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Skip to main content October 25, 2025 Willie Nelson Katherine Bomboy/NBC via Getty Images Like Mariah Carey, Willie Nelson is getting into the holiday spirit before even Halloween as the country legend has shared his festive new ballad “Christmas Love Song.” The tender track finds Nelson working alongside his longtime collaborator and producer Buddy Cannon on a track penned by Country Music Hall of Fame Bill Anderson with Bobby Tomberlin and Marv Green. Harmonica great Mickey Raphael also features on the song. “It ain’t a lot but every word of it’s true/It don’t sparkle or shine/But it’s one of a kind,” Nelson sings on the track. “And I put my whole heart into this Christmas love song to you.” Trending Stories Nelly Furtado Is Stepping Away From Performing ‘For the Foreseeable Future’ ‘A House of Dynamite’ Is Not the Armageddon Procedural You’re Looking For Ace Frehley’s Solo Bandmates on What the Kiss Guitarist Was Really Like Some Gen Z Men So Scared of Getting Filmed They've Stopped Dating Nelson has gifted fans with holiday music in Christmases past, most notably his 1979 Pretty Paper, his first Christmas LP and Number Nine on Rolling Stone’s 40 Essential Christmas Albums list. Nelson has also released 1994’s Christmas With Willie Nelson, 1997’s Hill Country Christmas, and 1995’s Pancho, Lefty, and Rudolph, a collaborative Xmas album with Merle Haggard. Next month, Nelson will honor his late friend Haggard with the tribute album Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, featuring 11 new recordings of Haggard classics like “Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down,” “Okie From Muskogee,” “Mama Tried,” and “Workin’ Man Blues.” From Cardi B Memes to That Katseye Ad, Here Are 10 Music-Inspired Costume Ideas for Halloween Dress-Up Time Brittany Spanos The Droptines Grind Their Way Out of Texas and into the Mainstream Josh Crutchmer Geddy Lee Talks Rush Reunion Tour in New Interview: 'I Needed to Make Some Music Again' 'Very Exciting' Daniel Kreps Wait, Is That Greta Van Fleet in the House Band in the Springsteen Movie? Scene Stealers Joseph Hudak Chrissy Chlapecka Reconnects With Her Inner ‘Fierce Diva’ in Cyberpop ‘Apollo’ Video Superhero Fantasy Go to PMC.com Most Popular HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately Netflix Inks Major Deals With Mattel and Hasbro for ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Toys, Games and Products Who Got Married on Love Is Blind Season 9? Plus Where the Couples Stand Now France's Ministry of Culture Just Revealed Exactly What Thieves Stole From Louvre, Including a Crown With 3,000 Diamonds You might also like Kamala Harris Says ‘I’m Not Done’ With Politics: ‘It’s in My Bones’ 4 hours ago Yankee Candle’s ’12 Days of Christmas’ Advent Calendar Is $10 Off on Amazon for a Limited Time 4 hours ago Jeremy Strong Loves Figuring Out Real People, from Mark Zuckerberg to Jon Landau in ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ 25 minutes ago Blue Jays’ Contact Approach to Hitting Overwhelms Dodgers 2 hours ago Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Rolling Stone, LLC. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP
