Merry Kissmas

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Merry Kissmas is one of the bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of The Christmas Present. Written by Robbie Williams with Brahim Fribgane, Edwin Serrano (Lil’ Eddie), Memru Renjaan and Carlos Vrolijk - collectively known as Project Money - the song was produced during Williams’s collaboration with The X Factor’s in-house music team. He described it as “cheesy as hell, but I’m cheesy as hell, so that’s all right.”

The track brings a sleek R&B and funk influence to the album, standing apart from its orchestral and traditional pop moments. Driven by bass, synths and a swaggering rhythm section, Merry Kissmas fuses seasonal wordplay with flirty humour, replacing sentimentality with playfulness. Its chorus line, “That girl is whoa, whoa, whoa, don’t need no mistletoe,” injects a modern twist into the festive theme, while Williams’s vocal delivery nods to his early love of soul and swing.

Although recorded as a light-hearted studio experiment, the song showcases Williams’s willingness to stretch the concept of a Christmas record beyond its usual boundaries. Its tongue-in-cheek lyrics “Sit on my lap like I’m Santa Claus, December 25th going down like this” reflect his comic timing and self-aware charm.

“I worked on The X Factor with the Project Money team, and we wrote some songs together. I’m just being cool at Christmas and being in L.A. - it’s cheesy as all hell, but that’s me.”Robbie Williams

Positioned near the end of the deluxe tracklist, Merry Kissmas provides a burst of modern pop energy before the closing duets, proving that Williams can approach the holidays with both irony and groove.