CHRISTMAS 2017: Jordan Davis

Artist: Jordan Davis

Jordan Davis will be starting new traditions with his wife, Kristen, this year. While he’s excited to discover what those are, they will definitely include family.

“This will be my first Christmas with my wife, you know, married. I know we’ve talked about a couple of things that we want to start doing,” says Jordan. “This one is a little more exciting just because we have a blank sheet so we get to start our traditions now. Growing up, it was always like, we would do the morning with my dad’s side of the family, then we would take off on an afternoon drive to my grandparents, my mom’s side of the family in Texas and do Christmas night with them. I loved every bit of it. Just kind of spending time with family is something I don’t ever want to get away from, so we’ll start with that, but I’m anxious to see the traditions we come up with.”

Jordan has already started a Christmas tradition when he moved to Nashville a few years ago. He goes to the historic Belcourt Theatre to catch a viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life. “They play it at a theater here in town, and it’s something that I really look forward to going and seeing that movie,” he says.

As a young man, he and his brother Jacob asked for a specific present together. “Me and my brother asked for go-karts together, and I was actually worried that we weren’t going to get ‘em, because I knew my mom probably thought we were going to kill ourselves,” says the Louisiana native. “We woke up Christmas morning and me and Jacob, we run into the living room and don’t see a go-kart. I remember being like sad opening presents, and then my dad tells me he thought he heard some reindeer in the backyard. So, we jet to the back of the house and there’s two blue-and-white go-karts in the backyard. So, that’s the one I always remember. That was a great present.”

Jordan has hit the Top 20 with his debut hit “Singles You Up.”

Jordan Davis (1st Christmas with wife 2017) OC: …come up with. :47
“This will be my first Christmas with my wife, you know, married. I know we’ve talked about a couple of things that we want to start doing. This one is a little more exciting just because we have a blank sheet so we get to start our traditions now. Growing up, it was always like, we would do the morning with my dad’s side of the family, then we would take off on an afternoon drive to my grandparents, my mom’s side of the family in Texas and do Christmas night with them. I loved every bit of it. Just kind of spending time with family is something I don’t ever want to get away from, so we’ll start with that, but I’m anxious to see the traditions we come up with.”

Jordan Davis (Christmas music) OC: …music on. :41
“My favorite Christmas song is Nat King Cole’s ‘Buon Natale.’ I don’t know the record it’s on it, [but] we would just play that song over and over and over. So, that’s by far my favorite, but anything by Nat King Cole. I mean Nat King Cole is Christmas to me, always playing, always having some type of Christmas music on. I remember growing up, my mom, she would start on Thanksgiving. We would start listening to Christmas music and anytime you’d walk into the house if Mom was home, there was Christmas music playing. It was just background music, and it’s something I’ve carried over like there’s Christmas music that is played all the time. If we’re home, there’s Christmas music on.”

Jordan Davis (favorite Christmas movie) OC: …a great movie. :19
“The one Christmas movie I have to watch, which Elf has slowly taken over that spot, but I would have to say It’s a Wonderful Life. Then moving to Nashville, they play it at a theater here in town, and it’s something that I really look forward to going and seeing that movie. Man, it’s just a great movie.”

Jordan Davis (favorite Christmas gift) OC: …great present. :41
“The one Christmas present that stands out to me – I can remember I asked for go-karts. Me and my brother asked for go-karts together. And I was actually worried that we weren’t going to get ‘em, because I knew my mom probably thought we were going to kill ourselves, but we woke up Christmas morning and me and Jacob, we run into the living room and don’t see a go-kart. I remember being like sad opening presents, and then my dad tells me he thought he heard some reindeer in the backyard. So, we jet to the back of the house and there’s two blue-and-white go-karts in the backyard. So, that’s the one I always remember. That was a great present.”