For "Once Again It's Christmas", the Gambler is recruiting some special guest artists including Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland fame (though I'm still hoping we get a full album from her this year), Alison Krauss, Home Free, and a Country Pop duet known as Winfield's Locket. There's also a track featuring Jim Brickman, but I've got to believe that's "That Silent Night" which appeared on Brickman's Amazon Exclusive CD last winter (which gets the wide release treatment this year).
As he has for the last 34 years, Kenny will be hitting the road with a Christmas tour (featuring Linda Davis)--this year armed with a whole new batch of songs. I've never seen it myself, but I hear its a heckuva show.
Sci-Fi Ska Punk band Threat Level Burgundy is getting ready to drop a new album. And that album will include a Christmas track--"Christmas Cheer". You don't see as much of that as you used to--a band including a single holiday song on an otherwise non-seasonal release. Of course, even as a Christmas junkie, I'm really more interested in hearing the record's opening track--"Boba Fett? Boba Fett!" Now THAT sounds like entertainment. Here's the track list TLB posted on Facebook.