Dolly Parton’s Christmas TV Movie Will Feature Miley Cyrus and More

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

August 30th, 2022 5:33 PM

Dolly Parton’s TV Christmas special is already getting a lot of buzz. NBC has just announced that Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmie Allen, Zach Williams, and Miley Cyrus have all been cast as guest stars in “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas.”

Dolly will play the lead role in the film, also starring Tom Everett Scott, Ana Gasteyer, and Angel Parker. Additional cast members will be announced at a later date.

The movie is a modern-day musical about the making of a network TV special, Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas, and the backstage story and on-camera results of Dolly’s desire to uplift an exhausted world’s spirits by sharing the unique “mountain magic” she has always found in and around Dollywood at Christmas. Throughout the movie’s production numbers and rehearsal chaos, Dolly finds herself taking a personal journey into her past, guided by the mysterious appearances of her personal Three Wise Mountain Men. When it’s time for her big special to air, a renewed and inspired Dolly goes rogue and shows the world that the real magic of Christmas lies in the hearts of the children we all once were, the realization that Christmas is about the people we share it with, and how her faith remains the common thread between Christmases past, present, and future.

Parton was recently spotted by shocked fans at Dollywood when she was riding around in a golf cart with fellow country icon Willie Nelson working on the movie. One park guest posted a video on TikTok of Parton and Nelson leaving the Dollywood theater where Dolly’s dressing room is located.

Doly also announced that she would be releasing a deluxe version of her 2020 A Holly, Dolly Christmas album. One of the new songs on the project is “Smoky Mountain Christmas,” a song featured in her 1986 TV movie “Smoky Mountain Christmas.”

Dolly Parton’s Best Christmas Songs

• 20. “Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas” (with Michael Bublé) – 2020

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  A new Christmas standard; it's a duet with Michael Bublé. The cartoon video is just as fun as the song.

• 19. “The Little Drummer Boy” 1990

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  A classic performed to perfection by a classic.

• 18. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” – 1990

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  I just love this song and Dolly’s version brings me right into the manger.
• 17. “Christmas on the Square” – 2020

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  This musical just premiered on Netflix this month (2020). A wonderful movie and a wonderful song.

• 16. “Holly Jolly Christmas” – 2020

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  Dolly’s version holds up nicely, and Burl Ives would surely be proud.

• 15. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – 1990

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  Dolly’s 1990 Christmas album seemed to be aimed at children as a chorus of some of her siblings’ children sang along in the studio with “Aunt Granny,” a nickname her young family members use for Parton.
• 14. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – 1990

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  Another great remake from her 'Home For Christmas' album.

• 13. “White Christmas” (Dolly Parton solo) – 1984

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  Parton’s tender version of this holiday classic.

• 12. “Once Upon a Christmas” – 1984

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  This is an original song written by Dolly for her and Kenny Rogers’ 'Once upon A Christmas' album. It has now become a classic.
• 11. “With Bells On” – 1984

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  Another original from 'Once Upon A Christmas' album.

• 10. “I Believe in Santa Claus” – 1984

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  'Once Upon A Christmas' has sold millions of copies since its release, and this song is a big reason why. The album's release was accompanied by a CBS television special, Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember.

• 9. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (with Jimmy Fallon) – 2020

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  A song she tapped late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon to sing with her because he asked her to sing the Mariah Carey song on his show a year earlier and she didn’t know it. She knows it now.
• 8. “You Are My Christmas” (featuring Randy Parton) – 2020

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  A beautiful song she sings with her brother Randy. Back in the 1970’s Randy was in his big sister’s band.

• 7. “The Greatest Gift Of All” – 1984

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  Dolly wrote this for the 'Once Upon A Christmas' album.

• 6. “I Believe in Santa Claus” – 1984

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  Duet with Kenny Rogers – This one makes me believe in Santa, and it'll probably do the same for you.
• 5. “Go Tell It on the Mountain” – 1990

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  A traditional classic Parton really dives into. I just love the Christmas morning church vibe it gives me.

• 4. “A Christmas to Remember” – 1984

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  Duet with Kenny Rogers. Parton wrote this one too. It was the title of she and Kenny’s TV special in 1984.

• 3. “Mary, Did You Know?” – 2020

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  The first song she released to tease the new Christmas album back in October. I been listening to it since and it just makes you feel good in these weird times.
• 2. “Hard Candy Christmas” – 1984

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  First recorded for the 1982 movie 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.' It was later put on her 1984 duet album with Kenny Rogers. It’s been redone by many over the years including Reba in 2016.

• 1. “Christmas Without You” – 1984

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  Not a Christmas has gone by since 1984 where I didn’t listen to and sing along with this song. I’ve played it on vinyl, cassette, CD and now on iTunes. It’s one of my favorite Christmas songs of all time and you know who wrote it? Yep, Dolly Parton!

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

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