IT'S the age-old question - how early is too early to start getting into the Christmas spirit? For Katherine Jenkins, the festivities start earlier than most as the performances and recordings start to line up.
This year, it began in September when she recorded her new festive single in the studio. The track, Home For Christmas, offers a fresh take on the carol Hark The Herald Angels Sing with new lyrics to make it more current.
Featuring Katherine's powerful mezzo-soprano vocals harmonised with the Rodolfus Choir, the song is a tribute to the Welsh singer's homeland and seeks to promote the importance of "love and togetherness".
Katherine explains that she likes to work with the choir as it is led by musical director Ralph Allwood, who used to conduct her in the National Youth Choir of Wales.
"To be back in the studio with him and with these young singers, it's just really inspiring to work with such great people and I've missed that", says the 43-year-old.
"Christmas music for me always resonates, I love singing Christmas music and this song is a take on one of my favourite Christmas carols, but with new words written just to give it more of a contemporary feel.
"And also to talk more about the message of how it isn't really about the material things. It's not about whether you've done the shopping, and the TV, and if you've wrapped all the presents.
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