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# Elton John & Ed Sheeran Channel "Love Actually" in New Christmas Song Raising Funds for Charity
- URL: https://celebritykind.ghost.io/ed-sheeran-channels-love-actually-for-christmas-song-with-elton-john-raising-funds-for-charity/
- Published: 2021-11-29T19:41:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T04:22:02.000Z
- Author: Celebritykind
- Tags: Music, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, #Migrated-1790725431459, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 23:45

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(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for EJAF)

British music legends **Elton John** and **Ed Sheeran** have revealed their new Christmas song is almost here!

The collab, titled "Merry Christmas" will be released on Friday, Dec 3 and was announced by Ed in a video posted to Twitter where he channels that *iconic* scene from "Love Actually" - you know the one where Andrew Lincoln's character professes his love for Keira Knightley's character by holding up a bunch of large note cards, without saying a word? *Yeah, that one!*

"Hello. Last Christmas I received a call from my mate Elton John and he told me we should do a 'Christmas Song',"Ed's cards read.

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"And I replied 'Yeah. Maybe in 2022.' But I actually wrote the chorus that day and here we are. our Christmas song 'Merry Christmas' is out this Friday. Go pre-order or pre-save it now. It has sleigh bells. A lot of them..."

All UK proceeds for the song will be divided between Ed's [Suffolk Music Foundation](http://essmf.com/?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io) which supports youth through music and the [Elton John Aids Foundation](http://eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org/?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io) which is on a mission to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Ed actually shared news of the collab earlier this year when he appeared on [*The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSlCuOeFPVY&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io), explaining he agreed to do it on the condition it was a "proper Christmas song" with "sleigh bells, ding-dong."

Pretty sure we won't be disappointed!

Check out Ed's full announcement below and you can pre-order the song [HERE. ](https://es.lnk.to/Merry-Christmas?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)

> Christmas has come early 🎄 'Merry Christmas' by Ed and [@eltonofficial](https://twitter.com/eltonofficial?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io) is out this Friday, pre-order or pre-save it here [https://t.co/LNCaJ0gJHP](https://t.co/LNCaJ0gJHP?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io) [pic.twitter.com/oiUcdOUoCs](https://t.co/oiUcdOUoCs?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)
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> — Ed Sheeran HQ (@edsheeran) [November 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/edsheeran/status/1465264409492742144?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)

*(Feature Image Credit: @EdSheeran/Twitter)*