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Lighten Up (It’s Christmas)
Curtis says:
“I wrote “Lighten Up (It’s Christmas)” many Decembers ago, as a musical note-to-self to forget my grudges and remember to be grateful. It was during a challenging time in my life and as the holidays approached I found myself jaded instead of jolly, stressed out and angry for no good reason. Writing the song was a bit of therapy for me, a chance to take a clear hard look at my life, family and friends, and to recognize how good I really have it. I’m so damn lucky.
I gave the song its debut performance that year at the Xtreme Holiday Xtravaganza, an annual benefit concert I produce and host with my wife Jodi to raise funds for Interfaith Sanctuary Homeless Shelter in Boise Idaho, where she is executive director. I’ve sung it at every Xtravaganza performance since.
In these anxious, angry, uncertain times it seems like the perfect opportunity to release this song to the world as a holiday single and share the message:
Hey Hey Ho Ho Ho! Lighten Up! It’s Christmas!”
This Life
Curtis Stigers’s latest album This Life is a celebration of three decades of musical exploration, evolution and growth.
Inspired marriage of visceral clout and intellectual savvy.”
—New York Times
Stigers might emerge as his generation's answer to Tony Bennett.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
When Curtis Stigers came on stage on Wednesday night, it felt as if someone had upped the wattage in the bulbs.”
—Wall Street Journal
For Curtis Stigers—the award-winning singer, songwriter, and saxophonist—the story keeps getting better. His string of hit singles, millions of albums sold, and a 28-year recording career aside, his commitment to artistic growth, and to bringing new tunes to the Great American Songbook, has become unparalleled in modern music.
