SB: What’s your favorite Christmas song of all time?
AH: Favorite Christmas song of all time? I like “The First Noel.” “White Christmas” is a beautiful song. Although I wish it was a black Christmas. Call me ignorant. [laughs] Yeah, but yeah, that’s a beautiful song. And [sings] Christmas just ain’t Christmas without the one you love. There’s so many, man…
SB: That’s a good one, too.
AH: “Drummer Boy,” all that. I like it all. Give me the music.
SB: What’s your best memory of Christmas, your favorite moment of any Christmas you ever had?
AH: Favorite moment of Christmas was the year I fell out of my bunk bed on my knee and the first year I got my bicycle on Christmas.
- Advertisement -SB: Oh wow.
AH: I peddled the swelling out of my knee [the] same day. It was cold. I had never had a bike in my life. I think I was like nine years old when I got my bike. I think I had a tricycle before that, but not a bike. I was up to speed. I was rolling. I got my first bike and I was ready. That was the Christmas I was so anxious, I fell out the bunk bed and bumped my knee. I’m still bumping my knees.
- Advertisement -SB: Crunch time: Give us five reasons why your Christmas album is the must-have album for this holiday season.
AH: Five reasons? It’s sexy, it’s refreshing, soulful. It’s for the lovers and families and it’s Anthony Hamilton. What better way to spend your Christmas?
- Advertisement -SB: Outside of the Christmas album, can we expect any new projects coming your way in the near future?
AH: Immediately I’ll start working on the Anthony Hamilton solo album, the next Anthony Hamilton LP.
- Advertisement -SB: And we can't wait to hear the next Anthony Hamilton LP. So tell us, what makes your soul bounce?
AH: What makes my soul bounce? Giving to other people makes me happy. Seeing everybody else happy, not just me.
- Advertisement -Anthony Hamilton's Christmas album, Home for the Holidays, is in stores now.
