Inside the making of DanAndShay's cheery holiday track, 'It's Officially Christmas.'
Smyers had that title and another, “Pick Out a Christmas Tree,” in mind when he contacted frequent co-writer Jordan Reynolds with a spur-of-the-moment proposal to whip up somein late August. Reynolds suggested Dave Barnes and Nicolle Galyon as ideal collaborators, and they all met at Smyers’ studio after dinner that same day.
Undergirding that chorus, they fashioned a descending chord progression that changed every two beats — fast by country standards, but appropriate to the season. And they stuffed the second verse with more homey images: a crackling fireplace, anticipation of Santa and the family singing “Jingle Bell Rock.” Between the weather, love, community, Kris Kringle and Christmas music, about all that was missing to set the scene was the nativity, and it wasn’t like they overlooked it.
“Everybody needs something to look forward to, and more than ever after these last couple of years,” reasons Galyon. “Right now, you can just feel in our writing community how important it is to be writing toward the future because I think everyone has high hopes to kind of come out of the other side of what we’ve all been through with a fresh face, fresh excitement and hope. And you know, as cheesy as it sounds, Christmas is about hope, and it’s about all things new.
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