''For the Holidays'' is the sixth studio album, and first holiday album, by American musician

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, released in April 2013 under Make Zee Records.

Background

''For the Holidays'' is the first holiday studio album by Detroit, and her third overall holiday release. Compared to the long-anticipated release of ''

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'', the album came with little prior announcement. Detroit uploaded a simplistic music video for "California Christmas" (under the title "California Xmas") on 6 November 2013, announcing an upcoming full holiday album, ''Hollydaze''.Marcella Detroit - California Xmas
/ref> On 11 November, she uploaded the full album to

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, with the news the album would be titled ''For the Holidays'' and would be available in the next ten days.Marcella Detroit - Facebook
/ref> The album was released exclusively on digital format on 22 November 2013. Musically, the album is composed of songs which, according to Detroit, were written all in the prior ten years. As well as several new compositions, the album also includes all six tracks from the '' Happy Holiday'' and ''Holiday 2012'' EPs.

Track listing

References

{{Marcella Detroit 2013 Christmas albums Marcella Detroit albums Christmas albums by American artists Pop Christmas albums