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The song was announced on '']'' on December 5, 2019, with a same-day release date at midnight. Swift wrote the song the week beforehand. Swift also announced an accompanying music video made from home videos. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/12/05/taylor-swift-christmas-song-music-video-dropping-good-morning-america/2617333001/|title=Taylor Swift to release Christmas song (at midnight!) and a music video 'made from home videos'|last=Moniuszko|first=Sara M.|date=December 5, 2019|website=]|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> |
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The song was announced on '']'' on December 5, 2019, with a same-day release date at midnight. Swift wrote the song the week beforehand. Swift also announced an accompanying music video made from home videos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/12/05/taylor-swift-christmas-song-music-video-dropping-good-morning-america/2617333001/|title=Taylor Swift to release Christmas song (at midnight!) and a music video 'made from home videos'|last=Moniuszko|first=Sara M.|date=December 5, 2019|website=]|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> The title refers to Swift's childhood growing up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/music/2019/12/06/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm/|title=Taylor Swift releases new song 'Christmas Tree Farm' with home video montage — watch now|website=EW.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> |