The pop culture icon dishes out warm-and-fuzzy holiday feelings in a year where
everyone seems to need an extra helping of holiday cheer with a fervor that may only be matched by Kris Kringle.
Still, there s one thing about the holidays that this master storyteller from East Tennessee finds tough, and it s what she s always done to turn heads and crack smiles.
Songwriting. You would be surprised, Parton told The Tennessean. In fact, I have been surprised, through when I try to write Christmas music for everybody else. Because, of course, everybody wants to write the next Christmas classic. But it seems like everything s been written about Christmas.
The Story Behind the Sibling s Collaboration on “You Are My Christmas
This is a break you’re definitely going to want to take. As part of Instagram’s #TakeABreak series, Dolly Parton is sharing some of her best Christmas memories and stories from her childhood.
Like the one year when she got a baby brother for Christmas.
She recalls getting a catalog in the mail that she considered the family’s Wish Book. “And in the toy section, they had a walking talking doll. You could feed it water, and it would pee and cry tears. We wanted one of those dolls so bad,” Parton says. “So my brother Randy was a December baby, so my mama said, ’Y’all wanted a walking talking doll that did all the stuff, come over here to see your new walking talking doll: we had our own baby that year.”
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Dolly Parton has a big family full of nieces and nephews and godchildren. Though she does not have children of her own, Dolly and her husband Carl are surrounded by family. But how many siblings does Dolly have?
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The Queen of Country has savoured a career like no other and is one of the most recognisable singers of a generation. Parton’s near-six-decades in the music industry have been recognised with 110 charted singles, 10 Grammy Awards and 50 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. Her new album A Holly Dolly Christmas, which features Michael Bublé, Miley Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon, holds hidden heartbreak from her childhood.
For Dolly Parton, as for many others, Christmas is a time to spend with family, and with friends who have become like family. So when she was working on her new Christmas album,
A Holly Dolly Christmas, it only made sense to ask a few special guests to join her on the record.
A Holly Dolly Christmas features duets with longtime friends Willie Nelson ( Pretty Paper ) and Billy Ray Cyrus ( Christmas Where We Are ); Parton s goddaughter Miley Cyrus ( Christmas Is ); and the country icon s brother, Randy Parton ( You Are My Christmas ). It also features newer pals Michael Buble ( Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas ) and Jimmy Fallon ( All I Want for Christmas Is You ), and bluegrass icon Rhonda Vincent and her brother Darrin play on Christmas on the Square.