HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE J-HUD XMAS SPECIAL LAST NITE.

Jennifer Hudson, will be starring in an hour-long primetime Christmas special this holiday season. ABC has announced that Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home For Christmas will air on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8PM ET/PT. The show will feature Hudson singing popular holiday songs such as “O Holy Night” and “Silent Night,” but will also follow her throughout her hometown of Chicago. Hudson will take us to see places that evoke special childhood memories and locations that have influenced her musically.

The one-hour Jennifer Hudson Christmas Special, which will take place in Hudson’s hometown of Chicago, will follow the star as she “relives her childhood Christmases with musical performances shot on location at the small neighborhood church where she brought the congregation to its feet week after week; the music academy where she studied; and other Chicago sites,” ABC said in a press release.

Hudson will also visit with family and “childhood friends and others whose influences have been instrumental in her rise from humble beginnings to Hollywood stardom.” “I am thrilled that Jennifer chose ABC to be the home for her very first holiday special,” said Vicki Dummer, senior vice president, Alternative Series, Specials and Late-Night, ABC Entertainment Group. “I can’t wait to hear her take on Christmas classics as we discover what she loves about her hometown of Chicago.”It was somber as she also lost her mom, brother and nephew in the process.

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