What Christmas Dreams Are Made Of: Hilary Duff Announces Holiday EP Featuring 3 Original Songs

Christmas is arriving sooner than expected for fans of Hilary Duff. On October 21, the singer-actress declared that she is releasing her own holiday EP, which will include three original songs. Later, on October 23, the EP Holiday Things will be set for release. Along with original tracks, the EP will also feature a cover of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and an updated version of Duff's previous cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas," which appeared on her 2003 Christmas album, Santa Claus Lane.

The new original tracks are named "All You Want for Christmas Is Me," "I Want (A Few Small Things)," and "I Guess It's Christmas." Duff shared on Instagram, "I guess Christmas came early... Holiday Things is yours this Friday 10.23." The EP signifies a musical renaissance that Duff has experienced over the past year. In October 2022, her first album in a decade, Luck … or Something, debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and has supported her ongoing Lucky Me arena tour.

Recently, Duff added additional dates to her tour, extending it through November 2027. "When I think about this era, for me it took a lot of guts," she said in a recent interview with Billboard. "I showed up for sure, but the only reason it's working is because everyone's showing up, and I don't even exactly know why, but I'm really excited to see it and feel it and feel something that I've gotten a little taste of now.

Obviously it's in my body from before, but I'm such a different version of myself than I was back then, so it's really magical to do this again." Following Luck … or Something, Duff released an EP of re-recorded versions of her past nostalgic hits titled (Mine), which included updated editions of 2000s Hot 100 hits such as "Come Clean," "What Dreams Are Made Of," "Wake Up," and "So Yesterday." Her most recent release was a single called "CATastrophe" for the upcoming Cat in the Hat movie.