The first song Chloe and I sing together

I can't believe I went my whole life without hearing this hymn. Two years ago, during Lessons and Carols prep, our music director Kacy played me "See Amid The Winter's Snow" for the first time. She played Annie Lennox's version and I was completely taken by it—stunningly beautiful.

Fast forward to this year: a friend of mine in Nashville asked if I had any Christmas songs to pitch to Christmas playlists. I immediately thought of this one. So I called up producer Dan Folgado, my daughter Chloe, and Coyote violinist Erin Spiegel, and we knocked it out pretty quickly. Had a blast working it out.

This is the first song where Chloe and I sing together. That alone makes it special. She has such a beautiful voice, and I think you’ll see that’s not just a fatherly complement. She’s legit. It was really fun to decorate the downstairs and sing it together just the two of us while game 7 of the World Series played on the tv on the wall next to us. Festive!

So, here it is. See Amid the Winter’s Snow. A hymn for the long winter nights that are coming. It drops Friday. Pre-save it here.

And if you want to see the full video performance, you can watch it on YouTube.

Lastly, can we just acknowledge the elephant dwarfing the Christmas tree? Here's a Christmas song weeks before Thanksgiving and I'm firmly in camp no Christmas music before Thanksgiving. Yet, here I am violating my own deeply held principles. The irony of my hypocrisy is not lost on me. Pray for me. 😀

Oh…and you should definitely follow Chloe's musical journey, she's been building something really cool. Check out her music here.

Talk soon...