We are only a week until the release of my debut, Eight Days of Christmas!!! I’m feeling All The Emotions already. From anxiety to excitement, to appreciation and apprehension. I know as the days draw nearer and on release day—October 19th—the emotions will be stronger. But I’m reminding myself to cling to the joy of this accomplishment, of this dream coming true, of this moment because I’ve worked so incredibly hard to get here.
In an effort to cling to the joy of this process, I’m inviting you to join with me in going deeper into the world of Eight Days of Christmas! I’ve already shared with you the inspiration behind a lot of the book in my last post, now I’m going to share with you the beloved playlist I created.
Each song I chose to add to the Eight Days of Christmas playlist was added for a reason. Some were monumental reasons, and others not so much. I wanted a playlist that would give me the vibe I needed to stay in the fictional town of Pineridge, Colorado, and New York, as well as second-chance romance, and a wedding.
The most important song on the playlist, and the one that inspired my story: Greatest Love Story by LANCO. It’s a song by a country band and the lyrics are about a second-chance romance. Similar to the story of Isabella and Leo—who dated through high school and college before breaking up, going their separate ways and then are reunited for their siblings’ Christmas wedding and realize those old feelings are still there.
- Greatest Love Story by LANCO
- That Don’t Sound Like You by Lee Brice
- Springsteen by Eric Church
- Singles You Up by Jordan Davis
- Colorado Christmas by MountainCity
- Marry Me by Train
- A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
- It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Michael Buble
- Last Christmas by Wham!
- Where Are You Christmas by Faith Hill
- Love Myself by Hailee Steinfeld
- Eyes On You by Chase Rice
- What Ifs by Kane Brown
- Body Like a Back Road by Sam Hunt
- Rumor by Lee Brice
- You Broke Up With Me by Walker Hayes
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Sam Smith
- Please Come Home for Christmas by Eagles
- Better Days by The Goo Goo Dolls
- One Man Band by Old Dominion
- I Don’t Know About You by Chris Lane
- Break Up with Him by Old Dominion
- If I Can’t Have You by Shawn Mendes
- ME! by Taylor Swift
- Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
- Marry Me by Thomas Rhett
- Please Come Home for Christmas by Kelly Clarkson
- You’re Not Alone by Boyz II Men
- Mercy by Shawn Mendes
- This Christmas by Mary J. Blige
- Someone Like You by David Nail
- Smokin’ and Drinkin’ by Miranda Lambert
- All I Want For Christmas by Liam Payne
- That Spirit of Christmas by Blue Water Highway
- Bells by Audrey Assad
- Make It to Christmas by Alessia Cara
- You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton
- It Don’t Hurt Like it Used to by Billy Currington
- Written in the Sand by Old Dominion
- Backroad Song by Granger Smith
- Born to Love You by LANCO
- Hometown Girl by Josh Turner
- All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
- Best Shot by Jimmie Allen
- Take It From Me by Jordan Davis
- Dance with Me by Morgan Evans
- Down Home Runs Deep by Chase Rice
- Two Ghosts by Harry Styles
- Photograph by Ed Sheeran
- Remember You Young by Thomas Rhett
- The Christmas Song by Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello
- Mistletoe by Justin Bieber
As I drafted this book, revised, edited, went through copy edits, I listened to this playlist on REPEAT haha! Yes, this is a Christmas/wintry themed book, however the playlist contains a multitude of genres. I hope you’ll check it out. Especially if you’re anticipating the release of Eight Days of Christmas! Here’s the link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/211JCIXad5Z3vpqKJ7WNZa
Great playlist!