Faith Hill Brings Christmas Early

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill take their daughters, Gracie, 11, Maggie, 9, and Audrey, 6, for lunch at Cafe Med up on Sunset Plaza last week.

Faith Hill will be releasing her first Christmas album of her 15-year career, “Joy to the World,” due September 16 on Warner Bros.

“I love everything about Christmas, and I have wanted to record a Christmas album since the beginning of my career,” Hill said while taking a break from shooting video for potential TV spots promoting the record.

Work on “Joy” started three years ago, but the project was sidetracked by other projects. When Faith Hill returned to the Christmas CD, “We were all commenting on how fresh it was and how exciting it was to be back on the project. You would think it would be difficult with it not being the Christmas season, but when you record something that you’re really proud of, it kind of stands the test of time, any time of the year.”