On November 6, 2013, Grande announced via
Twitter she would be releasing new music each week leading up to
Christmas, beginning with a cover of
Wham!'s "
Last Christmas": "I'm releasing new music for Christmas! New song every week as a countdown to the holidays starting Nov 19. Beyond excited to share them w/ U! The 1st song #LastChristmas out Nov 19. I can't wait for u to hear our spin on it. There will be originals as well! Hope u love the music." "Last Christmas" was released as the lead single, opening up to positive reviews and was critically acclaimed for its "R&B and Soul spin" on the Christmas classic. On the final week of November, Grande released an original Christmas song, titled "Love Is Everything", and it was also revealed Grande would be releasing
Christmas Kisses later that month. In the first week of December, Grande released another original Christmas song "Snow in California" and was later followed by a cover of the 1953 classic "
Santa Baby", which features Grande's former
Victorious co-star
Elizabeth Gillies. In November 2014, Grande announced she would release the special edition of the EP exclusively in Japan. The special edition included a new track "
Santa Tell Me", released on November 24, 2014, as the fifth and final single from
Christmas Kisses. The song was written by Grande,
Savan Kotecha and
Ilya Salmanzadeh and peaked at number 17 on the US
Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the
UK Singles Chart. On December 5, the Japanese special edition was released on Japanese
iTunes. It was released physically on December 3, two days before the digital release. ==Promotion==