"Underneath the Tree" is a Christmas song by American singer Kelly Clarkson from her sixth studio album and first Christmas album, Wrapped in Red (2013). She co-wrote the track with its producer Greg Kurstin. Accompanied by various instrumental sounds, the song is given a Wall of Sound treatment, along with sleigh bells and bell chimes to create a Christmas atmosphere. "Underneath the Tree" was first released to Adult Contemporary radio stations on November 5, 2013, by RCA Records as the album's lead single. "Underneath the Tree" has been praised by music critics, who considered it the main highlight of Wrapped in Red and recognized its potential to be a Christmas classic. They favorably compared it to Mariah Carey's 1994 Christmas song "All I Want for Christmas Is You". The track has reached number seven on the Billboard Global 200 in addition to the top ten in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It has also charted within the top 20 in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Singapore, and Slovakia. In 2021, "Underneath the Tree" was named ASCAP's most popular Christmas song released in the 21st century.[2] Directed by English director Hamish Hamilton, the music video for the song has a live performance from the television special Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale at The Venetian Las Vegas. Apart from the television special, Clarkson has also performed it in various televised performances, such as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and the American singing competition The Voice.