Watching the Snow is a jazz album by the American singer Michael Franks.

Rather than covering other holiday music standards, he wrote all the songs.

According to the liner notes, sales from the album were donated to Hearts United for Animals.

All tracks are written by Michael FranksWriting for AllMusic, Christopher Monger described the album as "comfort food with all the trimmings" and that each track was "lovingly crafted, astronomically inoffensive, and wine-drunk silly and sincere".

Comparing the album to the holiday-themed releases of Franks' peers, he concluded it was a "testimony to Franks' laid-back demeanor and subtle humor that an entire record of original holiday songs can complement a snowy December day rather than accentuate its forced seasonal cheer".