Jason Kelce joins Mt. Joy on stage to perform the carol
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Jason Kelce joins Mt. Joy on stage to perform the carol

  • Jason Kelce joined the Mt. Joy on stage on Thursday November 14 to perform their joint Christmas song ‘Santa Drives An Astrovan’ from his new Christmas album A special Christmas party for Philly
  • “This goes a long way to help promote this album, which will help a lot of families around this area, around the weekends. So thank you so much for your support,” he said
  • Footage shared from the performance included Kelce singing a verse and chorus from the song, the crowd enjoying themselves and the NFL star standing at the microphone while holding a stuffed animal

Jason Kelce continues his streak of impressing fans with Christmas songs!

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the retired NFL star, 37, joined Mt Joy on stage for a special performance of their song “Santa Drives An Astrovan,” from Jason’s annual Philadelphia-themed holiday album, A special Christmas party for Philly.

The fun performance of the song — which was released on Friday. November 15 – came before a game between his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Washington Commanders at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

In a video of the moment, shared in a joint post by the Eagles, NFL, A Philly Special Christmas and Mt. Joy on Instagram, the former Eagles center stepped out of a car in a pair of gray and blue overalls and waved to cheering fans, as the caption “Jason Kelce joins Mt. Joy to perform ‘Santa Drives an Astro Van,'” appeared in the caption over the clip.

Kelce then appeared on stage and spoke to the crowd. “This goes a long way to help promote this album, which will help a lot of families around this area, around the weekends. So thank you so much for your support,” he said, referring to A special Christmas party for Philly.

“Let’s get ready for this football game and enjoy one last song,” he continued, before adding, “Let go baby!”

Jason Kelce on stage with Mt. Joy on Thursday, November 14.

Philadelphia Eagles/Instagram


The video then showed several moments from the performance, including Kelce singing a verse and chorus from the song, shots of the crowd enjoying themselves, and the NFL star standing at the microphone while holding a stuffed toy.

“The collaboration between Jason Kelce and Mt. Joy is everything Philly needed and more ,” the post read.

The song is a reworking of Mt. Joy’s ever popular 2016 Christmas themed debut single “Astrovan”.

Jason Kelce and Mt. Joy on stage on Thursday 14 November.

Philadelphia Eagles/Instagram


Videos of the joint performance were also shared by a fan of X (formerly Twitter), which showed Kelce holding and shaking a banana-shaped maraca on stage as the song began, throwing a big yellow teddy bear into the crowd, and other miscellaneous clips from his cameo with the band.

According to USA todayKelce said of the performance on a recent episode of his New heights podcast, which he hosts with his brother, Travis Kelce.

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“I don’t know if this is the right thing to do,” he said on the podcast, according to the excerpt. “The Eagles are about to play the most important game of the year, they’re playing the Washington Commanders, and me and Mt. Joy are going to go in there before the game starts and do a Christmas carol.”

In the end, the game ended with the Eagles beating the Commanders 26 – 18.

Jason Kelce (left); Steve Nicks.

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During the Nov. 12 episode of the podcast, Kelce discussed his Christmas song with Stevie Nicksa duet cover of “Maybe This Christmas,” which is also featured on the album and this week topped the iTunes 100 Holiday chart. Landing the top position on the charts meant that the song hit Mariah Careywhich is at number two with its classic track, “All I Want for Christmas.”

Travis, 35, asked how the achievement felt, to which Jason playfully replied: “You know, I’ve been fighting my whole life to be the queen of Christmas and the fact that we’re finally there … it’s just really special.”

“Maybe This Christmas” was released on November 8, while A special Christmas party for Philly coming on 22 nov.