Kelly Clarkson Sounds Incredible Performing "Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You)"

Kelly Clarkson has the perfect original song for the holiday season: "Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You)." 

The track, off her 2021 album When Christmas Comes Around..., was written by Clarkson alongside her collaborators Jessi Collins and Jason Halbert. You can probably guess what the song's about based on the title. Essentially, a heartbroken person decides they won't let their ex tarnish their beloved holiday traditions. 

"You ruined all my favorite things, but you won't take Christmas from me," Clarkson sings defiantly, before adding in the chorus, "This year Christmas won't be quite so blue. And I'm gonna shout too much and dance in the snow. Drink just enough to let us go. Christmas isn't canceled, just you." Miss Independent indeed! 

Clarkson has performed the song a few times, notably on NBC's 2021 special Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around, which aired around the same time as her album. 

Kelly Clarkson sings "Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You)" 

Watch the performance for yourself, below: 

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Read the lyrics to the song, below: 

Out in the cold
Standing where the trees meet the road
This used to be our favorite spot in this town
Memories with you and me ruin it now (woah-woah-woah)
That's where we met
Like a winter dream and I bet
I wasn't the first, and I won't be the last
Underneath that mistletoe, you've been so bad (woah-woah-woah)

Kelly Performs on The Kelly Clarkson Show Episode 7I003. Photo: Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal

You ruined all my favorite things (all my favorite things)
But you won't take Christmas from me

I'll be hanging every light I find in this house
Playing Christmas music so loud
This year Christmas won't be quite so blue
And I'm gonna shout too much and dance in the snow
Drink just enough to let us go
Christmas isn't canceled, just you

Lost at first
Thinking that I might (I might) be cursed
Winter Wonderlands weren't made for one
So we've all been told since we were young (woah-woah-woah)

But I'm not feeling incomplete (feeling incomplete)
Turns out I don't need a thing underneath my tree

I'll be hanging every light I find in this house
Playing Christmas music so loud
This year Christmas won't be quite so blue
And I'm gonna shout too much and dance in the snow
Drink just enough to let us go
Christmas isn't canceled, just you

without you is still fun
(Christmas) and when the New Year comes
Don't you worry 'bout me, I'll be alright
Baby, by New Year's night, ooh

I'll be ringing in the New Year with all my friends
Kissing goodbye to what might've been
This year New Year's, I won't be your fool
And I bet you see me out wondering what's wrong
Watching me have fun with you gone
But New Year's isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled
Just you

Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled, just you
Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled, just you

Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled, just you
Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled, just you
Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled
Christmas isn't canceled, just you
Christmas isn't canceled

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To hear how else Kelly Clarkson makes Christmas time special, check you local listings for The Kelly Clarkson Show.