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Grammy winner Carrie Underwood released her first-ever Christmas album, My Gift, last year but she has more merry in store for us with a special edition of the critically acclaimed holiday album.

My Gift: Special Edition is available now digitally and on CD and pre-orders have begun for vinyl, which will be available on November 5th.

When the original album released in September 2020, it topped Billboard charts for Country, Christian and Holiday albums, and it ranked #1 on the UK and Canadian Country album charts as well. On the deluxe version you’ll find three additional tracks, including “My Favorite Time of Year,” which you can listen to below, as well as favorites from the original tracklist like Underwood’s duet of the Leonard Cohen classic “Hallelujah” with Grammy winner John Legend.

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Carrie Underwood will be bringing her brand-new Christmas album right into your homes with her own holiday special that will exclusively stream on HBO Max towards the end of the year!

The seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning country singer will perform holiday classics and modern favorites and, of course, songs from her newly-released first ever full-length Christmas album, My Gift, alongside an orchestra and choir.

“The journey of writing and recording this album started last year when I finished my tour and we could have never anticipated the circumstances we would be in this year,” she in a press release. “Creating this album has been good for my heart, and I’m thrilled to get to share it with the world and to bring it to life with Playtone and HBO Max.”

The special is produced by Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks for Playtone, in conjunction with Underwood and her manager Ann Edelblute.

An official premiere date has not been released yet.

(Updated: 11/17/20) – Apple TV will stream the music special, My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood, beginning December 3, 2020!

Stay merry!

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There had been some chatter about Carrie Underwood finally releasing a Christmas album over the past few weeks, and the singer officially announced today that her first ever Christmas album, My Gift is coming out in September!

“I’ve always wanted to make a Christmas album and it’s been a long time coming,” says Underwood in an official statement. “I knew this would be my next music project after wrapping my tour last year, and I think it’s turned out to be the perfect time for an album like this, in this period of such personal and spiritual reflection. For me, it’s more important than ever to focus on the true meaning of Christmas in a project like this. Even though it has been a tough year for all of us, sometimes I feel like the greatest realizations can be inspired by the most difficult times, and make us more grateful for the things we do have and for what truly matters.”