--- --- # Enjoy Kacey Musgraves and James Corden's Holly Jolly Christmas Rom-Com Medley by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 6, 2019 7:33 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 6, 2019 7:33 PM UTC The weather outside is frightful, but [James Corden](https://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736215/james-corden/) and [Kacey Musgraves](https://time.com/5528787/kacey-musgraves-meme/)’ 14-song Christmas rom-com medley is delightful. So take a shot or two of egg nog to warm up those vocal cords, and get ready to sing along. Musgraves, the Grammy Award winning country singer fronting an Amazon Prime holiday special, _The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show_, swung by _The Late Late Show_ on Thursday. Host James Corden quickly put her to work, crafting a romantic comedy based on Christmas songs. “Everybody loves Christmas songs, no one more than I, so we thought it might be fun to imagine a classic holiday rom-com using just Christmas music,” the Corden explains. “We’ve got 14 songs, nine sets, one take and zero pressure — this is [Kacey Musgraves](https://time.com/5220105/kacey-musgraves-one-of-country-musics-worthiest-stars-golden-hour/) in _Soundtrack to a Christmas Love Story_.” Needless to say, the medley hit all the right Christmas notes. Like so many timeless love stories, the story opens with Musgraves as a sad, Santa hat-wearing retail employee singing “Jingle Bell Rock. When sparks start to fly after a chance encounter with Corden, so does a rendition of Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe.” There are relationship highs — snuggling in front of a warm winter fireplace while singing Mel Tormé’s “The Christmas Song” — and lows — a (temporary) break-up thanks to a flirty mall Santa with “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” — but the couple’s happy ending comes, of course, when Corden channels _Love, Actually_. Together they croon their way through “Wonderful Christmastime,” “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” Elvis’ “Blue Christmas,” and even Musgraves’ own “Christmas Makes Me Cry.” But happy tears, OK!? Happy, twangy holiday tears. James Corden, Kacey Musgraves Star in Christmas Song Rom-Com ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5745362/james-corden-kacey-musgraves-christmas-songs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5745362/james-corden-kacey-musgraves-christmas-songs/"},"headline":"Enjoy Kacey Musgraves and James Corden's Holly Jolly Christmas Rom-Com Medley","datePublished":"2019-12-06T19:33:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:06.539Z","description":"The 14-song medley hit all the Christmas rom-com notes","url":"https://time.com/5745362/james-corden-kacey-musgraves-christmas-songs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Late Night Television","The Late Late Show","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"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/5745362/james-corden-kacey-musgraves-christmas-songs/","name":"Enjoy Kacey Musgraves and James Corden's Holly Jolly Christmas Rom-Com Medley"}}]}] ```