Eric Clapton announces first full-length Christmas album

The album will contain Christmas favorites such as "White Christmas," "Silent Night" and "Away in a Manger," Rolling Stone reported. Clapton's version of "Jingle Bells" is sung "In Memory of Avicii," a dedication to the late disc jockey.

"I had in my head that these holiday songs could be done with a slight blues tinge, and I started to figure out how to play the blues lines in between the vocals," Clapton told Billboard. "I got it down and one of the most identifiable songs on the album, the one that became the foundational style, is 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.'"

"Happy Xmas" is available for preorder, Billboard reported.