Found in the Inbox: Ken Lintern’s Christmas Down Under Began in January

The road to Christmas Down Under began well outside the usual holiday rush. According to Ken Lintern’s release notes, a Facebook message arrived in January 2025 from Tom Kelly, also known as DJ Hot and Spicy. Kelly had written Christmas lyrics. By the end of February, Lintern says, the track was finished; by the end of March, the video and remaining preparations were complete.

That timeline gives this seasonal release a useful point of difference. Christmas songwriting can seem inseparable from a narrow annual window, but the work here took shape through the opening months of the year. The campaign describes Lintern’s musical aim as a warm, happy atmosphere. The title’s southern-hemisphere setting provides the organising idea for a recording filed under Christmas, easy listening, country and pop.

Issued through 13 Records UK, Christmas Down Under was released on November 28, 2025. It is a four-minute recording, supplied as clean, and comes with an official video. Revisited in October 2026, it belongs to the release archive rather than an upcoming announcement. Its return to attention ahead of another holiday season offers a chance to follow the writing partnership behind the song.

Lintern’s accompanying biography places that partnership inside a much longer working life. Based in Weston-super-Mare, he has been writing, recording and performing since the mid-1960s, with solo albums, singles and co-written material in his catalogue. The 2025 campaign described Christmas Down Under as his eighth Christmas release, suggesting a sustained interest in the particular challenge of writing for this recurring occasion.

The process also connects with another side of his career. In separate promotional material, Lintern is described as running 13 Sound Studio in North Somerset, arranging for other artists and contributing keyboards to recordings. Those practical roles put collaboration at the centre of his working routine, whether he is developing somebody else’s session or giving a new musical shape to lyrics sent by a friend.

For this archive discovery, the story is the patient construction behind the seasonal theme: a January conversation, a completed recording the following month and a video ready in spring. Listeners can now approach the finished song through the official video, with that sequence in mind. Christmas Down Under is a reminder that music tied to a particular moment on the calendar can have a much longer life in the workshop before it reaches the public.

Watch the official video.

Campaign information and promotional image supplied by Round The Clock PR.

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