A new music video is out from Scotty McCreery The 31-year-old surprised fans with the release of a video for his 2023 Christmas song, “Feel Like The Holidays,” this one showing off McCreery celebrating Christmas as a child growing up in North Carolina.
For McCreery, Christmas is all about spending time with family, whether it’s his parents or his in-laws.
“As far as traditions go, me and my wife, it’s typically just the every other year with the family that we do,” McCreery told the Country Music Association of how the family of three spend sthe Christmas season. “Her family’s all from Louisiana, so a lot of times we go to New Orleans for Christmas one year, and then we’ll stay back in Carolina for one Christmas with my family. I have a feeling we’ll be continuing that all.
“Maybe we’ll have some Southern Christmases for sure, some Cajun Christmases,” he added. “I didn’t grow up eating crawfish for Christmas, but [Avery’s] gonna get used to it.”
McCreery received a lot of memorable and meaningful Christmas gifts over the years, but none had the impact of one important gift: his very first guitar.
“My best Christmas gift I ever received was probably my very first guitar,” McCreery said. “I was picking that thing up; I had no clue what I was doing, but I knew I wanted to play some Elvis songs, so I got to learn it pretty quick. It was what got me started on this journey.”
McCreery will return to the Grand Ole Opry once again this year, to perform as part of the annual Opry Country Christmas, one of the highlights of his year.
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“To me, certain things just go hand in hand,” McCreery told Everything Nash. “Christmastime and the Grand Ole Opry, to me, they do that. It’s been a few years now that I’ve been able to make it up there for Opry Country Christmas, just singing country Christmas songs at the Grand Ole Opry. We’ve got Christmas trees, Christmas lights. Everybody’s holly and jolly. I love it, so hopefully I can keep going back year after year.”
When “Feel Like The Holidays” was released, the father of one admitted that the holidays were his favorite time of the year.
“Christmas is my favorite time of year and I sing Christmas songs every day,” McCreery said. “When I first heard ‘Feel Like the Holidays,’ I knew I wanted to record the song. It has that timeless, classic Christmas music vibe and is so much fun. It feels like something that Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, or Michael Bublé would sing. I’m looking forward to performing it this holiday season.”
McCreery is currently headlining his Fall of Summer Tour, and will headline his own UK Tour in 2025, along with serving as the opening act on Kane Brown’s The High Road Tour, HIs Opry Country Christmas performance will take place this year on December 5.
Find all of McCreery’s music and upcoming shows, including his dates with Brown, at ScottyMcCreery.com.