ve learned to embrace it and make my days as cozy as possible. Christmas music instantly makes everything feel magical. I\u2019m always turning on the old, jazzy Christmas songs \u2013 add some hot chocolate and a good Christmas movie (I\u2019m partial to <em>The Polar Express<\/em>) and suddenly the gloomy days feel like cozy ones.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tiera Kennedy<\/strong>: We wrote \u201cChristmas Feeling\u201d on a writer\u2019s retreat, and we were talking about how fun it would be to write an R&amp;B-country love song for Christmas. Spending time with my husband always feels special, no matter the season, and I know a lot of couples feel that way about their person. I really wanted to put that feeling into a song.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cChristmas Feeling\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tiera Kennedy<\/strong>: For me, \u201cChristmas Feeling\u201d captures the joy of making the season your own with the person you love. It\u2019s about the little moments \u2013 being together, slowing down, and feeling that cozy magic that comes with the holidays.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tiera Kennedy<\/strong>: My favorite thing about \u201cChristmas Feeling\u201d is that it low-key works any time of the year. Sometimes Christmas songs can feel a little too Christmasy, especially when you\u2019re hearing them nonstop during one or two months. I love creating holiday music that still fits in the same vibe as any other song I\u2019d release \u2013 warm, soulful, and something you can come back to even outside the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christmas Feeling\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f2dIIJe6vGo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref8\" name=\"_edn8\">Gina Zo<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cSanta, do you know?\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218744 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gina-Zo-Santa-do-you-know_.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gina Zo<\/strong>: I am a Holiday addict\u2026 I love cooking and decorating; it has been ingrained in me by my Mother since I was a little girl. We always had multiple trees, stuffed stockings, homemade cookies, and dinners\u2014literally pasta from scratch. So now, I like to do the same thing. Well, not the pasta from scratch unless I\u2019m with my mom. As I type this, I am game-planning how I will set up my outdoor Christmas lights. I want to make my home feel super cozy \u2013 I am fortunate enough to have an actual home that I rent with my roommates in LA, so I am requiring this to be a massive endeavor this year. As for my favorite Holiday songs\u2026 I would say that \u201cWhat Christmas Means To Me\u201d by Stevie Wonder is probably my all-time favorite Christmas song. Next up would be Kelly Clarkson\u2019s \u201cUnderneath the Tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gina Zo<\/strong>: I mean, literally, the feeling you get walking around a mall in LA while you Holiday shop and hear \u201cIt\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year\u201d is the most special feeling I have ever felt. When you hear Holiday music, you cannot help but smile. I don\u2019t know the science behind that\u2026 but it is a fact that sleigh bells bring joy.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gina Zo<\/strong>: Writing a Holiday song has been a dream of mine since I began writing music. There would be no greater accomplishment than me getting to do what I do best in a way that brings joy to everyone during most people\u2019s favorite time of the year! I also wanted to test whether I could write a Holiday song that was catchy and not corny as heck. I wrote this by bringing a few songs to my producer and co-writer, Tim Sonnefeld. To make it my own, I focused on writing songs that felt like they could have actually just been straight on my album. Songs that felt like they could be played all year long, but were truly Holiday songs at the core.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cSanta, do you know?\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gina Zo<\/strong>: This time of year, most people are often reminded that they are single as hell. Most people want Santa to bring them their true love. They want gifts, sure, but I think most people would give up just about anything to find \u201ctheir person.\u201d This song captures that exact feeling in the line \u201cI need you to bring me a love that\u2019s guaranteed.\u201d Oh, and it is absolutely scream singable, if that was a word, and that also makes a Holiday song shine.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gina Zo<\/strong>: This song is not a copy-and-paste with different words from any other Christmas song out there. It is catchy, it\u2019s fun, and honestly, it\u2019s not cheesy at all. So many original Christmas songs sound like every other song that is on the Spotify Christmas Playlist, but I can confidently say I have never heard anything like it. It makes me want to ride a dog sled across the North Pole in the middle of the worst snowstorm the world has ever seen to find my true love. Name another song that does that?<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gina Zo - Santa, Do You Know?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5u1BaSD3us?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref9\" name=\"_edn9\">Honey Bxby<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cAll I Want\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218745 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Honey-Bxby-All-I-Want.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Honey Bxby<\/strong>: I love the holidays! It\u2019s really a time for family and giving, two things I love. The energy screams bliss. Over the years, I\u2019ve really been falling in love with old Christmas music, those Frank Sinatra vibes. But \u201cMistletoe\u201d by Justin Bieber! It takes me back, nostalgia at its finest when I hear it.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Honey Bxby<\/strong>: Music is different; it can shift your mood. Those holiday songs can uplift your spirit and make you feel hella jolly! So the impact it has on me is all emotion related.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Honey Bxby<\/strong>: My team and I thought releasing a holiday song would be a great idea, seeing artists like Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande have amazing holiday songs that lock in the season. I took inspo from them a smidge in my process.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cAll I Want\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Honey Bxby<\/strong>: In the song I mention that all I want for Christmas is my man and that I\u2019ll do anything to make him feel good. For the holidays everyone wants someone to make them feel THAT way. That\u2019s what the holiday season is about.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Honey Bxby<\/strong>: Lovely, sexy, blissful feeling!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Honey Bxby - &quot;All I Want&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqMhBNsAQvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref10\" name=\"_edn10\">Joe Leone &amp; Astyn Turr<\/a> <\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cThe Gift\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218746 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joe-Leone-Astyn-Turr-The-Gift.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Joe Leone<\/strong>: I love this time of year because as a collective we all choose to slow down and create more time for each other. It\u2019s a great reminder of our need to connect with the community around us. Christmas doesn\u2019t start for me until I hear a song by Bing Crosby.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Joe Leone<\/strong>: Since I\u2019m a live musician professionally, Christmas music reminds me every year that I need to practice all these jazz chords more often. The songs are so easy to listen to, and have been around for so long, that I forget just how difficult the musicality is.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Joe Leone<\/strong>: I wanted to write a Christmas song that felt classic and timeless. I played an emotional piano part, added strings for the romance, xylophone\/ bells for the joy, and had a friend play woodwinds on it for that extra Christmas magic.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cThe Gift\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Joe Leone<\/strong>: \u201cThe Gift\u201d is a song about heartbreak and learning to love yourself again during the holidays. Often times people deal with a seasonal depression, and real life doesn\u2019t always let you have a holly jolly time. I think the music captured the Christmas nostalgia, while the lyrics offer some hope for change.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Joe Leone<\/strong>: I don\u2019t think there are any other Christmas songs with live orchestration, as well as big fat 808s on the low end. It\u2019s got a nice RnB feel, but with all the classic sounds you want in your Christmas music. Also Astyn Turr has one of the most heartwarming voices you\u2019ll ever hear<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Leone \u2013 &quot;The Gift&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yPLWGBD8ABU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref11\" name=\"_edn11\">sullvn<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cSeasons\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218747 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sullvn-Seasons.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>sullvn<\/strong>: I have great memories of the holidays with my family. My favorite holiday songs are \u201cPlease Come Home for Christmas\u201d by The Eagles or \u201cThe Most Wonderful Time of the Year\u201d by Andy Williams because they remind me of my childhood.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>sullvn<\/strong>: It\u2019s an integral part of the Christmas magic, as long as it doesn\u2019t start until AFTER the day after Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>sullvn<\/strong>: I got an opportunity to write several songs with Rome Ramirez (Sublime with Rome). He talked about his busy family life and how crazy it is during the holidays, and I realized my daughters are grown and flown, so it looks a little different for me now.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cSeasons\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>sullvn<\/strong>: This is a romantic time of year and I wanted to capture that.<span class=\"im\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>sullvn<\/strong>: I don\u2019t think there are other Christmas songs about empty nesters. Whether you\u2019re an empty nester or in the honeymoon phase of a relationship, this song is for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"sullvn - Seasons (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LG3uEMT8QdA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref12\" name=\"_edn12\">Sydney Rose<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cThe Holiday\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218748 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sydney-Rose-The-Holiday.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs? How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sydney Rose<\/strong>: The holidays are something I always look forward to. It\u2019s nice to be surrounded with so much warmth and love when times seem so dark and bleak. I\u2019ve always loved holiday songs whether they were religious or simply Christmas jingles. One of my favorites is \u201cSnow\u201d by Sleeping at Last, a song I always revisit during this season. These songs always give me a sense of nostalgia, like a warm hug. It makes things happier.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sydney Rose<\/strong>: Sometimes going back to your hometown means facing things you don\u2019t want to face. I was really afraid of running into someone I was once close to. I wanted to incorporate that feeling into the holidays. Like the anxiety you feel when driving down your old friend\u2019s street. But there\u2019s also Christmas light?<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cThe Holiday\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sydney Rose<\/strong>: I think the Holidays are a time to be happy, but also so many people carry a lot of hurt with them during the holiday season. It\u2019s not always so bright and merry. I wanted to make a song that encapsulates the feeling of going back to your hometown during the holidays, but also keeping your head on a swivel.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sydney Rose<\/strong>: Most holiday songs talk about Christmas or Santa or friends and family. I wanted to dig into my own holiday experiences. I know a lot of college kids might relate to this song since so many of their friends will be back in their hometown at the same time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sydney Rose - The Holiday (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HDyrBvS8Gdc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref13\" name=\"_edn13\">Toby Gad<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Piano Diaries \u2013 Christmas<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218749 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Toby-Gad-Jordin-Sparks-Christmas-Takes-Me-Back-Home.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toby Gad<\/strong>: I used to be the Christmas Grinch, seeing the Holidays just as an inconvenient interruption of my ambitions work, but recently I felt I owe it to my two daughters to relent and celebrate the holidays. I love classics like \u201csilent night\u201d or \u201camazing grace\u201d which isnt really a Christmas song but fits perfectly into the season.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toby Gad<\/strong>: Music conveys memories like nothing else, so many holiday songs have a childhood memory attached to it, and to me it\u2019s all about singing together at the holidays.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday album, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toby Gad<\/strong>: With John Legend and Carrie Underwood\u2019s \u201cHallelujah\u201d and Kelly Clarkson\u2019s \u201cBlessed,\u201d I already had a track record of writing holiday songs, so in March this year I called many of my artist friends and asked if they would like to write a Christmas song with my for my Christmas album. I am so happy that artists like Jordin Sparks, Victoria Justice, Huntley, Sam Ryder, Megan Mc Kenna, Louisa Johnson and so many more appear on this very special album.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does <em>Piano Diaries \u2013 Christmas<\/em> capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toby Gad<\/strong>: Each of the twelve songs on my album tell an individual story about a particular Christmas memory of the artist. Jordin Sparks sings about her childhood Christmas merry that comes full circle now that she is a mom herself. Anthony Gargiula sings about how falling in love around Christmas made him fall in love with Christmas. Amy Winehouse\u2019s god-daughter Dionne Bromfield sings in \u201cChristmas For One\u201d about her empowering experience of the last Christmas she spent all by herself. Megan Mc Kenna found the love of her life at Christmas and now even has a baby, and all that is in the song she sings.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What are some of your personal favorite songs off this album (and why)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toby Gad<\/strong>: \u201cKiss Me For Christmas\u201d has a nostalgic seductive Marilyn Monroe feel to it that gets to me, but the song that makes me cry is Gavin James\u2019 \u201cReally Loved Someone,\u201d which we wrote about memory loss and two lovers getting old together, eventually even forgetting each others name but remembering the love that bonded them together.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your songs bring to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toby Gad<\/strong>: My hits have never been the trendy kind, instead I am aiming for timeless evergreens, and<em> Piano Diaries \u2013 Christmas<\/em> isn\u2019t your average holiday spin \u2013 it\u2019s a stripped-down, soulful advent calendar of original Christmas music with intimate stories behind every door. The album trades jingle bells for raw emotion, pairing timeless piano-vocal-orchestra arrangements with the unmistakable warmth of personal storytelling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kiss Me For Christmas (Official Music Video) by Toby Gad and Joelle James\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AkEA02aYoxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref14\" name=\"_edn14\">Logan Richard<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cStay in the Moment\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218750 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logan-Richard-Stay-In-This-Moment.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Logan Richard<\/strong>: I have always loved the holidays. Of course, you start to love them for different reasons over the years, but lately I have just been looking forward to relaxing with friends and family, and enjoying some good food and drinks. I also now have 4 young nieces and nephews, so it is cool to see them experience the holiday magic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of my favourite holiday songs are \u201cChristmas Don\u2019t Let Me Down\u201d by Jamie Cullum, \u201cThe Gift\u201d by David Myles, and \u201cThis Christmas\u201d by Donny Hathaway.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Logan Richard<\/strong>: It sets the mood so perfectly, and gets me in the holiday spirit. Whenever I see that first snowfall, I am throwing on my Christmas playlist and it gets me in the holiday spirit.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Logan Richard<\/strong>: The song was written for the screen, actually. I wrote it with the goal of having it placed in a Hallmark TV series called \u2018Mistletoe Murders.\u2019 It got the placement, but then I realized how much I resonated with the song and quite liked it, so I decided to release it and share it with the world.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cStay in This Moment\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Logan Richard<\/strong>: When I was young, two of my brothers lived in Montreal and would come home for the holiday season. I remember each year sitting by the Christmas tree, looking out the window, waiting to see their headlights in the driveway. When I listen back to this song, it takes me back there. My childhood home with my folks and my brothers, catching up and simply being together.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Logan Richard<\/strong>: I think \u201cStay in This Moment\u201d is a cheeky Christmas song in the sense that it isn\u2019t too on-the-nose, so to speak. It takes place at Christmas, and is all about the holidays, but the main hook of the song makes it a bit more universal and ambiguous.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Logan Richard - Stay In This Moment (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8JbJ3_Y0mg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref15\" name=\"_edn15\">Home Counties<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cBetter Last Year\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218751 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Home-Counties-Better-Last-Year-Home-Counties-for-Christmas.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Home Counties<\/strong>: We love the festive season, perfect excuse to spend the day in the pub with friends! Top Christmas songs include: \u201cFairytale of New York,\u201d \u201cStop the Cavalry,\u201d and \u201cMerry Xmas Everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Home Counties<\/strong>: It\u2019s huge part of the holidays for us. Every Christmas we head back to our parents houses, dig out old amps from when we were teenagers and set up in the local pub, The Red Lion of Longwick, and spend the evening butchering Christmas songs with all our beautiful friends and family in tow. It\u2019s now Christmas tradition, the HC Christmas Eve set, and we are always as unprepared for it as we were the year before and it\u2019s the best night of the year.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song, and how did you go about making it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Home Counties<\/strong>: \u201cFairytale of New York\u201d has been something Lois and Will have been singing together since school Christmas assembly in Year 8. We knew we wanted our Christmas to have this feeling of melancholy, mixed with risky lyrics but with an added sprinkle of HC fun. Essentially we just tried to include all of our favourite bits to belt out in the pub \u2013 most importantly a long, repeated gang vocal at the end that the whole room can join in on.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cBetter Last Year\u201d capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Home Counties<\/strong>: The record explores this feeling that every year Christmas doesn\u2019t quite hit the spot like it did the year before. Returning home becomes tedious, bumping into lots of people you haven\u2019t seen in years \u2013 usually lovely but inevitably it\u2019s someone you\u2019d really rather not catch up with. In the end it becomes a plea to rally our friends and family to stay out just for one last pint and let go of trying to \u2018beat\u2019 the fun we had last year and enjoy the here and now.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your song brings to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Home Counties<\/strong>: \u201cBetter Last Year\u201d offers up all our favourite aspects of a Christmas song rolled into one. We dream of it becoming the kind of Christmas song everyones swaying along to at the end of the Christmas party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Home Counties, Better Last Year (Home Counties for Christmas)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVstper8lag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">:: <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#_ednref16\" name=\"_edn16\">aron!<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>::<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>a cozy christmas<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-218752 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aron-mother-ill-be-late.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\">Atwood Magazine: <strong>What is your relationship with the holidays and the holiday season? What are some of your favorite holiday songs? How does music impact your holiday experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>aron!<\/strong>: I\u2019ve always loved the holidays because my two parents and I would sit around the tree and play with this Thomas the Tank Engine remote controlled train. I think we will do that again this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of my favorite holiday songs are \u201cI\u2019ll Be Home for Christmas,\u201d \u201cSimply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time,\u201d and \u201cChristmas Time Is Here\u201d from Charlie Brown. The holidays are an excuse to listen to amazing music with beautiful arrangements and cool harmonies. Music is so central to my idea of the holidays.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What inspired you to record your own holiday song with \u201cmother i&#8217;ll be late\u201d and this three-track EP, and how did you go about making all of it your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>aron!<\/strong>: I wrote \u201cMother I\u2019ll Be Late\u201d last year during Christmastime about not being with my family for Christmas. This year, I will be! In order to have this music out in time, I had to record it in May 2025 with musicians from my school and record it at the school recording studio.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>What was your experience like rerecording \u201ccozy you\u201d with Hohnen Ford &#8211; and how did you zhuzh it up for Christmas?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>aron!<\/strong>: Rerecording \u201cCozy You (Christmas)\u201d was very fun because I wanted to rewrite all the words. I\u2019ve never rewritten words to a song of mine before, so it was fun making it as Christmassy as possible. I had to pull out some lyric tricks to find lines like \u201ctake my hand, and we\u2019ll see just how cozy could a Christmas be.\u201d It is fun and silly.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>How does \u201cMother I\u2019ll Be Late\u201d and the <em>A Cozy Christmas<\/em> EP capture the holiday spirit or season, for you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>aron!<\/strong>: One of my favorite aspects of Christmas music is the beautiful orchestrations. I love the orchestras in the music of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, and I wanted to capture my love for arrangers like Nelson Riddle in this EP.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"title\"><span\/><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"sub-title\"><strong>With so many holiday songs out there, what do you feel your songs bring to the table?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>aron!<\/strong>: I think in the modern music scene there\u2019s not too much Christmas music that sounds like it was from the \u201940s era, but I wanted to see if I can do that as a 22-year-old in 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"aron! &amp; Hohnen Ford - cozy you (christmas)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OxfLpAKu9k0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f384.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter lazy\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11\/svg\/1f385.svg\" alt=\"?\"\/><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4FNt3HR4zzIFQ2MUslaKRx?si=7cf0d10fdb6b46a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46873 alignnone lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/atwoodmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Holly-Emoji-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Atwood Magazine's Mistletones\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" 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