Ed Sheeran has announced a brand new Christmas song for Netflix movie

It's never too early for Christmas news... right?

Ed Sheeran has just announced a brand new Christmas song for a new animated Netflix movie.

That Christmas, is based on the trilogy of books from writer and director Richard Curtis and Ed has composed a song called Under The Tree to play during a 'heartbreaking scene.'

In a statement, Ed said he has "been mates with Richard Curtis for years, and we’ve done a load of fun work for charity, and then both were heavily involved in the movie Yesterday.

"He came to me two years ago to play me the rough of That Christmas. It was just sketches and voices, but it blew me away. So emotional, yet so heartwarmingly funny, like all Richard Curtis movies.

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"I find since having kids, there’s a real lack of great animated children’s Christmas movies, so I thought this was such an amazing thing to make and put into the world."

He continued: "The scene that we wrote this song for is so heartbreaking, but so real for many people at Christmas spending it without the ones they love, for so many reasons."

"I got to work with my older brother on this which is such a rarity and a gift to work so closely with my only sibling," Ed explained. "It felt so good to create something my children would watch, with their uncle, based in the country they live in.

"I find it mad that there isn’t more animated Christmas films for kids, but this is going to become a holiday staple, at least in our household. Hope everyone loves it, and enjoys the song, we had such a great time creating it."

That Christmas is a story of entwined tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an enormous number of turkeys, according to the synopsis.

We don't know yet when Ed's song will be released, but That Christmas is set for release on December 6.