Jimmy Fallon Reveals His Biggest Holiday Hot Take — and Which Popular Christmas Song He 'Never Liked' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jimmy Fallon performs with the Radio City Rockettes on the Dec. 19 episode of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’.Photo:Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

With a new Christmas album and SiriusXM channel filled with all the best festive tunes, it’s no surprise thatJimmy Fallonhas some opinions about holiday music.

TheTonight Showhost, 50, tells PEOPLE in an interviewabout his recent holiday collaborationsthat when it comes to throwing on Christmas music, there’s never a wrong time.

“I think you can listen to holiday music whenever you want… a good song is a good song,” he says of his “hot take.”

Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor perform at Jingle Ball 2024.Kevin MazurGetty

Kevin MazurGetty

His love of holiday music made Fallon the perfect candidate to curate a holiday station this year for SiriusXM. Within 10 minutes of being asked for some of his favorites to include, his playlist of 150 songs was on its way.

“These are all my songs that I play all year round. It’s stuff you don’t hear on the radio," he says. “It goes different years, different genres. Some are funny, some are classics, some are ones you go, ‘Oh, I never heard that one.'”

And this year the comedian had some new tracks to choose from following the release of his albumHoliday Seasoningwhich features songs withAriana Grande,Meghan Trainor,The RootsandJustin Timberlake.

“You can tell that AI [artificial intelligence] did not write these songs,” he says of his album. “These are songs that AI would tell you not to write. It’d be like, do not write ‘Christmas Ding Dong’ Do not write ‘Chipmunks & Chestnuts.’ This is the opposite of what an algorithm would write — it just comes from the brain of an insane man.”

Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Holiday Seasoning’ album cover.St. James Place,/Republic Records/UMG Recordings

St. James Place,/Republic Records/UMG Recordings

Although he has a long list of favorites, Fallon admits there’s at least one holiday song that he could do without.

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Music aside, Fallon says, “it really is the memories that is the best part of the holidays.”

“You grow up, you go through different phases. You’re like, ‘Oh, it’s the presents,’ he says. “And then the older you get, you go, ‘It doesn’t matter, it’s [about] being together.'"

Fallon’s albumHoliday Seasoningis available now.

source: people.com