Is Thanksgiving really too early to get in the holiday spirit?Dolly PartonandJimmy Fallonare doing it anyway!
In an exclusive clip shared with PEOPLE from Parton’s upcoming Christmas special titledDolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas, the stars team up for a musical performance of their new holiday jingle.
In the opening of the video, Parton, 76, and Fallon, 48, are sitting across each other in a booth inside a diner as they sing"Almost Too Early for Christmas."
“It’s almost too early for Christmas/Too soon to be singing this song,” they croon. “There’s still Halloween decorations/And haters will say that it’s wrong.”
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Dolly Parton and Jimmy Fallon.NBC
Before the clip ends, Parton and Fallon, dressed in sparkly holiday attire, lift themselves up from the booth to “see how it goes.”
Meanwhile, in the photos shared exclusively with PEOPLE, the stars are seen walking and dancing along the diner — and smiling from ear to ear.
Jimmy Fallon.NBC
Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmasairs on Dec. 1 on NBC at 8 p.m. ET. It will also be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
The “modern-day movie musical” will follow Parton through the making of the special, before she becomes wrapped up in “a private journey into her past.”
A slew ofcelebrity guestshave signed on to participate, includingMiley Cyrus,Willie Nelson,Billy Ray CyrusandJimmie Allen, as well as Fallon.
Earlier that week, Fallon revealed the inspiration behind the single.
“People have that debate after Thanksgiving, they have that debate where they go, ‘Oh, can we listen to holiday music? Can we listen to Christmas music? Is it too early? Can we put onMariah Careynow?’ I say, ‘Yeah, if it’s good, you should,'” Fallon said.
“So I thought it would be kind of fun if I put out a song and released it around Halloween,” laughed the formerSNLstar as he announced the duet with “music legend” Parton.
source: people.com
