Carrie Underwood, Lady A, More To Ring In The Holidays On ‘CMA Country Christmas’

Carrie Underwood, Brett Eldredge, Lady A, Jimmie Allen with Louis York & The Shindellas, Breland,  Pistol Annies, and Lainey Wilson will help usher in the holiday season on Nov. 29 on the upcoming CMA Country Christmas special on ABC.

Gabby Barrett and Carly Pearce will serve as first-time hosts for the intimate evening of holiday classics, now in its 12th year.

CMA Country Christmas will feature two student musicians, supporting CMA’s longstanding commitment to support equity in music education. Truman Eltringham, a 17-year-old student at Nashville School of the Arts, and Carter Hammonds, an 8-year-old student at FH Jenkins Preparatory School, will join hosts Barrett and Pearce for a can’t miss performance during the special.

The special rings in the holiday season annually with a show full of festive classics and one-of-a-kind musical performances. The event is filmed in Nashville and airs each holiday season on ABC.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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