 In gathering inspirations for Wrapped in Red , Clarkson started by listening to Bing Crosby 's and Rosemary Clooney 's soundtracks from the 1954 feature film White Christmas as well as Mariah Carey 's Merry Christmas ( 1994 ) and Merry Christmas to You ( 1997 ) by Reba McEntire . While Kurstin , who used to play in a jazz band , took influences from A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and A Christmas Gift for You by Phil Spector as his inspirations , which resulted to the album 's Wall of Sound resonance . Clarkson also cited that her relationship with her then @-@ fiancé Brandon Blackstock had inspired some of the album 's lyrical content . 
 In gathering inspirations for Wrapped in Red , Clarkson started by listening to Bing Crosby <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>and Rosemary Clooney <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>soundtracks from the 1954 feature film White Christmas as well as Mariah Carey <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>Merry Christmas ( 1994 ) and Merry Christmas to You ( 1997 ) by Reba McEntire . While Kurstin , <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a>used to play in a jazz band , took influences from A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and A Christmas Gift for You by Phil Spector as his inspirations , which resulted to the album <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>Wall of Sound resonance . Clarkson also cited that her relationship with her then @-@ fiancé Brandon Blackstock <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>had</mark></a> inspired some of the album <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>lyrical content . 
In gathering inspirations for Wrapped in Red , Clarkson started by listenin to Bing Crosby  and Rosemary Clooney  soundtracks from the 1954 feature film White Christmas as well as Mariah Carey  Merry Christmas ( 1994 ) and Merry xmas to u ( 1997 ) by Reba McEntire . While Kurstin , used to play in a jazz band , took influences from A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and A Christmas Gift for Yoyuy Phil Spector as his inspirations , which resulted to da album  Wall of Sound resonance . Clarkson also cited dat her relationship w her then @-@ fiancé Brandon Blackstock done inspired some of the mixtape  lyrical content .