“Under the Mistletoe” by Trey Pearson, Thursday, December 23, 2021
After releasing his first solo EP, Love Is Love in 2017 Trey Pearson has released several singles, including a song called "Oh, Boy" and a "last minute Christmas song" called "Under the Mistletoe" in 2019. The Christmas song that the former Everyday Sunday singer wrote and recorded celebrates a spirit of liberation that the gay singer-songwriter sang about on his debut EP. The secular, festive synth-pop track explores a side of Christmas that CCM community shies away from: holiday romance. Even more taboo: LGBTQ+ romance in a post-evangelical context. STAND A LITTLE NEARER / LET'S LET OUR TOES TOUCH. Shortly after coming out, many media outlets picked up Pearson's story, including The View. In his June 2016 interview , Pearson stated that he was 'not dating" but rather "taking at least year to get to know myself as a gay person. . . before I start getting to know who someone else is." Since then, Pearson has talked to a num