Christmastime

"Christmastime" is a holiday song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was released on the A Very Special Christmas 3 compilation album in October 1997. The album was sold to benefit the Special Olympics, and included other alternative rock artists like Chris Cornell and Blues Traveler. It was also included on the Rarities and B-Sides compilation.

Essentially a solo Billy Corgan performance to R&B producer Arif Mardin's production, "Christmastime" was recorded in December 1996 at The Hit Factory in New York City while Corgan was producing Ric Ocasek's solo record, Troublizing. An acoustic Sadlands demo version from 1996 is the first known recording and was included on the 2014 reissue of Adore.

Spin magazine said the song would "make you fall in love with [The Smashing Pumpkins] all over again," praising Corgan's "heartbreakingly alive" vocals that "carefully unspooled a ribbon of melody through minor-key harmonics given Mozart-like momentum" by Arif Mardin's production.