Katharine McPhee?s career launched with her renowned run on “American Idol” in 2006. She has already enjoyed success with Christmas releases from her 2007 single “O Come All Ye Faithful” to 2009?s “I?ll Be Home For Christmas.” Now she has recorded some of her favourite Christmas songs for her third album titled Christmas Is The Time…To Say I Love You, to be released by Verve Forecast.

The title track of the CD, “Christmas Is The Time…To Say I Love You,” is a rarely covered song originally recorded by rocker Billy Squier in 1981. The album will also be filled with familiar classics, whether traditional or contemporary, from “O Holy Night” and “This Christmas” to a medley of “Away In A Manger”/“O Little Town Of Bethlehem” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” featuring trumpeter Chris Botti.