"Christmas in the Sand" is a

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song recorded by American singer-songwriter

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. It was written by Caillat, Jason Reeves and

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and produced by Colbie's father,

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. The song was released as the first single from her first

album ''

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''. The song was released to

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on October 15, 2012 through

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Background and release

Colbie told Billboard she wrote this song "thinking, what do they listen to over here

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at Christmas time? I bet they don't always want to hear songs about white Christmases and bundling up 'cause it's cold outside. They want to have a holiday song they can relate to." Caillat teamed up with writing partners Kara DioGuardi and Jason Reeves to craft the bubbly and admittedly silly track, "Kara started coming up with all these funny lyrics about Santa falling off his surf board and Rudolph playing reindeer games on me," she says. "It's such a fun song and really shows a silly side of my personality that most people don't see besides my friends and family." The song was uploaded to

page on October 3, 2012, but released on October 15, 2012. Colbie posted the link to it on her

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and

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pages.

Critical reception

''Linny's Vault'' described Colbie's voice 'strong, yet sweet', and also described the song as 'nothing like I've heard before and definitely fits to my kind of warm CA Christmas. (...) The upbeat tune of the song makes you want to sway in your seat (I literally did).'

Music video

On October 19, 2012, Colbie uploaded a lyric video for the song on her

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page. The official video premiered on November 21 on VEVO. The video was filmed in Malibu.

Charts

References

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