Jason Kelce brought the holiday spirit when he performed his new Christmas song with Mt. Joy, “Santa Drives an Astrovan,” before the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders game.

The retired NFL star, 37, joined the all-member indie rock band Matt Quinn, Sam Cooper, Sotiris Eliopoulos, Jackie Miclau And Michael Byrnes – for a concert at Pepsi Plaza at Lincoln Financial Field before the game on Thursday, November 14 in Philadelphia.

“What’s up everyone!” Thank you everyone for coming,” Kelce told the crowd, according to a fan video posted on X. “This helps me greatly to promote this album which will help many families in this region during the holidays. So thank you very much for your support.

Kelce used a banana shaker as an instrument before taking the microphone for his verse. He then threw a giant teddy bear at a fan as the crowd roared to the song.

The song is the latest single from Kelce’s upcoming holiday album, A Special Christmas Party in Philadelphiawhich is scheduled to be released on November 29. The third annual project once again brings together Kelce and his former Eagles teammates, Jordan Mailata And Lane Johnsonto raise money for Philadelphia area charities.

Earlier this week, Jason shared his apprehension about performing live with Mt. Joy during the Wednesday, November 13, episode of Him and His Brother. Travis Kelce Podcast “New Heights”.

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“I don’t know if it’s the right thing to do,” he said. “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 there before the game kicks off and perform a Christmas song because we want to help raise money for the album.

Jason then revealed that the performance became a bigger affair than initially expected.

“At first we were like, ‘We’re just going to do something in the parking lot.’ It will be fun. Just to put it on video to help promote it,” he explained. “And somehow we now have a full-fledged stage at the Linc…and we’re just going to perform this song right before the biggest game of the Eagles’ season to date.”

When Travis, 35, told Jason, “You better make it epic,” Jason replied, “My voice is down. »

Travis then suggested that Jason try whiskey and honey before his performance.

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“How do you know so much about vocal calming?” ” » asked Jason, nodding at Travis’ relationship with Taylor Swift.

“I read that,” Travis replied as the brothers burst into laughter.

Earlier this month, Jason released his “Maybe This Christmas.” duet with Stevie Nicks as the first single from A Special Christmas Party in Philadelphia. The piece finally dethroned Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” as the #1 Christmas song on the charts.

“I’ve fought my whole life to be the Queen of Christmas, and the fact that we’re finally there is really special,” Jason joked during Wednesday’s podcast.

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“It was amazing working with Stevie Nicks. I mean, obviously, I’m still impressed that this actually happened. It’s really, really cool,” he added. “I mean, there’s no way a song I’m in is going to be streaming #1 on any service, in any genre.”

Travis then reminded Jason, “Well, don’t give yourself too much credit. It’s Stevie Nicks,” Jason agreeing, “That’s absolutely true.”