--- --- # Watch Leighton Meester's Soulful Cover of 'Blue Christmas' by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 15, 2015 10:37 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 15, 2015 10:37 PM UTC Just in time for the holidays, former _Gossip Girl_ star and musician Leighton Meester has teamed up with singer-songwriter Dana Williams for a cover of Elvis Presley’s “Blue Christmas.” Meester and Williams’ rendition is soft, bluesy, and filled with harmonies. It’s also festive, thanks to the decorated mantel, lit-up tree and dude in a Santa Hat playing a tambourine behind them. This isn’t the first time Williams and Meester have collaborated. They’ve already covered [“Dream Of You,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gpTQFcjiM) by the Caravelles, [“You & Your Sister” ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdIXSZ3iZ44)by Chris Bell and [“Dreams”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9UFhEifTEg) by Fleetwood Mac. _Read next:_ [_Leighton Meester Wrote a Feminist Essay That Will Make You Rethink a Classic Novel_](http://time.com/2992758/leighton-meester-of-mice-and-men-feminism/) Leighton Meester, Dana Williams Cover Blue Christmas by Elvis ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4150291/leighton-meester-dana-williams-blue-christmas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4150291/leighton-meester-dana-williams-blue-christmas/"},"headline":"Watch Leighton Meester's Soulful Cover of 'Blue Christmas'","datePublished":"2015-12-15T22:37:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:46.709Z","description":"She's joined by singer-songwriter Dana Williams","url":"https://time.com/4150291/leighton-meester-dana-williams-blue-christmas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4150291/leighton-meester-dana-williams-blue-christmas/","name":"Watch Leighton Meester's Soulful Cover of 'Blue Christmas'"}}]}] ```