Home For The Holidays is Levi Kreis’s first Christmas album, a piano-centered set wrapped in rootsy Americana grit. Released November 2, 2018, it leans into pedal steel, warm fiddle, and live-band swing, giving the classics a little dirt under the nails. Across 13 tracks, Kreis filters standards and left-of-center picks through his East Tennessee sensibility: “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” “Hard Candy Christmas,” “The Christmas Song,” “Run Run Rudolph” (with Eddie Clendening), “Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day,” “River,” and more. Critics of the companion tour have called his sound a blend of country, pop, jazz, and R&B with a deep soulful pull, and that mix lives all over this record - storytelling, swing, and a holiday ache that feels honest, not glossy.