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In a video, Swift shares, \"I know this is pretty wild, but I've just written a Christmas song. I feel like it's weird to wait a year to put it out.\"

She then asked her cats, Meredith, Olivia and Benjamin, if she should release the song. Check out the funny clip:

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When in doubt, ask the itty bitty pretty kitty committee. When they shun you with silence, ambivalence, and judgmental brush offs... just put the song out anyway. NEW XMAS SONG AND VIDEO (made from home videos 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦) OUT TONIGHT #ChristmasTreeFarm 🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲

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\"When in doubt, ask the itty bitty pretty kitty committee,\" she captioned her post. \"When they shun you with silence, ambivalence, and judgmental brush offs... just put the song out anyway.\"

The new track and music video, which she says is made from home videos, are out tonight.

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