Billboard has compiled a list of 20 new holiday songs across country, Americana, bluegrass, and Contemporary Christian genres for the 2025 Christmas season. These releases blend tradition with fresh takes, featuring artists like Brad Paisley and Trisha Yearwood. The tracks offer a mix of joyful, reflective, and faith-inspired music to enhance holiday traditions.
The 2025 holiday season brings a robust lineup of new music releases in country and related genres, as highlighted in Billboard's roundup published on December 19, 2025. While timeless holiday classics endure, these fresh songs infuse the festivities with innovation and emotion, serving as the soundtrack for activities like wrapping presents, hanging lights, and enjoying seasonal treats.
Several prominent country artists released holiday albums or EPs this year. Brad Paisley's 'Snow Globe Town' includes the uptempo 'Counting Down the Days,' capturing holiday anticipation. Mickey Guyton's 'Feels Like Christmas' opens with the flirty 'Sugar Cookie,' where she sings, 'Like a Christmas sweater/ When we bake together/ Everything is merry and bright.' Trisha Yearwood's 'Christmastime,' arranged by David Campbell, features a soulful 'Blue Christmas.'
Faith-based releases stand out, with Matthew West's 'Come Home for Christmas' offering a warm 'It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.' Blessing Offor's EP 'To All a Good Night' includes a dynamic cover of Otis Redding’s 'Merry Christmas, Baby.' Forrest Frank and JVKE's collaborative album emphasizes faith in 'CHRISTmas,' singing, 'We took the holy out of holy night.'
Americana and bluegrass artists contribute as well. Old Crow Medicine Show's 'OCMS XMAS' has 'Corn Whiskey Christmas,' filmed at Nashville's Santa’s Pub, with lyrics like 'Grandpappy’s been brewing since before the war.' The Kody Norris Show delivers a bluegrass-infused 'Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town' using mandolin, bass, fiddle, and banjo. Kristy Cox's 'Christmas Without You' wistfully reflects on missing Australian holidays.
Other highlights include collaborations like Luke Bryan and Ella Langley's 'Winter Wonderland,' Dan + Shay's 'Long Live Christmas' with lines such as 'May everybody everywhere forever feel it in the air/ The magic of the holiday, the gingerbread, and candy cane,' and Willie Nelson's tender 'Christmas Love Song.' Little Big Town's 'The Innkeeper' from 'The Christmas Record' narrates Jesus's birth from an innkeeper's perspective. These 20 tracks, in no particular order, provide diverse options for holiday playlists.
