Christmas Artist Elizabeth Chan Had a Literally Back-Breaking Path to Collaborating With 6-Year-Old Daughter on New Holiday Single

variety.com:

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Elizabeth Chan continues to be the most prolific recording artist in the Christmas music space, and certainly the only singer of any notoriety doing a new release each year, having just released her 13th consecutive holiday album, “Songs From Noelle.” Variety is already on record as calling the singer-songwriter “Christmas’ one-woman Brill Building.” But if a new holiday collection from Chan seems inevitable every fall, there was nothing clockwork-like about this one’s making — since for Chan, unlike Taylor Swift, the number 13 actually seemed unlucky in 2023.

The title “Songs From Noelle” refers to Chan’s 6-year-old daughter, who co-sang and even co-wrote a few songs on the album. Chan believes Noelle is the youngest person to ever get airplay as a singer and songwriter on new Christmas music, with several tracks that are currently getting traction on SiriusXM’s holiday channel, including a song the daughter wrote herself, “Christmas Time” — the video for which is getting its premiere here.

But Noelle’s extensive involvement in the new album wasn’t just a matter of boosting a scion in the family business, although it is, of course, that.

Chan says it’s the only reason she was inspired and even provoked into recording a new album, as she usually would, after a serious injurty to her back in July left her debilitated and far from eager or able to get into the holiday spirit that’s usually a cinch for her any time of year. “Noelle’s joined me on other songs before,” says Chan, “but she is a huge part of this record — she’s essentially my collaborator on it — and I think that’s really important to note because I was so injured in the summertime, which usually the.