{"id":370527,"date":"2025-12-26T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/370527\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T04:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:08:11","slug":"duchess-of-christmas-kelly-clarkson-delivers-a-gift-to-nfl-netflix-viewers-with-underneath-the-tree-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/370527\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Duchess of Christmas&#8221; Kelly Clarkson Delivers a Gift to NFL Netflix Viewers With \u201cUnderneath the Tree\u201d Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Mariah Carey remains the undisputed Queen of Christmas, Kelly Clarkson also has a solid case for that title. The first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/american-idol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Idol<\/a> champ has released two Christmas albums, 2013\u2019s Wrapped in Red and 2021\u2019s When Christmas Comes Around\u2026 Ahead of Netflix\u2019s second annual NFL Christmas Gameday program, the Grammy and Emmy-winning superstar got things off to a festive start with her song \u201cUnderneath the Tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kelly Clarkson performing \u201cUnderneath The Tree\u201d for NFL. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nv3VGVr5jK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Nv3VGVr5jK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelly Stats (@KellyStats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellyStats\/status\/2004229161016234017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 25, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan, Kelly Clarkson took the stage ahead of the Christmas Day matchup between America\u2019s Team and the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland. Off her first full-length Christmas album Wrapped in Red, \u201cUnderneath the Tree\u201d is an up-tempo pop number expressing gratitude for a romantic partner during the holiday season: Presents, what a beautiful sight \/ Don\u2019t mean a thing if you ain\u2019t holding me tight \/ You\u2019re all that I need \/ Underneath the tree.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With this song, I think Kelly Clarkson just waiting to be crowned Princess of Christmas \ud83d\udc51 \ud83c\udf84<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w00z5wpOiq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/w00z5wpOiq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zan (@fauzandr31) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fauzandr31\/status\/2004234051587395895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 25, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love football, I love Christmas\u2014it\u2019s like two beautiful worlds coming together,\u201d said the \u201cSince U Been Gone\u201d singer, 43, in a promotional video for Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Fans reacted to news of Clarkson\u2019s Christmas Day performance with excitement, with one X\/Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/quickqspod\/status\/1999152634452930839\" rel=\"nofollow\">commenting<\/a>, \u201cWell-deserved. The Duchess of Christmas and the greatest live vocalist on earth today. Cannot wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This marks Netflix\u2019s second year to stream NFL games on Christmas Day. A matchup between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings is next up at 4:30 p.m. Eastern from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/is-kelly-clarkson-the-new-queen-of-christmas-heres-4-christmas-duets-that-will-have-you-decking-the-halls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[RELATED: Is Kelly Clarkson the New \u201cQueen of Christmas\u201d? Here\u2019s 4 Christmas Duets That Will Have You Decking the Halls]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Kelly Clarkson Hit Has Almost Reached Mariah Carey Status<\/p>\n<p>Written by Kelly Clarkson and songwriter Greg Kurstin, \u201cUnderneath the Tree\u201d peaked atop Billboard\u2019s adult contemporary chart. Similarly, it cracked the Top 10 of both the Hot 100 and the Holiday 100. And in 2021, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/music\/news\/christmas-songs-most-popular-justin-bieber-ariana-grande-1235130396\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">named it<\/a> the top new classic holiday song of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Of the recording process for \u201cUnderneath the Tree,\u201d Clarkson told Billboard, \u201cI\u2019ve never had to do anything like this before\u2014doing all my backup vocals, essentially being my own choir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Featured image by Scott Gries\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Mariah Carey remains the undisputed Queen of Christmas, Kelly Clarkson also has a solid case for that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[6931,88,6649,216,349],"class_list":{"0":"post-370527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-kelly-clarkson","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}