The songs follow “Our Year” from earlier this year, their first new music since 2022 album , as well as the publication of Tegan's YA novel. Tegan said the songs grew out of material written with Kate Cooper of the Australian pop duo An Horse. They were originally intended for a project related to the pair’s 2024 graphic novel .

“We never released those songs, but after finishing my newest middle grade book, , I revisited a couple of them and thought, why not turn these into Christmas songs?” she said. “I have three Christmas trees. My wife really did buy me two poinsettias last year. I watch a Christmas movie every single day in December and listen exclusively to Christmas music. Like most sane people, I actually prefer the anticipation of Christmas to Christmas itself.”

Tegan and Sara are set to support Hilary Duff on select dates of her 2027 the lucky me tour, beginning on 5 November 2027 in San Antonio, Texas.