Julianne Hough and Derek Hough (Photo: ABC)

It’s the most magical time of the year!

Bask in the Christmas cheer, merry music and a lot of Disney magic by watching the annual Disney Parks specials on ABC this holiday season. Derek Hough and Julianne Hough return to hosting duties for “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration” airing on Sunday, November 27th, and they will be joined on Christmas morning, Sunday, December 25th, by Freeform’s Sherry Cola (Freeform’s “Good Trouble”) and Marcus Scribner (“grown-ish”) to co-host the “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade”.

The specials were, once again, filmed on location at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California, and will feature festive performances from some of your favorite names in music, including Black Eyed Peas, Maren Morris, Becky G, Chloe Flower, Jordin Sparks, Meghan Trainor, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Il Volo, Ne-Yo, and RUN DMC!

Check out the lineup and schedule for both specials below!

(L-R, Top-Bottom) Dan + Shay, Khalid, Mariah Carey, Kirk Franklin, John Legend and Meghan Trainor.
Photos: Warner Music Nashville, Columbia, Epic)

There aren’t too many full holiday album releases this year, but there are many new songs!  Quite a few artists have re-released their Christmas records with bonus tracks too, and there were some new singles and music videos of old favorites that dropped here, which have us boppin’ around our Christmas tree!

We have compiled a list of some stand-out tracks that we wanted to share with you all! Each song is also available to either stream and/or buy on Apple Music, Amazon Music and Spotify.

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Meghan Trainor had one of the most exciting Christmas albums last year with her first holiday full-length release, A Very Trainor Christmas, which makes it all the more exciting that she’s rereleasing it as a deluxe version this season!

The singer is adding even more jingle jams to the track list, including her renditions of Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” and Darlene Love‘s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”, and the original festive bop “Christmas Coupon”.

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The time-honored tradition of lighting the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will take place tonight during the NBC special, “Christmas in Rockefeller Center,“ with a live telecast hosted by “TODAY” show co-anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Craig Melvin and Al Roker.

The iconic special will feature performances from top names in the business like Kelly Clarkson, Goo Goo Dolls, Earth, Wind & Fire, Brett Eldredge, Jimmy Fallon, Tori Kelly, Dolly Parton, Pentatonix, Dan + Shay, Gwen Stefani, Meghan Trainor, as well as the cast of Broadway’s “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations” and the legendary Radio City Rockettes.

L-R: Julianne Hough, Derek Hough and Trevor Jackson. | Photos: ABC

The holidays are a lot different this year, but leave it up to Disney to still find a way to bring some magic into your homes! With the Disney Parks on limited capacity guidelines for the past several months, and Disneyland in California still closed, the year’s Wonderful World of Disney Magical Holiday Celebration does not feature new performances live from the theme parks, but instead, memorable performances from holiday’s past!

In this special 5th anniversary edition of the annual event, which airs every Thanksgiving night, Emmy® Award-winning siblings Derek and Julianne Hough return for hosting duties at Disneyland alongside Trevor Jackson of Freeform’s “Grown-ish”, who is joining them from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.  The Houghs have also planned a brilliant opening performance before the team gets into featuring festive flashbacks of performances by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, Kelly Clarkson, Jason Derulo, Ciara, Andrea Bocelli, OneRepublic, Pentatonix, Becky G, Shaggy, Boyz II Men and JoJo, Meghan Trainor and Brett Eldredge, and Aloe Blacc.

Top L-R: Tori Kelly (Capitol), Dan + Shay (WMG); Bottom L-R: Leslie Odom, Jr. (S-Curve), Carly Rae Jepsen (Interscope)

We’re barely into the middle of November and already the season has been filled with a plethora of new Christmas musical arrivals! So many performers are either releasing their first-ever holiday albums, returning with a follow-up, or sharing a Christmas song or two that they recently recorded to help fill an otherwise anxious season with some extra cheer.

I’ve compiled a list of some new festive songs, which I anticipate to be updating throughout the season. All songs listed are available to stream or buy on Apple Music, Amazon Music and Spotify.

Enjoy!

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If you’re in need of a little bit of cheerful news today, Meghan Trainor has announced that she will be releasing her very first Christmas album this holiday season, A Very Trainor Christmas!

The Grammy winner posted her album cover to her Instagram along with the message, “ITS ABOUT TO BE #AVeryTrainorChristmas!!! 😍🎄🎁 NOTHING makes me happier than the holidays with my family! This year has been difficult to say the least, so I’m tryna bring joy the best way I know how…with a Christmas album full of originals and classics😉!”

Sarah Hyland and Jordan Fisher (Photo: Disney/Mark Ashman)

There’s nothing like some magical Disney Christmas news to start your day!

Chatter sparked on Twitter earlier this month when Jordan Fisher (“Dancing with the Stars Juniors”) and Sarah Hyland (“Modern Family”) both tweeted about hosting the annual Christmas celebrations for Disney this holiday season, and now the 411 on each of the event has been released–and I have it all here for you!

ABC and Disney Channel will take over the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ with star-studded TV specials as Disney Parks and Disney Cruise Line transform into festive winter wonderlands to bring the magic of Disney straight into your living rooms this season.  Celebrations are set to air on the ABC Network and Disney Channel on two different nights before ABC airs the magical parade on Christmas morning, a treasured tradition in homes across the nation.

Not only will Fisher and Hyland be hosting the festivities, but we’ll see performances from Gwen Stefani, Meghan Trainor, Brett Eldredge, Andrea Bocelli, Aloe Blacc, Olivia Holt, Maddie Poppe, Why Don’t We, and many more!

Check out the lineup and schedule for all three specials below!