Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
Title card
Directed byHamish Hamilton
StarringKelly Clarkson
Blake Shelton
Reba McEntire
Trisha Yearwood
Robin Williams
Whoopi Goldberg
William Shatner
Jay Leno
Matt Lauer
Danica Patrick
Heidi Klum
Ken Jeong
Jai Rodriguez
Morgan Bastin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerIan Stewart
Production locationsThe Venetian Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Running time60 minutes
Production companyDone and Dusted
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 11, 2013 (2013-12-11)

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale is a 2013 Christmas television special produced by Done and Dusted for NBC. Directed by Hamish Hamilton, it stars Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, William Shatner, Jay Leno, Matt Lauer, Danica Patrick, Heidi Klum, Ken Jeong, Jai Rodriguez and Morgan Bastin. It is a musical comedy pastiche loosely based on Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol where Clarkson's character learns the true meaning of Christmas, accompanied by the music of her sixth studio album Wrapped in Red.

With its musical performances filmed live at The Venetian Las Vegas on October 30, 2013, the television special itself was broadcast on December 11, 2013 on NBC in the United States. The special won a Gold World Medal for best Variety Special in the New York Festival's International Television & Film Awards. The special was re-aired on December 23, 2014 and December 17, 2015.