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Keith Urban’s Special ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Connection

Keith Urban will be spending his Christmas holiday back home in Australia playing shows and enjoying his family with wife Nicole Kidman. While it is summertime in Australia, Keith can’t…

Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
Keith Urban Doesn't Miss 'It's A Wonderful Life'
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Keith Urban will be spending his Christmas holiday back home in Australia playing shows and enjoying his family with wife Nicole Kidman.

While it is summertime in Australia, Keith can't forget the snow as he recalls his favorite Christmas movies he watches each year.

He told us, “I love A Christmas Story, that’s a good one, and It’s a Wonderful Life, of course. I have one of my main guitars is called Clarence, and it’s named after the angel (in It’s a Wonderful Life), and then for some reason, I swear, no matter what you’re doing flicking around the TV, but you’re gonna land on Charlie Brown (Christmas). I don’t know how that happens, but it happens every year.”

Check out Urban's first ever Christmas song release, "'ll Be Your Santa Tonight" below:

Keith Urban
Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media GroupEditor
Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.
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