Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata are getting into the Christmas spirit, and they recently teased the fourth A Philly Special Christmas holiday album following the project’s wild success.
The A Philly Special Christmas Instagram account shared three photos of Kelce, 37, Johnson, 35, and Mailata, 28, popping their heads through a red curtain and looking off to the side of the camera. The athletes each wore green sweaters, which appeared to have their Philadelphia Eagles numbers and snowflakes on them.
“Did somebody say Christmas…” the photo was captioned, while the account also wrote in the comments section, “Be honest, have you missed us?”
In addition to sharing the photos on the account’s main feed, the snapshots were also uploaded to its Instagram Stories with a final text slide that read, “Ready for Year 4?”
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Several fans took to the comments section to express their excitement over the upcoming project. “OMG- don’t tease me….. please tell me this is really happening,” one person wrote, while another chimed in, “LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!”
The first A Philly Special Christmas album was released on December 23, 2022, and featured the teammates singing Christmas carols.
While the tracklist for the upcoming album has not been released, the first three albums included songs with featured performances from Eagles play-by-play announcer Merrill Reese and players Jalen Hurts, A. J. Brown, Brandon Graham, Haason Reddick and Jordan Davis.
The group even enlisted music icon Stevie Nicks to sing a duet of “Maybe This Christmas” with Kelce on the 2024 album.
“The legendary Stevie Nicks came on and did a duet with me,” Kelce recalled of the experience during an October 2024 episode of his “New Heights” podcast. “Which in itself is, like, pretty crazy to actually be on a track with Stevie Nicks. I mean, absolutely unreal.”
The retired athlete continued, “[She’s] probably the most legendary female singer, especially of her generation … [and so] the fact that I’m singing with her, this legend, is pretty unreal.”
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All proceeds from the albums go towards charities that help children in the Philadelphia area. The third album, which was originally intended to be the last one in the project, benefitted Operation Snowball.
According to the Philly Special website, “this ambitious initiative was launched with The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to make every student in Philly public schools feel seen and celebrated this holiday season.”
Additionally, some of the profits from the third album were donated to CHOP’s Snowflake Station and CCTC’s Toy Drive.
