Alanis Morissette to Release First Holiday Album on November 6

Alanis Morissette will release her first holiday album, Good Weather for Immaculate Conception, on November 6. The 14-track collection includes two originals and features collaborations with Brandi Carlile, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Joy Oladokun, Amythyst Kiah, and Trans Voices, the UK's first professional trans choir.

What collaborations anchor the record?

Two covers anchor the album's high-profile guest list. Brandi Carlile and Steve Martin join Morissette on "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem," released as a single the same day as the album announcement.

Martin Short appears on the closing track "Merry Christmas," while Oladokun sings on "Silent Night" and Amythyst Kiah features on "Momma Mary." Trans Voices lends its sound to "O Tannenbaum."

How does the track list balance originals and covers?

Morissette wrote two songs specifically for the project: "Christmas on the Dance Floor" and "To an Empath at Christmas Time."

The remaining dozen tracks draw from Christmas standards — "O Holy Night," "Ave Maria," "Little Drummer Boy," "What Child is This," and "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" — alongside modern holiday staples.

Her cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" and Wham!'s "Last Christmas" extend the record beyond the traditional canon.

The full track list:

• "O Holy Night"
• "To an Empath at Christmas Time"
• "What Child is This?"
• "Happy Xmas (War is Over)"
• "Little Drummer Boy"
• "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" (feat. Brandi Carlile and Steve Martin)
• "Ave Maria"
• "Christmas on the Dancefloor"
• "River"
• "Momma Mary" (feat. Amythyst Kiah)
• "O Tannenbaum" (feat. Trans Voices)
• "Last Christmas"
• "Silent Night" (feat. Joy Oladokun)
• "Merry Christmas" (feat. Martin Short)

What has Morissette been working on beyond the studio?

The holiday record caps a year of major milestones for Morissette. In August, she joined Olivia Rodrigo at the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields music festival, where the two performed a cover of Morissette's "Ironic."

Earlier in 2026, she sang the Canadian national anthem at the World Cup opening ceremony. In June, she was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.

Where can fans see her before the holidays?

Morissette returns to the stage November 5 with her "Butterfly With a Machete" residency at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. The run begins one day before the album's release.

The dates mark her first sustained live engagement since 2022's The Storm Before the Calm, her tenth studio album and an ambient-influenced project.

The new record extends a run of activity that has already produced a Songwriters' Hall of Fame induction, a joint festival appearance with Olivia Rodrigo, and a high-profile national anthem performance. With the YouTube Theater dates opening November 5 and the album dropping the following day, Morissette enters the holiday season with both a stage and a streaming pipeline already mapped.