Christmas
is less than two months away, and holiday albums are slowly making their way
into the stores. Lea Michele decided to treat her fans with one, and her time
on Glee helped her decide which songs
to cover – but not in the way you would expect.

Instead
of revisiting her all-time favorites that were previously featured on Ryan
Murphy’s hit teen show, Michele mostly opted for Christmas tunes she never
covered in the role of Rachel Berry.

“I
was also able to narrow it down because I did a lot of Christmas songs on Glee – we had three Christmas episodes
and three Christmas albums – so I had to make sure I didn’t reuse any of those
songs. That helped me eliminate a bunch and then I wanted to pick my favorite
ones of all time,” she told Billboard.

Christmas in the City came out on October 25th, and it serves as the follow-up to Lea Michele’s sophomore studio album Places. In addition to featuring a series of holiday classics such as “Silent Night” and “White Christmas” it also comes with an original track titled “Christmas in New York,” a city that served major inspiration for her new album.