Ashley McBryde’s Christmas Favorites
Ashley McBryde had a busy 2024 as she headlined her own tour and made many appearances on award shows and specials, including the recent CMA Country Christmas.
Now, just days before Christmas, Ashley shared some of her holiday favorites. She said of her family Christmas traditions, “My mother and I, and my sister if she’s around, we get together and sing. We sing out of an old church hymnal…[we] just always end up doing that for some reason.”
McBryde also shared her favorite Christmas song. She offered, “My favorite Christmas song…anything Karen Carpenter sang. But, probably ‘Merry Christmas Darling’ off of that record.”
Ashley recalled one of her favorite Christmas gifts, “There was a gift I got…I cried. I was just a little pip-squeak. I got a Teddy Ruxpin and I thought that was the end all, be all. I still love Teddy Ruxpin.”
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McBryde opened shows for Jelly Roll last year, and when I interviewed her not long ago, she told me about the man everyone is talking about. Ashley shared about her friend, “He’s so loving and so inviting. I love being on the road with him. The culture he has created with his band, crew, and everything about that is really welcoming.”
She added, “He told me my first day, ‘You’ll never feel more at home on any tour than you will on this tour.’ And I thought at first, ‘Aw, I don’t know, I’ve toured with some really amazing tours.’ He told me, ‘You’ll never feel more at home with any fanbase than you are with mine,’ and he’s right. His fan base is so diverse, and at first, when you look at a snapshot of it, you go, ‘These people don’t all belong under the same canopy right now,’ but they do. And that feeling while you’re watching a show is amazing.”
McBryde did say when you go to a Jelly Roll show, you better get there early. She noted, “They show up early, and every seat is filled. If you don’t show up by 4 o’clock, you’re not getting in your seat by the time Jelly takes the stage. Every seat is filled.”
