Olivia Rodrigo has shared a first look at the video for “Take Me Home (4 Christmas)”, her first official holiday single. Cynthia Nixon and Ben Marshall appear in the preview, playing a humorous guessing game in a festive setting. The clip includes no music from the song, which will arrive alongside the complete video on November 5 in the US and November 6 in Greece.
A lit fireplace, Christmas jumpers and two actors trying to identify a familiar name introduce Olivia Rodrigo’s latest video. The singer’s preview of “Take Me Home (4 Christmas)” presents its holiday setting through a game rather than a musical excerpt. Cynthia Nixon and Ben Marshall lead the roughly 40-second scene, giving viewers an initial encounter with two of the guests before the complete production arrives with the song.
They are playing a game in the style of Heads Up, trying to identify a word or person through questions and clues from others. Viewers can see the answer, while the players cannot. In this instance, the name they need to find is Olivia Rodrigo herself. That gap between what the audience knows and what the actors are asking supplies the comic premise without revealing the larger story of the finished video.
Marshall, known from “Saturday Night Live”, begins by asking whether the answer is a person. His questions then wander towards whether it might be an animal and whether it is smaller than a bread box, drawing reactions from the others. The joke depends on the mismatch between those guesses and the very recognisable name in front of viewers, rather than requiring an explanation of the new song or its lyrics.
Nixon follows her own route through the clues. The actress associated with Miranda Hobbes in “Sex and the City” asks whether the person is alive and wonders if she is looking for a president. The other players steer her towards the arts, with the scene continuing in laughter. Their uncertainty makes the singer at the centre of the production into the subject of a light-hearted game before the recording itself is heard.
The surroundings establish the Christmas atmosphere. A decorated tree, festive clothes and the burning fireplace suggest a gathering at home. A stocking bearing Olivia Rodrigo’s name hangs above the hearth, tying another visual detail to the performer. These images provide a clear impression of the scene’s mood, but they are only a short introduction to the video and do not show how its full narrative develops.
Music is the deliberate omission from the preview. There is no melody or lyric from “Take Me Home (4 Christmas)” to assess in the clip. It introduces the guests and their comic interaction while keeping the sound of the recording for release. Nor does the scene establish whether the guessing game is a single episode within the video or a device that will shape the complete production. Those questions remain open.
Interscope Records has separately confirmed Nixon and Marshall’s involvement in the official video. Their different backgrounds in television, theatre and comedy bring two distinct personalities into the scene already shown. For now, their participation and the holiday setting are confirmed parts of the presentation. The teaser should not be treated as a complete synopsis, and it provides no basis for a description of the final musical arrangement or performance.
“Take Me Home (4 Christmas)” is Olivia Rodrigo’s first official Christmas release. She wrote it with Dan Nigro and Amy Allen, with Nigro producing. That keeps familiar collaborators behind a recording made for a different occasion from her regular album campaign. The announcement also introduced artwork in which she sits on the floor wearing a Santa hat, red lipstick, a red-and-white striped top, a black leather jacket and a spotted skirt.
The song and full video are scheduled to arrive together at 5 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, November 5, equivalent to 8 p.m. on the US East Coast. In Greece, that is 3 a.m. on Friday, November 6. The dates therefore describe the same simultaneous release in different time zones, rather than separate launches. Listeners will be able to hear the recording and watch the finished video at the same moment.
Seven-inch vinyl and cassette editions have also been announced for preorder alongside the digital release. The single follows Olivia Rodrigo’s third studio album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love”, released in 2026. This announcement focuses on a standalone holiday recording. The early images distinguish it from the initial song announcement by showing some of the cast, the setting and a specific example of the humour planned for the video.
For now, the memorable exchange is Nixon working through her guesses while Marshall continues asking questions about a name viewers already recognise. Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that scene while withholding the music. At the scheduled release time, the clip will give way to the complete Christmas recording and video, showing how the guests’ game, the festive room and the new song fit together.
