(November 6, 2026) Kat's seventh studio album is a lush, witty, and deeply romantic holiday record. Kat wrote two original songs for the album: the title track and “Hush! There’s a Falling Snow.” Her arrangements for the remaining songs include some sensual bossa novas, swinging gospel jazz and a tropical ’60s cocktail-party montuno and an achingly soulful reinvention of Allen Toussaint’s “It’s Raining” as “It’s Snowing.”
Kat Edmonson — vocals, whistling
Roy Dunlap — piano, organ, whistling
Matt Munisteri — guitar, Puerto Rican cuatro, whistling
Paul Meyers — guitar
Bob Hart — bass, congas
Mark McLean — drums, percussion, whistling
Max Liebman — whistling
Have Your Merry Christmas With Me (3:59)
(Kat Edmonson)
That’s What I Want For Christmas (3:57)
(Earl E. Lawrence)
I’d Like to Hitch a Ride With Santa Claus (2:29)
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Last Christmas (4:05)
(George Michael)
It’s Snowing (4:21)
(Naomi Neville [Allen Toussaint], with additional lyrics by Kat Edmonson)
Jingle Bells (3:27)
(James Lord Pierpont; originally entitled “The One Horse Open Sleigh”)
Hush! There’s a Falling Snow (2:37)
(Kat Edmonson)
We Wish You the Merriest (2:08)
(Les Brown)
Santa Baby (5:26)
(Philip Springer, Tony Springer, Joan Javits)
Christmas Time Is Here (3:38)
(Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson)
Blue Christmas (4:07)
(Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson)
Hark! The Herald Angels Swing (3:20)
(Based on the Christmas carol “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” with text by Charles Wesley and a melody adapted from Felix Mendelssohn’s Festgesang zum Gutenbergfest; additional lyrics by Kat Edmonson)
All songs arranged by Kat Edmonson with Bob Hart
Produced by Kat Edmonson and Frank Filipetti
Recorded and mixed by Frank Filipetti
Assisted by Max Liebman
Additional assistance by Paul Antonell
Recorded June 3–5, 2026, at Clubhouse in Rhinebeck, New York
Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Costanza Tinti at Peerless Mastering in Boston, Massachusetts
Art design by Jamie Breiwick — B Side Graphics
Photography by Lauren Desberg