Merry Christmas Strait to You!

Merry Christmas Strait to You! is the first Christmas album by American country music artist George Strait, released on September 8, 1986 by MCA Records. It reached #17 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and is certified double platinum by the RIAA.

Merry Christmas Strait to You!
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1986 (1986-09-08)
StudioSound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry, Christmas
Length26:38
LabelMCA
Producer
George Strait chronology
#7
(1986)
Merry Christmas Strait to You!
(1986)
Ocean Front Property
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Christmas"Irving Berlin3:03
2."There's a New Kid in Town"Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley4:27
3."Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith2:23
4."Merry Christmas Strait to You"Bob Kelly2:40
5."Away in a Manger"James R. Murray2:44
6."For Christ's Sake, It's Christmas"Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon3:13
7."Frosty the Snowman"Walter E. Rollins, Steve Nelson2:18
8."When It's Christmas Time in Texas"Benny McArthur3:09
9."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie2:12
10."What a Merry Christmas This Could Be"Cochran, Harlan Howard3:05
Total length:26:38[1]

Personnel

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Production

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  • Jimmy Bowen – producer
  • George Strait – producer
  • Bob Bullock – recording, overdub recording, mixing
  • Steve Tillisch – overdub recording
  • Mark J. Coddington – second engineer
  • Tim Kish – second engineer
  • Russ Martin – second engineer
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Simon Levy – art direction
  • Tal Howard – design
  • Mike Drake – illustration
  • Peter Nash – photography
  • Erv Woolsey – management

Chart positions

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Chart (1986) Peak
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 17

References

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